diff --git a/providers/fab/src/airflow/providers/fab/www/views.py b/providers/fab/src/airflow/providers/fab/www/views.py
index ccc9488ed52e5..7a828a7fdfdb1 100644
--- a/providers/fab/src/airflow/providers/fab/www/views.py
+++ b/providers/fab/src/airflow/providers/fab/www/views.py
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ def index(self):
         if g.user is not None and g.user.is_authenticated:
             token = get_auth_manager().generate_jwt(g.user)
             response = make_response(redirect(f"{conf.get('api', 'base_url')}", code=302))
-            response.set_cookie(COOKIE_NAME_JWT_TOKEN, token, secure=True)
+
+            secure = bool(conf.get("api", "ssl_cert"))
+            response.set_cookie(COOKIE_NAME_JWT_TOKEN, token, secure=secure)
 
             return response
         else: