diff --git a/build/nginx/Dockerfile b/build/nginx/Dockerfile
index 86f1513a..abb6e890 100644
--- a/build/nginx/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -75,11 +75,12 @@ COPY --from=base /root/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/public /usr/share/nginx/h
 COPY --from=frappe_prod_node_modules /root/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/node_modules /usr/share/nginx/html/assets/frappe/node_modules
 COPY --from=frappe_assets /root/frappe-bench/sites /usr/share/nginx/html
 
-COPY nginx-template.conf /
+# https://github.com/nginxinc/docker-nginx-unprivileged/blob/main/stable/alpine/20-envsubst-on-templates.sh
+COPY nginx-template.conf /etc/nginx/templates/default.conf.template
+# https://github.com/nginxinc/docker-nginx-unprivileged/blob/main/stable/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+COPY entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.d/frappe-entrypoint.sh
 
-USER 1001
-
-CMD [ "/bin/sh" , "-c" , "envsubst '${BACKEND} ${SOCKETIO} ${FRAPPE_SITE_NAME_HEADER}' </nginx-template.conf >/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf && exec nginx -g 'daemon off;'" ]
+USER 1000
 
 
 
diff --git a/build/nginx/entrypoint.sh b/build/nginx/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..78c15c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/nginx/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+# Update timestamp for ".build" file to enable caching assets:
+# https://github.com/frappe/frappe/blob/52d8e6d952130eea64a9990b9fd5b1f6877be1b7/frappe/utils/__init__.py#L799-L805
+if [ -d /usr/share/nginx/html/sites ]; then
+  touch /usr/share/nginx/html/sites/.build -r /usr/share/nginx/html/.build
+fi