diff --git a/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master b/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
index 3ed44107e6cdcc710120b8539bcba620e1056559..e8f311e32be8fc2b0130c7391b05dea9706c1bda 100644
--- a/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
+++ b/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
@@ -36,4 +36,11 @@ CustomLog "| /usr/local/ispconfig/server/scripts/vlogger -s access.log -t \"%Y%m
         Allow from all
 </Directory>
 
+# allow path to awstats and alias for awstats icons
+<Directory /usr/share/awstats>
+        Order allow,deny
+        Allow from all
+</Directory>
+Alias /awstats-icon "/usr/share/awstats/icon"
+
 
diff --git a/server/conf/apache_ispconfig.conf.master b/server/conf/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
index 7a7179c7f755dd9cf7399488cacc4b61d59f5627..752c8bff2ff7cc98171c96d83a4c0eca317647d2 100644
--- a/server/conf/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
+++ b/server/conf/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ CustomLog "| /usr/local/ispconfig/server/scripts/vlogger -s access.log -t \"%Y%m
         Allow from all
 </Directory>
 
+# allow path to awstats and alias for awstats icons
+<Directory /usr/share/awstats>
+        Order allow,deny
+        Allow from all
+</Directory>
+Alias /awstats-icon "/usr/share/awstats/icon"
 
 <tmpl_loop name="ip_adresses">
 NameVirtualHost {tmpl_var name="ip_address"}:80