diff --git a/certbot/templates/acme-challenge/apache.conf.j2 b/certbot/templates/acme-challenge/apache.conf.j2
index bae29e10..f013957d 100644
--- a/certbot/templates/acme-challenge/apache.conf.j2
+++ b/certbot/templates/acme-challenge/apache.conf.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-Alias /.well-known/acme-challenge {{ certbot_work_dir }}/.well-known/acme-challenge
-<Directory "{{ certbot_work_dir }}/.well-known/acme-challenge">
+<IfModule jk_module>
+    SetEnvIf Request_URI "/.well-known/acme-challenge/*" no-jk
+</IfModule>
+<IfModule proxy_module>
+    ProxyPass /.well-known/acme-challenge/ !
+</IfModule>
+Alias /.well-known/acme-challenge /var/lib/letsencrypt/.well-known/acme-challenge
+<Directory "/var/lib/letsencrypt/.well-known/acme-challenge">
     Options -Indexes
     Allow from all
     Require all granted