diff --git a/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ext-conn-svc.yaml b/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ext-conn-svc.yaml
index b8574e01..85beabb4 100644
--- a/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ext-conn-svc.yaml
+++ b/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ext-conn-svc.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ spec:
     name: p2p
   - port: 46657
     name: pubkey
+  - port: 9986
+    name: nginx
   type: ExternalName
   # FQDN of remote cluster/NGINX instance
   #externalName: "nginx-instance-for-bdb-instance-0.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com"