diff --git a/phpBB/docs/nginx.sample.conf b/phpBB/docs/nginx.sample.conf
index 6c701b0218..8b5fa6aa7b 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/nginx.sample.conf
+++ b/phpBB/docs/nginx.sample.conf
@@ -83,11 +83,13 @@ http {
         }
 
         # Pass the php scripts to fastcgi server specified in upstream declaration.
-        location ~ \.php$ {
+        location ~ \.php {
             # Unmodified fastcgi_params from nginx distribution.
             include fastcgi_params;
             # Necessary for php.
-            fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
+            fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
+            fastcgi_param PATHINFO $fastcgi_path_info;
+            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
             fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $realpath_root;
             fastcgi_pass php;
         }