diff --git a/src/nginx/common.conf b/src/nginx/common.conf
index 81dacb5..8bb0e82 100644
--- a/src/nginx/common.conf
+++ b/src/nginx/common.conf
@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ location = /nginx-status {
 # deny access to hidden files/folders
 location ~ /\.  { access_log off; log_not_found off; deny all; }
 
+# for user uploaded files, use a long cache value, as uploads are not modified anyway: an URL points always to the same exact file
+location ^~ /app/download.php {
+    more_set_headers "Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000";
+    include         /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf;
+    fastcgi_index  index.php;
+    log_not_found off;
+
+    if (-f $request_filename) {
+        fastcgi_pass   unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
+    }
+}
+
 # assets configuration
 location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|map|ttf|txt|woff|woff2|svg|webmanifest)$ {
     access_log off;