diff --git a/_modules/runtest/tempest_sections/compute_feature_enabled.py b/_modules/runtest/tempest_sections/compute_feature_enabled.py
index d2b3f9a..53a4404 100644
--- a/_modules/runtest/tempest_sections/compute_feature_enabled.py
+++ b/_modules/runtest/tempest_sections/compute_feature_enabled.py
@@ -188,4 +188,6 @@
 
     @property
     def vnc_server_header(self):
-        return 'nginx'
+        if conditions.BaseRule('*.nginx.server.enabled', 'eq', True,
+                            multiple='any').check(self.pillar):
+            return 'nginx'