diff --git a/kong/conf_loader/init.lua b/kong/conf_loader/init.lua
index 5ad65dc7f26..1f60b8d4c4e 100644
--- a/kong/conf_loader/init.lua
+++ b/kong/conf_loader/init.lua
@@ -989,6 +989,7 @@ local function check_and_parse(conf, opts)
           "nginx_http_ssl_conf_command",
           "nginx_http_proxy_ssl_conf_command",
           "nginx_http_lua_ssl_conf_command",
+          "nginx_http_grpc_ssl_conf_command",
           "nginx_stream_ssl_conf_command",
           "nginx_stream_proxy_ssl_conf_command",
           "nginx_stream_lua_ssl_conf_command"}) do
diff --git a/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua b/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua
index 5d7cf9e506c..7c6734b14e2 100644
--- a/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua
+++ b/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ nginx_http_ssl_session_timeout = NONE
 nginx_http_ssl_conf_command = NONE
 nginx_http_proxy_ssl_conf_command = NONE
 nginx_http_lua_ssl_conf_command = NONE
+nginx_http_grpc_ssl_conf_command = NONE
 nginx_http_lua_regex_match_limit = 100000
 nginx_http_lua_regex_cache_max_entries = 8192
 nginx_http_keepalive_requests = 10000
diff --git a/kong/templates/nginx_kong.lua b/kong/templates/nginx_kong.lua
index 5cf6047c255..90aeea99a4b 100644
--- a/kong/templates/nginx_kong.lua
+++ b/kong/templates/nginx_kong.lua
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ underscores_in_headers on;
 lua_ssl_conf_command CipherString DEFAULT:@SECLEVEL=0;
 proxy_ssl_conf_command CipherString DEFAULT:@SECLEVEL=0;
 ssl_conf_command CipherString DEFAULT:@SECLEVEL=0;
+grpc_ssl_conf_command CipherString DEFAULT:@SECLEVEL=0;
 > end
 > if ssl_ciphers then
 ssl_ciphers ${{SSL_CIPHERS}};