diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/2256.bugfix b/changes/changelog.d/2256.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d9d2c5ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/2256.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix regression that prevent static files from being served in non-docker-deployments (#2256)
diff --git a/deploy/nginx.template b/deploy/nginx.template
index c77cb9335..d306f8af4 100644
--- a/deploy/nginx.template
+++ b/deploy/nginx.template
@@ -192,4 +192,7 @@ server {
         return 302 ${FUNKWHALE_PROTOCOL}://${FUNKWHALE_HOSTNAME}/api/v1/instance/spa-manifest.json;
     }
 
+    location /staticfiles/ {
+        alias ${STATIC_ROOT}/;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index ab8ea05d9..6dca6c1f4 100644
--- a/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -261,5 +261,10 @@ server {
         alias /usr/share/nginx/html/staticfiles/;
     }
 {% endif %}
+{% if not config.reverse_proxy and not config.inside_docker %}
+    location /staticfiles/ {
+        alias ${STATIC_ROOT}/;
+    }
+{% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 }