diff --git a/apache/templates/evolinux-default.conf.j2 b/apache/templates/evolinux-default.conf.j2
index 8a5259f5..084a7b6e 100644
--- a/apache/templates/evolinux-default.conf.j2
+++ b/apache/templates/evolinux-default.conf.j2
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     <Directory /var/www/>
         Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
         AllowOverride None
+        Require all denied
 
         Include /etc/apache2/private_ipaddr_whitelist.conf
     </Directory>