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 da3ea335a0982..b6beda5dbb791 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { exec, execSync } from 'child_process';
-import { ExecutorContext, joinPathFragments, logger } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import { ExecutorContext, joinPathFragments } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import ignore from 'ignore';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { Schema } from './schema';
@@ -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 dc6a2afe50594..770074bbc4cb7 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 c4c2529c24aa0..8758f4838b239 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.json
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/schema.json
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@
     "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,