diff --git a/flux2/core/base/nginx/nginx-values-configmap.yaml b/flux2/core/base/nginx/nginx-values-configmap.yaml
index 28097c496144d7c2f9c4850d9d4f3072f9fd91e9..eca595ca03831facef708ca4904102f170e3e86e 100644
--- a/flux2/core/base/nginx/nginx-values-configmap.yaml
+++ b/flux2/core/base/nginx/nginx-values-configmap.yaml
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ data:
         requests:
           cpu: 100m
           memory: 64Mi
+      watchIngressWithoutClass: true