diff --git a/puppet/zulip_internal/files/nginx/sites-available/loadbalancer b/puppet/zulip_internal/files/nginx/sites-available/loadbalancer
index 49e72a3f3c..063a90b7c9 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_internal/files/nginx/sites-available/loadbalancer
+++ b/puppet/zulip_internal/files/nginx/sites-available/loadbalancer
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ server {
         proxy_pass https://staging;
         include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/location-sockjs;
     }
+
+    location ~ /json/get_events|/json/events|/api/v1/events {
+        proxy_pass https://staging/;
+        include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/proxy_longpolling;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+    }
 }
 
 server {
@@ -46,6 +52,12 @@ server {
         proxy_pass https://prod;
         include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/location-sockjs;
     }
+
+    location ~ /json/get_events|/json/events|/api/v1/events {
+        proxy_pass https://prod/;
+        include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/proxy_longpolling;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+    }
 }
 
 server {
@@ -64,6 +76,12 @@ server {
         proxy_pass https://staging;
         include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/location-sockjs;
     }
+
+    location ~ /json/get_events|/json/events|/api/v1/events {
+        proxy_pass https://prod/;
+        include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/proxy_longpolling;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+    }
 }
 
 server {
@@ -83,6 +101,12 @@ server {
         proxy_pass https://prod;
         include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/location-sockjs;
     }
+
+    location ~ /json/get_events|/json/events|/api/v1/events {
+        proxy_pass https://prod/;
+        include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/proxy_longpolling;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+    }
 }
 
 server {
@@ -101,6 +125,12 @@ server {
         proxy_pass https://prod;
         include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/location-sockjs;
     }
+
+    location ~ /json/get_events|/json/events|/api/v1/events {
+        proxy_pass https://prod/;
+        include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/proxy_longpolling;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -120,6 +150,12 @@ server {
         proxy_pass https://prod;
         include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/location-sockjs;
     }
+
+    location ~ /json/get_events|/json/events|/api/v1/events {
+        proxy_pass https://prod/;
+        include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/proxy_longpolling;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+    }
 }
 
 server {
diff --git a/puppet/zulip_internal/files/nginx/zulip-include/loadbalancer b/puppet/zulip_internal/files/nginx/zulip-include/loadbalancer
index 48cb9eb7b0..6c50d70a37 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_internal/files/nginx/zulip-include/loadbalancer
+++ b/puppet/zulip_internal/files/nginx/zulip-include/loadbalancer
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/proxy;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
-proxy_buffering off;