diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index c8602e5975b3f6..28b433104a1c92 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -87,10 +87,17 @@ let
       ${optionalString (cfg.sslDhparam != null) "ssl_dhparam ${cfg.sslDhparam};"}
 
       ${optionalString (cfg.recommendedTlsSettings) ''
-        ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:42m;
-        ssl_session_timeout 23m;
-        ssl_ecdh_curve secp384r1;
-        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+        # Keep in sync with https://ssl-config.mozilla.org/#server=nginx&config=intermediate
+
+        ssl_session_timeout 1d;
+        ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
+        # Breaks forward secrecy: https://github.com/mozilla/server-side-tls/issues/135
+        ssl_session_tickets off;
+        # We don't enable insecure ciphers by default, so this allows
+        # clients to pick the most performant, per https://github.com/mozilla/server-side-tls/issues/260
+        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
+
+        # OCSP stapling
         ssl_stapling on;
         ssl_stapling_verify on;
       ''}
@@ -487,8 +494,9 @@ in
 
       sslCiphers = mkOption {
         type = types.str;
-        default = "EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EDH+aRSA:EECDH+aRSA:+AES256:+AES128:+SHA1:!CAMELLIA:!SEED:!3DES:!DES:!RC4:!eNULL";
-        description = "Ciphers to choose from when negotiating tls handshakes.";
+        # Keep in sync with https://ssl-config.mozilla.org/#server=nginx&config=intermediate
+        default = "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384";
+        description = "Ciphers to choose from when negotiating TLS handshakes.";
       };
 
       sslProtocols = mkOption {