diff --git a/http/apache/vhost.tpl.php b/http/apache/vhost.tpl.php
index be7ae0cd2e5e73362359f349952f523533791c8f..61da1c3e388820389ea871c83c91cd90dc40dcbf 100644
--- a/http/apache/vhost.tpl.php
+++ b/http/apache/vhost.tpl.php
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ if ($this->redirection || $ssl_redirection) {
 
   if ($ssl_redirection && !$this->redirection) {
     // redirect aliases in non-ssl to the same alias on ssl.
-    print " RewriteRule ^/*(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]\n";
+    print " RewriteRule ^/*(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [NE,L,R=301]\n";
   }
   elseif ($ssl_redirection && $this->redirection) {
     // redirect all aliases + main uri to the main https uri.
-    print " RewriteRule ^/*(.*)$ https://{$this->uri}/$1 [L,R=301]\n";
+    print " RewriteRule ^/*(.*)$ https://{$this->uri}/$1 [NE,L,R=301]\n";
   }
   elseif (!$ssl_redirection && $this->redirection) {
     // Redirect all aliases to the main http url.
     print " RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^{$this->uri}$ [NC]\n";
-    print " RewriteRule ^/*(.*)$ http://{$this->uri}/$1 [L,R=301]\n";
+    print " RewriteRule ^/*(.*)$ http://{$this->uri}/$1 [NE,L,R=301]\n";
   }
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/http/apache_ssl/vhost_ssl.tpl.php b/http/apache_ssl/vhost_ssl.tpl.php
index 58a99941f159255774375c76bbb189e9b59b8517..1816f06035979a6ca8efb4123c827f8518a4eea3 100644
--- a/http/apache_ssl/vhost_ssl.tpl.php
+++ b/http/apache_ssl/vhost_ssl.tpl.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if (sizeof($this->aliases)) {
 
     // Redirect all aliases to the main https url.
     print " RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^{$this->uri}$ [NC]\n";
-    print " RewriteRule ^/*(.*)$ https://{$this->uri}/$1 [L,R=301]\n";
+    print " RewriteRule ^/*(.*)$ https://{$this->uri}/$1 [NE,L,R=301]\n";
   }
 }
 ?>