diff --git a/modules/mailman/manifests/init.pp b/modules/mailman/manifests/init.pp
index b7db1b1089..70a452259f 100644
--- a/modules/mailman/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/mailman/manifests/init.pp
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ class mailman($mailman_host='') {
     ensure => installed,
   }
 
+  file { '/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load':
+    target => '/etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load',
+    ensure => link,
+    require => Package['apache2'],
+  }
+
   file { "/var/www/index.html":
     source => 'puppet:///modules/mailman/index.html',
     owner => 'root',
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ class mailman($mailman_host='') {
     target => '/etc/apache2/sites-available/mailman',
     require => [
       File['/etc/apache2/sites-available/mailman'],
+      File['/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load'],
     ],
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/mailman/templates/mailman.vhost.erb b/modules/mailman/templates/mailman.vhost.erb
index 5d06ae376d..16f613abb6 100644
--- a/modules/mailman/templates/mailman.vhost.erb
+++ b/modules/mailman/templates/mailman.vhost.erb
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 	DocumentRoot /var/www
 
+RewriteEngine on
+RewriteRule ^/$ /cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo [R]
+
 # We can find mailman here:
 ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/mailman/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/
 # And the public archives: