diff --git a/src/variations/fpm-nginx/etc/nginx/server-opts.d/performance.conf b/src/variations/fpm-nginx/etc/nginx/server-opts.d/performance.conf
index 6707c1a03..143877209 100644
--- a/src/variations/fpm-nginx/etc/nginx/server-opts.d/performance.conf
+++ b/src/variations/fpm-nginx/etc/nginx/server-opts.d/performance.conf
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ location ~* \.(?:ttf|ttc|otf|eot|woff2?)$ {
     add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*";
     add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
     access_log off;
+    # Pass to PHP to ensure PHP apps can handle routes that end in these filetypes
+    try_files $uri /index.php?$query_string;
 }
 
 # gzip