diff --git a/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/default.nix b/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/default.nix
index 084937a5..92d5f7c9 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/default.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ let
   # same list rather than each deciding what "a swarm service" means.
   swarmServiceDomains = config.services.hyperhive.swarm.serviceDomains;
   matrixCfg = config.services.hyperhive.swarm.matrix;
+  autheliaCfg = config.services.hyperhive.swarm.authelia;
   forgeCfg = config.services.hyperhive.swarm.forge;
   networkCfg = config.services.hyperhive.network;
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ let
       cfg
       forgeCfg
       matrixCfg
+      autheliaCfg
       hyperhiveDomain
       dashboardDist
       swaggerUiTheme
@@ -309,6 +311,7 @@ in
         networkCfg
         forgeCfg
         matrixCfg
+        autheliaCfg
         hyperhiveDomain
         ;
     };
@@ -332,6 +335,7 @@ in
         ++ lib.optional (config.services.hyperhive.swarm.forge.behindGateway or false
         ) config.services.hyperhive.swarm.forge.domain
         ++ lib.optional (matrixCfg.enable && matrixCfg.gatewayHost != null) matrixCfg.gatewayHost
+        ++ lib.optional autheliaCfg.enable autheliaCfg.domain
       );
     };
   };
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/dnsmasq.nix b/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/dnsmasq.nix
index b212309a..52eabb4d 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/dnsmasq.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/dnsmasq.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   networkCfg,
   forgeCfg,
   matrixCfg,
+  autheliaCfg,
   hyperhiveDomain,
 }:
 {
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@
     ++ lib.optional ((forgeCfg.behindGateway or false)) "/${forgeCfg.domain}/${networkCfg.bridgeIp}"
     ++ lib.optional (
       matrixCfg.enable && matrixCfg.gatewayHost != null
-    ) "/${matrixCfg.gatewayHost}/${networkCfg.bridgeIp}";
+    ) "/${matrixCfg.gatewayHost}/${networkCfg.bridgeIp}"
+    ++ lib.optional autheliaCfg.enable "/${autheliaCfg.domain}/${networkCfg.bridgeIp}";
     # DHCP pool covering all usable host addresses on the bridge
     # subnet — bounds computed by hive-network.nix from
     # bridgeIp/bridgePrefixLength. All containers (agents and service
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/vhosts.nix b/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/vhosts.nix
index 91d5f484..20d9c97d 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/vhosts.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/hive-gateway/vhosts.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   cfg, # services.hyperhive.gateway
   forgeCfg,
   matrixCfg,
+  autheliaCfg, # services.hyperhive.swarm.authelia
   hyperhiveDomain,
   dashboardDist,
   swaggerUiTheme, # nix/packages/swagger-ui-theme.nix: has index.html + hyperhive-theme.css
@@ -123,6 +124,42 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  # Authelia sub-domain vhost. `server_name = authelia.domain`, all of
+  # `/` → authelia. Empty attrset unless THIS host runs the container:
+  # every hive knows the swarm's `authelia.url`, but only the one
+  # serving it may claim the name — a client hive declaring this vhost
+  # would answer for a service it does not run.
+  #
+  # ⚠️ The server name must be exactly `autheliaCfg.domain`, not a
+  # near-miss: authelia validates `authelia_url ⊂ session cookie domain`
+  # at STARTUP, so a mismatch is a container that refuses to boot rather
+  # than a login that misbehaves.
+  #
+  # ⚠️ And deliberately NO `dashboardAuth` here. That block is the
+  # gateway's `auth_basic`; applying it to the SSO provider would put
+  # the login page behind the login mechanism it exists to replace.
+  autheliaVhost = lib.optionalAttrs autheliaCfg.enable {
+    "${autheliaCfg.domain}" = (vhostTlsFor autheliaCfg.domain) // {
+      listen = vhostListen;
+      extraConfig = securityHeaders;
+      locations."/" = {
+        proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString autheliaCfg.port}/";
+        proxyWebsockets = true;
+        extraConfig = ''
+          proxy_buffering off;
+          # authelia decides by the ORIGINAL request, not by the hop it
+          # sees — the login redirect and the session cookie's domain
+          # both derive from these. Without them every request looks
+          # like it arrived at 127.0.0.1 over plain http.
+          proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+          proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
+          proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Uri $request_uri;
+          proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
   # Matrix sub-domain vhost. `server_name = matrixCfg.gatewayHost`.
   # `/_matrix/*` → tuwunel (CORS *, 50M body cap, 1h long-poll
   # timeout). `/` serves fluffychat or 404 if GUI off. nginx
@@ -409,5 +446,6 @@ in
     };
   }
   // forgeVhost
+  // autheliaVhost
   // matrixVhost;
 }