diff --git a/src/etc/inc/system.inc b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
index 1232f5f03df..68340b2f3ab 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/system.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
@@ -1964,6 +1964,11 @@ http {
 
 	access_log      syslog:server=unix:/var/run/log,facility=local5 combined;
 
+	upstream php-fpm {
+		server unix:{$g['varrun_path']}/php-fpm.socket;
+		keepalive 16;
+	}
+
 EOD;
 
 	if ($captive_portal !== false) {
@@ -2065,7 +2070,8 @@ EOD;
 			try_files \$uri =404; #  This line closes a potential security hole
 			# ensuring users can't execute uploaded files
 			# see: https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,88845,page=3
-			fastcgi_pass   unix:{$g['varrun_path']}/php-fpm.socket;
+			fastcgi_pass php-fpm;
+			fastcgi_keep_conn on;
 			fastcgi_index  index.php;
 			fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  \$document_root\$fastcgi_script_name;
 			# Fix httpoxy - https://httpoxy.org/#fix-now
@@ -2077,7 +2083,8 @@ EOD;
 		location ~ (^/status$) {
 			allow 127.0.0.1;
 			deny all;
-			fastcgi_pass   unix:{$g['varrun_path']}/php-fpm.socket;
+			fastcgi_pass   php-fpm;
+			fastcgi_keep_conn on;
 			fastcgi_index  index.php;
 			fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  \$document_root\$fastcgi_script_name;
 			# Fix httpoxy - https://httpoxy.org/#fix-now