diff --git a/joal/rootfs/etc/includes/upstream.conf b/joal/rootfs/etc/includes/upstream.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61ecbf251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/joal/rootfs/etc/includes/upstream.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+upstream backend {
+    server 127.0.0.1:8080;
+}