diff --git a/templates/default/default.conf.erb b/templates/default/default.conf.erb
index 291634a..0c9c9f8 100644
--- a/templates/default/default.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/default.conf.erb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ server {
   error_log     <%= node['nginx']['log_dir'] %>/default.error.log;
 
   location / {
-    index   index.html index.htm;
+    index   index.php index.html index.htm;
   }
 
   location ~* \.php$ {
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ server {
     fastcgi_index   index.php;
     fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/cookbooks/rackspace_nginx_php_test/templates/default/override.conf.erb b/test/fixtures/cookbooks/rackspace_nginx_php_test/templates/default/override.conf.erb
index 96d4744..9f4afcd 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/cookbooks/rackspace_nginx_php_test/templates/default/override.conf.erb
+++ b/test/fixtures/cookbooks/rackspace_nginx_php_test/templates/default/override.conf.erb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ server {
   error_log     <%= node['nginx']['log_dir'] %>/override.error.log;
 
   location / {
-    index   index.html index.htm;
+    index   index.php index.html index.htm;
   }
 
   location ~* \.php$ {
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ server {
     fastcgi_index   index.php;
     fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/spec/rackspace_nginx_php_shared.rb b/test/unit/spec/rackspace_nginx_php_shared.rb
index d404008..630bd91 100644
--- a/test/unit/spec/rackspace_nginx_php_shared.rb
+++ b/test/unit/spec/rackspace_nginx_php_shared.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       "access_log    /var/log/nginx/#{enabled_suite}.access.log;",
       "error_log     /var/log/nginx/#{enabled_suite}.error.log;",
       'location / {',
-      'index   index.html index.htm;',
+      'index   index.php index.html index.htm;',
       'location ~* \.php$ {',
       'try_files       $uri = 404;',
       'include         fastcgi_params;',