diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
index abbfb8cd5ca..78ab20e14e5 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ setup_apache2() {
   [ -f /etc/apache2/ports.conf ] && sed -i -e "s/Listen .*:80/Listen $ip:80/g" /etc/apache2/ports.conf
   [ -f /etc/apache2/ports.conf ] && sed -i -e "s/Listen .*:443/Listen $ip:443/g" /etc/apache2/ports.conf
   [ -f /etc/apache2/ports.conf ] && sed -i -e "s/NameVirtualHost .*:80/NameVirtualHost $ip:80/g" /etc/apache2/ports.conf
+  echo "Options -Indexes" > /var/www/html/.htaccess
 }
 
 setup_redundant_router() {