diff --git a/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf b/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
index 8376067d..b2bb8d2d 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx/conf.d/client.conf
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ server {
 	location /skynet/registry {
 		include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/cors;
 		include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/sia-auth;
+		include /etc/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-cache-registry;
 
 		limit_req zone=registry_access_by_ip burst=600 nodelay;
 		limit_req zone=registry_access_by_ip_throttled burst=200 nodelay;
diff --git a/docker/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-cache-registry b/docker/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-cache-registry
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc4a61c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy-cache-registry
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+proxy_cache skynet;
+proxy_http_version 1.1; # upgrade if necessary
+proxy_cache_key publickey=$arg_publickey&datakey=$arg_datakey; # cache based on publickey and datakey
+proxy_cache_valid 200 30s; # cache only 200 responses and only for 30 seconds
+proxy_cache_lock on; # queue cache requests for the same resource until it is fully cached
+proxy_cache_bypass $cookie_nocache $arg_nocache; # add cache bypass option
+add_header X-Proxy-Cache $upstream_cache_status; # add response header to indicate cache hits and misses