diff --git a/geonode/settings.py b/geonode/settings.py
index 8e27a9fb5e5..35653e47c49 100644
--- a/geonode/settings.py
+++ b/geonode/settings.py
@@ -750,6 +750,10 @@
     'GEOSERVER_LOCATION', 'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/'
 )
 
+GEOSERVER_WEB_UI_LOCATION = os.getenv(
+    'GEOSERVER_WEB_UI_LOCATION', urljoin(SITEURL, '/geoserver/')
+)
+
 GEOSERVER_PUBLIC_LOCATION = os.getenv(
     'GEOSERVER_PUBLIC_LOCATION', urljoin(SITEURL, '/gs/')
 )
@@ -770,6 +774,7 @@
     'default': {
         'BACKEND': 'geonode.geoserver',
         'LOCATION': GEOSERVER_LOCATION,
+        'WEB_UI_LOCATION': GEOSERVER_WEB_UI_LOCATION,
         'LOGIN_ENDPOINT': 'j_spring_oauth2_geonode_login',
         'LOGOUT_ENDPOINT': 'j_spring_oauth2_geonode_logout',
         # PUBLIC_LOCATION needs to be kept like this because in dev mode
diff --git a/geonode/templates/base.html b/geonode/templates/base.html
index 22e1499187b..c47162c5633 100644
--- a/geonode/templates/base.html
+++ b/geonode/templates/base.html
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
                     <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
                     <li><a href="{% url "admin:index" %}">{% trans "Admin" %}</a></li>
                     {% if 'geonode.geoserver' in INSTALLED_APPS %}
-                    <li><a href="{{ OGC_SERVER.default.LOCATION }}">GeoServer</a></li>
+                    <li><a href="{{ OGC_SERVER.default.WEB_UI_LOCATION }}">GeoServer</a></li>
                     {% endif %}
                     {% if USE_MONITORING %}
                     <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>