diff --git a/group_vars/matrix_servers b/group_vars/matrix_servers
index 88e16d2ac..a40c83ad3 100755
--- a/group_vars/matrix_servers
+++ b/group_vars/matrix_servers
@@ -743,6 +743,8 @@ matrix_bot_go_neb_systemd_required_services_list: |
     ['docker.service']
   }}
 
+matrix_bot_go_neb_container_http_host_bind_port: "{{ '' if matrix_nginx_proxy_enabled else '127.0.0.1:4050' }}"
+
 ######################################################################
 #
 # /matrix-bot-go-neb
diff --git a/roles/matrix-bot-go-neb/defaults/main.yml b/roles/matrix-bot-go-neb/defaults/main.yml
index a448c2c58..0a934811c 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-bot-go-neb/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-bot-go-neb/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ matrix_bot_go_neb_config_path_in_container: "/config/config.yaml"
 matrix_bot_go_neb_data_path: "{{ matrix_bot_go_neb_base_path }}/data"
 matrix_bot_go_neb_data_store_path: "{{ matrix_bot_go_neb_data_path }}/store"
 
+# Controls whether the matrix-bot-go-neb container exposes its HTTP port (tcp/4050 in the container).
+#
+# Takes an "<ip>:<port>" or "<port>" value (e.g. "127.0.0.1:4050"), or empty string to not expose.
+matrix_bot_go_neb_container_http_host_bind_port: ''
+
 # A list of extra arguments to pass to the container
 matrix_bot_go_neb_container_extra_arguments: []
 
diff --git a/roles/matrix-bot-go-neb/templates/systemd/matrix-bot-go-neb.service.j2 b/roles/matrix-bot-go-neb/templates/systemd/matrix-bot-go-neb.service.j2
index 27cfcdcc3..cb529848b 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-bot-go-neb/templates/systemd/matrix-bot-go-neb.service.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-bot-go-neb/templates/systemd/matrix-bot-go-neb.service.j2
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ ExecStart={{ matrix_host_command_docker }} run --rm --name matrix-bot-go-neb \
 			--cap-drop=ALL \
 			--read-only \
 			--network={{ matrix_docker_network }} \
+                        {% if matrix_bot_go_neb_container_http_host_bind_port %}
+                        -p {{ matrix_bot_go_neb_container_http_host_bind_port }}:4050 \
+                        {% endif %}
 			-e 'BIND_ADDRESS=:4050' \
 			-e 'DATABASE_TYPE={{ matrix_bot_go_neb_database_engine }}' \
 			-e 'BASE_URL=https://{{ matrix_server_fqn_bot_go_neb }}' \