diff --git a/Containers/mastercontainer/start.sh b/Containers/mastercontainer/start.sh
index f87527cbb21..7dc94809abd 100644
--- a/Containers/mastercontainer/start.sh
+++ b/Containers/mastercontainer/start.sh
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ It is set to '$APACHE_IP_BINDING'."
         exit 1
     fi
 fi
+if [ -n "$APACHE_ADDITIONAL_NETWORK" ]; then
+    if ! echo "$APACHE_ADDITIONAL_NETWORK" | grep -q "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]\+$"; then
+        print_red "You've set APACHE_ADDITIONAL_NETWORK but not to an allowed value.
+It needs to be a string with letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores.
+It is set to '$APACHE_ADDITIONAL_NETWORK'."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
 if [ -n "$TALK_PORT" ]; then
     if ! check_if_number "$TALK_PORT"; then
         print_red "You provided an Talk port but did not only use numbers.
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index ecf4d588d86..438bba6ae14 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ services:
       # AIO_COMMUNITY_CONTAINERS: # With this variable, you can add community containers very easily. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/tree/main/community-containers#community-containers
       # APACHE_PORT: 11000 # Is needed when running behind a web server or reverse proxy (like Apache, Nginx, Caddy, Cloudflare Tunnel and else). See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/blob/main/reverse-proxy.md
       # APACHE_IP_BINDING: 127.0.0.1 # Should be set when running behind a web server or reverse proxy (like Apache, Nginx, Caddy, Cloudflare Tunnel and else) that is running on the same host. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/blob/main/reverse-proxy.md
+      # APACHE_ADDITIONAL_NETWORK: frontend_net # (Optional) Connect the apache container to an additional docker network. Needed when behind a web server or reverse proxy (like Apache, Nginx, Caddy, Cloudflare Tunnel and else) running in a different docker network on same server. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/blob/main/reverse-proxy.md
       # BORG_RETENTION_POLICY: --keep-within=7d --keep-weekly=4 --keep-monthly=6 # Allows to adjust borgs retention policy. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one#how-to-adjust-borgs-retention-policy
       # COLLABORA_SECCOMP_DISABLED: false # Setting this to true allows to disable Collabora's Seccomp feature. See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one#how-to-disable-collaboras-seccomp-feature
       # NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR: /mnt/ncdata # Allows to set the host directory for Nextcloud's datadir. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Warning: do not set or adjust this value after the initial Nextcloud installation is done! See https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one#how-to-change-the-default-location-of-nextclouds-datadir
diff --git a/php/src/Data/ConfigurationManager.php b/php/src/Data/ConfigurationManager.php
index 527904fbfed..3b47b90cdd8 100644
--- a/php/src/Data/ConfigurationManager.php
+++ b/php/src/Data/ConfigurationManager.php
@@ -888,6 +888,13 @@ public function DeleteCollaboraDictionaries() : void {
         $this->WriteConfig($config);
     }
 
+    public function GetApacheAdditionalNetwork() : string {
+        $envVariableName = 'APACHE_ADDITIONAL_NETWORK';
+        $configName = 'apache_additional_network';
+        $defaultValue = '';
+        return $this->GetEnvironmentalVariableOrConfig($envVariableName, $configName, $defaultValue);
+    }
+
     public function GetApacheIPBinding() : string {
         $envVariableName = 'APACHE_IP_BINDING';
         $configName = 'apache_ip_binding';
diff --git a/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php b/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
index d9f3d539f49..4456ff6996f 100644
--- a/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
+++ b/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
@@ -841,44 +841,49 @@ private function DisconnectContainerFromBridgeNetwork(string $id) : void
         }
     }
 
-    private function ConnectContainerIdToNetwork(string $id, string $internalPort, string $network = 'nextcloud-aio') : void
+    private function ConnectContainerIdToNetwork(string $id, string $internalPort, string $network = 'nextcloud-aio', bool $createNetwork = true, string $alias =  '') : void
     {
         if ($internalPort === 'host') {
             return;
         }
 
-        $url = $this->BuildApiUrl('networks/create');
-        try {
-            $this->guzzleClient->request(
-                'POST',
-                $url,
-                [
-                    'json' => [
-                        'Name' => $network,
-                        'CheckDuplicate' => true,
-                        'Driver' => 'bridge',
-                        'Internal' => false,
+        if ($createNetwork) {
+            $url = $this->BuildApiUrl('networks/create');
+            try {
+                $this->guzzleClient->request(
+                    'POST',
+                    $url,
+                    [
+                        'json' => [
+                            'Name' => $network,
+                            'CheckDuplicate' => true,
+                            'Driver' => 'bridge',
+                            'Internal' => false,
+                        ]
                     ]
-                ]
-            );
-        } catch (RequestException $e) {
-            // 409 is undocumented and gets thrown if the network already exists.
-            if ($e->getCode() !== 409) {
-                throw new \Exception("Could not create the nextcloud-aio network: " . $e->getMessage());
+                );
+            } catch (RequestException $e) {
+                // 409 is undocumented and gets thrown if the network already exists.
+                if ($e->getCode() !== 409) {
+                    throw new \Exception("Could not create the nextcloud-aio network: " . $e->getMessage());
+                }
             }
         }
 
         $url = $this->BuildApiUrl(
             sprintf('networks/%s/connect', $network)
         );
+        $jsonPayload = [ 'Container' => $id ];
+        if ($alias !== ''  ) {
+            $jsonPayload['EndpointConfig'] = ['Aliases' => [ $alias ]];
+        }
+
         try {
             $this->guzzleClient->request(
                 'POST',
                 $url,
                 [
-                    'json' => [
-                        'container' => $id,
-                    ]
+                    'json' => $jsonPayload
                 ]
             );
         } catch (RequestException $e) {
@@ -898,7 +903,19 @@ public function ConnectMasterContainerToNetwork() : void
 
     public function ConnectContainerToNetwork(Container $container) : void
     {
-        $this->ConnectContainerIdToNetwork($container->GetIdentifier(), $container->GetInternalPort());
+        // Add a secondary alias for domaincheck container, to keep it as similar to actual apache controller as possible.
+        // If a reverse-proxy is relying on container name as hostname this allows it to operate as usual and still validate the domain
+        // The domaincheck container and apache container are never supposed to be active at the same time because they use the same APACHE_PORT anyway, so this doesn't add any new constraints.
+        $alias = ($container->GetIdentifier() === 'nextcloud-aio-domaincheck') ? 'nextcloud-aio-apache' : '';
+
+        $this->ConnectContainerIdToNetwork($container->GetIdentifier(), $container->GetInternalPort(), alias: $alias);
+
+        if ($container->GetIdentifier() === 'nextcloud-aio-apache' || $container->GetIdentifier() === 'nextcloud-aio-domaincheck') {
+            $apacheAdditionalNetwork = $this->configurationManager->GetApacheAdditionalNetwork();
+            if ($apacheAdditionalNetwork !== '') {
+                $this->ConnectContainerIdToNetwork($container->GetIdentifier(), $container->GetInternalPort(), $apacheAdditionalNetwork, false, $alias);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     public function StopContainer(Container $container) : void {
diff --git a/reverse-proxy.md b/reverse-proxy.md
index 1345b5839ea..a7eea8c241c 100644
--- a/reverse-proxy.md
+++ b/reverse-proxy.md
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ All examples below will use port `11000` as `APACHE_PORT`. This port will be exp
 
     <summary>On the same server in a Docker container</summary>
 
-    For this setup, you can use as target `host.docker.internal:$APACHE_PORT` instead of `localhost:$APACHE_PORT`. **⚠️ Important:** In order to make this work on Docker for Linux, you need to add `--add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway` to the docker run command of your reverse proxy container or `extra_hosts: ["host.docker.internal:host-gateway"]` in docker compose (it works on Docker Desktop by default).
-
-    Another option (actually the recommended way) in this case is to use `--network host` option (or `network_mode: host` for docker-compose) as setting for the reverse proxy container to connect it to the host network. If you are using a firewall on the server, you need to open ports 80 and 443 for the reverse proxy manually. By doing so, the default sample configurations that point at `localhost:$APACHE_PORT` should work without having to modify them.
+    The reverse-proxy container needs to be connected to the nextcloud containers. This can be achieved one of these 3 ways:
+    1. Utilize host networking instead of docker bridge networking: Specify `--network host` option (or `network_mode: host` for docker-compose) as setting for the reverse proxy container to connect it to the host network. If you are using a firewall on the server, you need to open ports 80 and 443 for the reverse proxy manually. With this setup, the default sample configurations with reverse-proxy pointing to `localhost:$APACHE_PORT` should work directly.
+    1. Connect nextcloud's external-facing containers to the reverse-proxy's docker network by specifying env variable APACHE_ADDITIONAL_NETWORK. With this setup, the reverse proxy can utilize Docker bridge network's DNS name resolution to access nextcloud at `http://nextcloud-aio-apache:$APACHE_PORT`. ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note, the specified network must already exist before Nextcloud AIO is started. Otherwise it will fail to start the container because the network is not existing.
+    1. Connect the reverse-proxy container to the `nextcloud-aio` network by specifying it as a secondary (external) network for the reverse proxy container. With this setup also, the reverse proxy can utilize Docker bridge network's DNS name resolution to access nextcloud at `http://nextcloud-aio-apache:$APACHE_PORT` .
 
     </details>
 
diff --git a/tests/QA/060-environmental-variables.md b/tests/QA/060-environmental-variables.md
index 86b78d9c8d4..5113bdf7601 100644
--- a/tests/QA/060-environmental-variables.md
+++ b/tests/QA/060-environmental-variables.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 - [ ] When starting the mastercontainer with `--env APACHE_PORT=11000` on a clean instance, the domaincheck container should be started with that same port published. That makes sure that also the Apache container will use that port later on. Using a value here that is not a port will not allow the mastercontainer to start correctly. However `@INTERNAL` is also an allowed value which skips publishing the port on the host for internal usage inside a bridged network for example.
 - [ ] When starting the mastercontainer with `--env APACHE_IP_BINDING=127.0.0.1` on a clean instance, the domaincheck container's apache port should only listen on localhost on the host. Using a value here that is not a number or dot will not allow the mastercontainer to start correctly.
+- [ ] When starting the mastercontainer with `--env APACHE_ADDITIONAL_NETWORK=frontend_net` on a clean instance, the domaincheck and subsequently the apache containers should be connected to the specified `frontend_net` docker network, in addition to the default `nextcloud-aio` network. Specifying the network that doesn't already exist will not allow the mastercontainer to start correctly.
 - [ ] When starting the mastercontainer with `--env TALK_PORT=3479` on a clean instance, the talk container should use this port later on. Using a value here that is not a port will not allow the mastercontainer to start correctly. Also it should stop if apache_port and talk_port are set to the same value.
 - [ ] Make also sure that reverse proxies work by following https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/blob/main/reverse-proxy.md#reverse-proxy-documentation and following [001-initial-setup.md](./001-initial-setup.md) and [002-new-instance.md](./002-new-instance.md)
 - [ ] When starting the mastercontainer with `--env SKIP_DOMAIN_VALIDATION=true` on a clean instance, it should skip the domain verification. So it should accept any domain that you type in then.