diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index f84fd2210..d2997299b 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   $proxy_headers_hash_bucket_size = '64',
   $proxy_http_version             = undef,
   $proxy_read_timeout             = '90',
-  $proxy_redirect                 = 'off',
+  $proxy_redirect                 = undef,
   $proxy_send_timeout             = '90',
   $proxy_set_header               = [
     'Host $host',
diff --git a/spec/defines/resource_location_spec.rb b/spec/defines/resource_location_spec.rb
index 9071674c7..9f3be6bf2 100644
--- a/spec/defines/resource_location_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/resource_location_spec.rb
@@ -631,6 +631,18 @@
 
     describe 'vhost_location_proxy template content' do
       [
+        {
+          title: 'should set proxy_redirect',
+          attr: 'proxy_redirect',
+          value: 'value',
+          match: %r{^\s+proxy_redirect\s+value;}
+        },
+        {
+          title: 'should not set proxy_redirect',
+          attr: 'proxy_redirect',
+          value: :undef,
+          notmatch: %r{proxy_redirect\b}
+        },
         {
           title: 'should set proxy_cache',
           attr: 'proxy_cache',
diff --git a/templates/vhost/locations/proxy.erb b/templates/vhost/locations/proxy.erb
index 003b033a9..5ca57cfd7 100644
--- a/templates/vhost/locations/proxy.erb
+++ b/templates/vhost/locations/proxy.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
     proxy_pass            <%= @proxy %>;
     proxy_read_timeout    <%= @proxy_read_timeout %>;
     proxy_connect_timeout <%= @proxy_connect_timeout %>;
+<% if @proxy_redirect -%>
     proxy_redirect        <%= @proxy_redirect %>;
+<% end -%>
 <% if @proxy_http_version -%>
     proxy_http_version    <%= @proxy_http_version %>;
 <% end -%>