diff --git a/swh/web/settings/production.py b/swh/web/settings/production.py
index e66aa23c2..619f817b8 100644
--- a/swh/web/settings/production.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/production.py
@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017-2018  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from .common import *  # noqa
 from .common import swh_web_config
+from .common import REST_FRAMEWORK
 
 # activate per-site caching
 MIDDLEWARE += ['django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware', # noqa
                'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
                'django.middleware.cache.FetchFromCacheMiddleware']
 
 CACHES = {
     'default': {
         'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
         'LOCATION': swh_web_config['throttling']['cache_uri'],
     }
 }
 
 # Setup support for proxy headers
 USE_X_FORWARDED_HOST = True
 SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS += ['archive.softwareheritage.org']  # noqa
+
+# We're going through seven (or, in that case, 2) proxies thanks to Varnish
+REST_FRAMEWORK['NUM_PROXIES'] = 2