diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/context.xml.in b/client/tomcatconf/context.xml.in
index 9913dd149a4..a78215c7c21 100644
--- a/client/tomcatconf/context.xml.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/context.xml.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 <!-- The contents of this file will be loaded for each web application -->
-<Context allowLinking="true">
+<Context allowLinking="true" useHttpOnly="true">
 
     <!-- Default set of monitored resources -->
     <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource>