diff --git a/config/galaxy.ini.sample b/config/galaxy.ini.sample
index e7d313617f8..4a812734221 100644
--- a/config/galaxy.ini.sample
+++ b/config/galaxy.ini.sample
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ nglims_config_file = tool-data/nglims.yaml
 # Enable verbose debugging of Galaxy-managed dynamic proxy.
 #dynamic_proxy_debug=False
 
+# The dynamic proxy is proxied by an external proxy (e.g. apache frontend to nodejs to wrap connections in SSL)
+#dynamic_proxy_external_proxy=False
+
 # -- Logging and Debugging
 
 # Verbosity of console log messages.  Acceptable values can be found here:
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config.py b/lib/galaxy/config.py
index 3e53e809808..aa4fb408a70 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config.py
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ class Configuration( object ):
         self.dynamic_proxy_debug = string_as_bool( kwargs.get( "dynamic_proxy_debug", "False" ) )
         self.dynamic_proxy_bind_port = int( kwargs.get( "dynamic_proxy_bind_port", "8800" ) )
         self.dynamic_proxy_bind_ip = kwargs.get( "dynamic_proxy_bind_ip", "0.0.0.0" )
+        self.dynamic_proxy_external_proxy = string_as_bool( kwargs.get( "dynamic_proxy_external_proxy", "False" ) )
 
         # Default chunk size for chunkable datatypes -- 64k
         self.display_chunk_size = int( kwargs.get( 'display_chunk_size', 65536) )
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/web/proxy/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/web/proxy/__init__.py
index 373cee0d0ae..30738ad6c11 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/web/proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/web/proxy/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SECURE_COOKIE = "galaxysession"
 class ProxyManager(object):
 
     def __init__( self, config ):
-        for option in [ "manage_dynamic_proxy", "dynamic_proxy_bind_port", "dynamic_proxy_bind_ip", "dynamic_proxy_debug" ]:
+        for option in [ "manage_dynamic_proxy", "dynamic_proxy_bind_port", "dynamic_proxy_bind_ip", "dynamic_proxy_debug", "dynamic_proxy_external_proxy" ]:
             setattr( self, option, getattr( config, option ) )
         self.launch_by = "node"  # TODO: Support docker
         if self.manage_dynamic_proxy:
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ class ProxyManager(object):
         if ':' in host:
             host = host[0:host.index(':')]
         scheme = trans.request.scheme
-        proxy_url = '%s://%s:%d' % (scheme, host, self.dynamic_proxy_bind_port)
+        if not self.dynamic_proxy_external_proxy:
+            proxy_url = '%s://%s:%d' % (scheme, host, self.dynamic_proxy_bind_port)
+        else:
+            proxy_url = '%s://%s' % (scheme, host)
         return {
             'proxy_url': proxy_url,
             'proxied_port': proxy_requests.port,
diff --git a/test/base/interactor.py b/test/base/interactor.py
index 9183585c69e..4ca5786d644 100644
--- a/test/base/interactor.py
+++ b/test/base/interactor.py
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ class GalaxyInteractorApi( object ):
     def wait_for_job( self, job_id, maxseconds ):
         self.twill_test_case.wait_for( lambda: not self.__job_ready( job_id ), maxseconds=maxseconds)
 
-    def get_job_stdio( self, job_id, stream ):
+    def get_job_stdio( self, job_id ):
         job_stdio = self.__get_job_stdio( job_id ).json()
+        return job_stdio
 
     def __get_job( self, job_id ):
         return self._get( 'jobs/%s' % job_id )