diff --git a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
index d0b0ba16cb8e02..0c4fab73ed5034 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { exec, execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { ExecutorContext, joinPathFragments } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import ignore from 'ignore';
+import { workspaceLayout } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/core/file-utils';
+import { exec, execSync } from 'child_process';
+import { watch } from 'chokidar';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import ignore from 'ignore';
 import { Schema } from './schema';
-import { watch } from 'chokidar';
-import { workspaceLayout } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/core/file-utils';
 
 function getHttpServerArgs(options: Schema) {
   const args = ['-c-1'];
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ function getHttpServerArgs(options: Schema) {
   if (options.proxyUrl) {
     args.push(`-P ${options.proxyUrl}`);
   }
+
+  if (options.proxyOptions) {
+    Object.keys(options.proxyOptions).forEach((key) => {
+      args.push(`--proxy-options.${key}`, options.proxyOptions[key]);
+    });
+  }
   return args;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.d.ts b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.d.ts
index dc6a2afe50594d..770074bbc4cb75 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.d.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.d.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ export interface Schema {
   parallel: boolean;
   maxParallel?: number;
   withDeps: boolean;
+  proxyOptions?: object;
 }
diff --git a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.json b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.json
index beeffe5567d91e..51b87223f686e5 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.json
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.json
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@
     "proxyUrl": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "URL to proxy unhandled requests to."
+    },
+    "proxyOptions": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "description": "Options for the proxy used by http-server",
+      "default": {},
+      "properties": {
+        "secure": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": true
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false,