diff --git a/script/configure-web-proxy b/script/configure-web-proxy
index 12785966dd3..e9297e5a557 100755
--- a/script/configure-web-proxy
+++ b/script/configure-web-proxy
@@ -3,24 +3,39 @@
 usage() {
     cat << EOF
 Usage: configure-web-proxy
-Configure a local web proxy using apache for openQA.
+Configure a local web proxy for openQA.
 
 Options:
  -h, --help         display this help
+ -p, --proxy=PROXY  web proxy to configure (default: apache)
+                    choose from: nginx, apache
 EOF
     exit "$1"
 }
 
-opts=$(getopt -o h --long help -n "$0" -- "$@") || usage 1
+opts=$(getopt -o hp: -l help -l proxy: -n "$0" -- "$@") || usage 1
 eval set -- "$opts"
+web_proxy="apache"
 while true; do
   case "$1" in
-    -h | --help ) usage 0; shift ;;
+    -h | --help  ) usage 0; shift ;;
+    -p | --proxy ) web_proxy=${2#*=}; shift ;;
     -- ) shift; break ;;
     * ) break ;;
   esac
 done
 
-for i in headers proxy proxy_http proxy_wstunnel rewrite ; do a2enmod $i ; done
 sed -i -e 's/^.*httpsonly.*$/httpsonly = 0/g' /etc/openqa/openqa.ini
-sed "s/#ServerName.*$/ServerName $(hostname)/" /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/openqa.conf.template > /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/openqa.conf
+
+if [ "$web_proxy" = "nginx" ] ; then
+	echo "Setting up nginx"
+	sed "s/openqa.example.com/$(hostname)/" /etc/nginx/vhosts.d/openqa.conf.template > /etc/nginx/vhosts.d/openqa.conf
+	sed -i -e "s/\(^[^#]*server_name  localhost;\)/#\1/" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+elif [ "$web_proxy" = "apache" ] || [ "$web_proxy" = "apache2" ] ; then
+	echo "Setting up apache"
+	for i in headers proxy proxy_http proxy_wstunnel rewrite ; do a2enmod $i ; done
+	sed "s/#ServerName.*$/ServerName $(hostname)/" /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/openqa.conf.template > /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/openqa.conf
+else
+	echo "No supported proxy: $web_proxy"
+	exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/script/openqa-bootstrap b/script/openqa-bootstrap
index 562025e794a..1c04b894749 100755
--- a/script/openqa-bootstrap
+++ b/script/openqa-bootstrap
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dbuser="${dbuser:="geekotest"}"
 running_systemd=
 skip_suse_specifics="${skip_suse_specifics:=""}"
 skip_suse_tests="${skip_suse_tests:=""}"
+setup_web_proxy="${setup_web_proxy:=""}"
 
 if [ "$(ps --no-headers -o comm 1)" = 'systemd' ]; then
     running_systemd=1
@@ -48,8 +49,9 @@ fi
 su postgres -c "/usr/share/openqa/script/setup-db" $dbuser $dbname
 
 # setup webserver and fake-auth
+[[ -n "$setup_web_proxy" ]] && proxy_args="--proxy=$setup_web_proxy"
 setup=/usr/share/openqa/script/configure-web-proxy
-(command -v $setup && sh -ex $setup) || (curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/os-autoinst/openQA/master/script/configure-web-proxy | bash -ex)
+(command -v $setup && sh -ex $setup "$proxy_args") || (curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/os-autoinst/openQA/master/script/configure-web-proxy | bash -ex -s "$proxy_args")
 sed -i -e 's/#*.*method.*=.*$/method = Fake/' /etc/openqa/openqa.ini
 
 
@@ -101,14 +103,22 @@ grep -q "$(hostname)" /etc/hosts || echo "127.0.0.1 $(hostname)" >> /etc/hosts
 
 # start daemons
 if [ -z "$running_systemd" ]; then
-  pgrep -f openqa-scheduler-daemon >/dev/null || su geekotest -c /usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-scheduler-daemon &
-  pgrep -f openqa-websockets-daemon >/dev/null || su geekotest -c /usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-websockets-daemon &
-  pgrep -f openqa-gru >/dev/null || su geekotest -c /usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-gru &
-  pgrep -f openqa-livehandler-daemon >/dev/null || su geekotest -c /usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-livehandler-daemon &
-  /usr/sbin/start_apache2 -k start
-  pgrep -f openqa-webui-daemon >/dev/null || su geekotest -c /usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-webui-daemon &
+    pgrep -f openqa-scheduler-daemon >/dev/null || su geekotest -c /usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-scheduler-daemon &
+    pgrep -f openqa-websockets-daemon >/dev/null || su geekotest -c /usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-websockets-daemon &
+    pgrep -f openqa-gru >/dev/null || su geekotest -c /usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-gru &
+    pgrep -f openqa-livehandler-daemon >/dev/null || su geekotest -c /usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-livehandler-daemon &
+    if [[ $setup_web_proxy == "nginx" ]] ; then
+        nginx
+    else
+        /usr/sbin/start_apache2 -k start
+    fi
+    pgrep -f openqa-webui-daemon >/dev/null || su geekotest -c /usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-webui-daemon &
 else
-    systemctl enable --now apache2
+    if [[ $setup_web_proxy == "nginx" ]] ; then
+        systemctl enable --now nginx
+    else
+        systemctl enable --now apache2
+    fi
     systemctl enable --now openqa-webui
     systemctl enable --now openqa-scheduler
 fi