diff --git a/config/nginx.newsblur.conf b/config/nginx.newsblur.conf
index 022f2de68..7050bd766 100644
--- a/config/nginx.newsblur.conf
+++ b/config/nginx.newsblur.conf
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ server {
         return 503;
     }
     
+    location = /_nginxchk {
+        return 200;
+    }
+    
     error_page 502 @down;
     location @down {
         root /srv/newsblur/;