diff --git a/compose/frontend/default.conf b/compose/frontend/default.conf
index 1f176252f..3049e07a9 100644
--- a/compose/frontend/default.conf
+++ b/compose/frontend/default.conf
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ server {
             proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout updating http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
             proxy_cache_valid 200 1m;
             add_header X-Proxy-Cache $upstream_cache_status;
+            proxy_cache_bypass $http_cachebypass;
         }
 
     location /django-media/ {
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ server {
             proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout updating http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
             proxy_cache_valid 200 1d;
             add_header X-Proxy-Cache $upstream_cache_status;
+            proxy_cache_bypass $http_cachebypass;
         }
 
     # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html