diff --git a/www-create-site b/www-create-site
index d41ce29..98c79d8 100755
--- a/www-create-site
+++ b/www-create-site
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ sub apache {
     $c .=   "    ErrorLog $logbase.notls.err.log\n".
             "    CustomLog $logbase.notls.log detailed\n".
             "    RewriteEngine On\n".
+            "    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.well-known/acme-challenge/\n".
             "    RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/\$1 [R,L]\n".
             "</VirtualHost>\n".
             "<VirtualHost *:443>\n";