diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/templates/prosody.cfg.lua.j2 b/roles/xmpp_server/templates/prosody.cfg.lua.j2
index 4d250ec853a3be2d3a5f281ca1df087d888da4fd..481f93e23d841cb089f2be4d17b6b7fee9c98085 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/templates/prosody.cfg.lua.j2
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/templates/prosody.cfg.lua.j2
@@ -114,4 +114,5 @@ Component "upload.{{ domain }}" "http_file_share"
   http_file_share_access = { "{{ domain }}" }
   http_file_share_size_limit = {{ xmpp_http_file_share_size_limit }}
   http_file_share_daily_quota = {{ xmpp_http_file_share_daily_quota }}
+  http_file_share_expires_after = {{ xmpp_http_file_share_expiry }}
 {% endfor -%}