diff --git a/conf/nginx-primaryonly.conf b/conf/nginx-primaryonly.conf
index 56307ee5..b87e45f0 100644
--- a/conf/nginx-primaryonly.conf
+++ b/conf/nginx-primaryonly.conf
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@
 			deny all;
 	 	}
 	}
-	location ~ ^(/cloud)(/[^/]+\.php)(/.*)?$ {
+	location ~ ^(/cloud)((?:/ocs)?/[^/]+\.php)(/.*)?$ {
 		# note: ~ has precendence over a regular location block
+		# Accept URLs like:
+		# /cloud/index.php/apps/files/
+		# /cloud/index.php/apps/files/ajax/scan.php (it's really index.php; see 6fdef379adfdeac86cc2220209bdf4eb9562268d)
+		# /cloud/ocs/v1.php/apps/files_sharing/api/v1 (see #240)
 		include fastcgi_params;
 		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/local/lib/owncloud/$2;
 		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $1$2;