diff --git a/admin_manual/installation/nginx-root.conf.sample b/admin_manual/installation/nginx-root.conf.sample
index 960ebd552..ffbe130e3 100644
--- a/admin_manual/installation/nginx-root.conf.sample
+++ b/admin_manual/installation/nginx-root.conf.sample
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ server {
     # then Nginx will encounter an infinite rewriting loop when it prepends `/index.php`
     # to the URI, resulting in a HTTP 500 error response.
     location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
+        # Required for legacy support
+        rewrite ^/(?!index|remote|public|cron|core\/ajax\/update|status|ocs\/v[12]|updater\/.+|oc[ms]-provider\/.+|.+\/richdocumentscode\/proxy) /index.php$request_uri;
+
         fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)$;
         set $path_info $fastcgi_path_info;
 
diff --git a/admin_manual/installation/nginx-subdir.conf.sample b/admin_manual/installation/nginx-subdir.conf.sample
index 3a4012e1b..228423aa2 100644
--- a/admin_manual/installation/nginx-subdir.conf.sample
+++ b/admin_manual/installation/nginx-subdir.conf.sample
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ server {
         # then Nginx will encounter an infinite rewriting loop when it prepends
         # `/nextcloud/index.php` to the URI, resulting in a HTTP 500 error response.
         location ~ \.php(?:$|/) {
+            # Required for legacy support
+            rewrite ^/(?!index|remote|public|cron|core\/ajax\/update|status|ocs\/v[12]|updater\/.+|oc[ms]-provider\/.+|.+\/richdocumentscode\/proxy) /nextcloud/index.php$request_uri;
+
             fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)$;
             set $path_info $fastcgi_path_info;