diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index d455201..de1d3db 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@
     :fqdn => node['fqdn'],
     :gitlab_app_home => node['gitlab']['app_home'],
     :https_boolean => node['gitlab']['https'],
+    :port => (node['gitlab']['https'] ? 443 : 80),
     :ssl_certificate => node['gitlab']['ssl_certificate'],
     :ssl_certificate_key => node['gitlab']['ssl_certificate_key']
   )
diff --git a/templates/default/nginx.default.conf.erb b/templates/default/nginx.default.conf.erb
index 635b832..d851ee6 100644
--- a/templates/default/nginx.default.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/nginx.default.conf.erb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ upstream gitlab {
 }
 
 server {
-  listen *:80 default_server;         # e.g., listen 192.168.1.1:80; In most cases *:80 is a good idea
+  listen *:<%= @port %> default_server;         # e.g., listen 192.168.1.1:80; In most cases *:80 is a good idea
 #  server_name <%= @fqdn %>;     # e.g., server_name source.example.com;
   server_name <%= "git.demarque.com" %>;     # e.g., server_name source.example.com;
   server_tokens off;     # don't show the version number, a security best practice