diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 370f8b9b..e449b995 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ Run one dedicated `gitea-runner cache-server` that all runners point at.
      # external_secret_file: /path/to/secret # secret can also be passed via a file
    ```
 
+Jobs reach the cache server at `external_server`, so when a reverse proxy fronts the server, point `external_server` at the proxy. The cache server itself needs no extra configuration.
+
 Alternatively, mount the same NFS/CIFS share on every runner and point `cache.dir` at it — simpler, but with weaker isolation between repositories.
 
 **S3 / MinIO** — mount object storage as a FUSE filesystem (e.g. [s3fs](https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse) or [goofys](https://github.com/kahing/goofys)) and set `cache.dir` to the mount point.
diff --git a/act/artifactcache/handler.go b/act/artifactcache/handler.go
index 3cf2174a..970f7524 100644
--- a/act/artifactcache/handler.go
+++ b/act/artifactcache/handler.go
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ type JobCredential struct {
 	// remote runner registers with.
 	Results     string `json:"results"`
 	InsecureTLS bool   `json:"insecure_tls"`
+
+	// PublicURL is this server as a reverse proxy makes the job reach it, not the listen address.
+	PublicURL string `json:"public_url"`
 }
 
 // credEntry holds a registered job's credential along with an active
@@ -212,6 +215,13 @@ func (h *Handler) ExternalURL() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", h.outboundIP, h.port)
 }
 
+func (h *Handler) baseURL(cred JobCredential) string {
+	if base := strings.TrimRight(cred.PublicURL, "/"); base != "" {
+		return base
+	}
+	return h.ExternalURL()
+}
+
 // RegisterJob makes token a valid bearer credential for cache requests from
 // the given repository and returns a function that removes it. The runner
 // calls this at job start and defers the returned func so that the credential
@@ -359,7 +369,7 @@ func (h *Handler) find(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ httprouter.Para
 	}
 	h.responseJSON(w, r, 200, map[string]any{
 		"result":          "hit",
-		"archiveLocation": h.signedArtifactURL(cache.ID, time.Now().Add(artifactURLTTL)),
+		"archiveLocation": h.signedArtifactURL(cred, cache.ID, time.Now().Add(artifactURLTTL)),
 		"cacheKey":        cache.Key,
 	})
 }
@@ -641,7 +651,7 @@ func (h *Handler) ResultsURL(cred JobCredential) string {
 	if h == nil || cred.Results == "" {
 		return ""
 	}
-	return h.ExternalURL()
+	return h.baseURL(cred)
 }
 
 func (h *Handler) internalRegister(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ httprouter.Params) {
@@ -700,16 +710,16 @@ func (h *Handler) computeSignature(purpose string, cacheID, exp int64) string {
 }
 
 // signedURL builds a URL under path that signedAuth accepts for the same purpose.
-func (h *Handler) signedURL(path, purpose string, cacheID uint64, exp time.Time) string {
+func (h *Handler) signedURL(cred JobCredential, path, purpose string, cacheID uint64, exp time.Time) string {
 	expUnix := exp.Unix()
 	q := url.Values{}
 	q.Set("exp", strconv.FormatInt(expUnix, 10))
 	q.Set("sig", h.computeSignature(purpose, int64(cacheID), expUnix))
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s/%d?%s", h.ExternalURL(), path, cacheID, q.Encode())
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s/%d?%s", h.baseURL(cred), path, cacheID, q.Encode())
 }
 
-func (h *Handler) signedArtifactURL(cacheID uint64, exp time.Time) string {
-	return h.signedURL(apiPath+"/artifacts", "", cacheID, exp)
+func (h *Handler) signedArtifactURL(cred JobCredential, cacheID uint64, exp time.Time) string {
+	return h.signedURL(cred, apiPath+"/artifacts", "", cacheID, exp)
 }
 
 // if not found, return (nil, nil) instead of an error.
diff --git a/act/artifactcache/handler_test.go b/act/artifactcache/handler_test.go
index 3723e937..14ab5bd3 100644
--- a/act/artifactcache/handler_test.go
+++ b/act/artifactcache/handler_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var testClient = &http.Client{Transport: &bearerTransport{token: testToken}}
 // tests use it to reach the get handler directly without going through a
 // find/cache-hit round trip.
 func signArtifactURL(h *Handler, id int64) string {
-	return h.signedArtifactURL(uint64(id), time.Now().Add(artifactURLTTL))
+	return h.signedArtifactURL(JobCredential{}, uint64(id), time.Now().Add(artifactURLTTL))
 }
 
 func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ func TestHandler_ArtifactSignature(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("tampered signature", func(t *testing.T) {
-		good := handler.signedArtifactURL(1, time.Now().Add(artifactURLTTL))
+		good := signArtifactURL(handler, 1)
 		bad := good[:len(good)-4] + "dead"
 		resp, err := testClient.Get(bad)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ func TestHandler_ArtifactSignature(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("expired signature", func(t *testing.T) {
-		expired := handler.signedArtifactURL(1, time.Now().Add(-time.Second))
+		expired := handler.signedArtifactURL(JobCredential{}, 1, time.Now().Add(-time.Second))
 		resp, err := testClient.Get(expired)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		resp.Body.Close()
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ func TestHandler_ArtifactSignature(t *testing.T) {
 		other, err := StartHandler(dir2, "", 0, "", nil)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		defer other.Close()
-		otherURL := other.signedArtifactURL(1, time.Now().Add(artifactURLTTL))
+		otherURL := signArtifactURL(other, 1)
 		// Rewrite the host so the request still lands on our handler, but
 		// the signature was computed with a different secret.
 		parts := strings.SplitN(otherURL, apiPath, 2)
diff --git a/act/artifactcache/handler_v2.go b/act/artifactcache/handler_v2.go
index 6c69d4e3..9ae51c87 100644
--- a/act/artifactcache/handler_v2.go
+++ b/act/artifactcache/handler_v2.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (h *Handler) v2CreateCacheEntry(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ h
 
 	h.responseJSON(w, r, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{
 		"ok":                true,
-		"signed_upload_url": h.signedURL(blobPath, blobUploadPurpose, cache.ID, time.Now().Add(blobUploadURLTTL)),
+		"signed_upload_url": h.signedURL(cred, blobPath, blobUploadPurpose, cache.ID, time.Now().Add(blobUploadURLTTL)),
 	})
 }
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (h *Handler) v2GetCacheEntryDownloadURL(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 
 	h.responseJSON(w, r, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{
 		"ok":                  true,
-		"signed_download_url": h.signedArtifactURL(cache.ID, time.Now().Add(artifactURLTTL)),
+		"signed_download_url": h.signedArtifactURL(cred, cache.ID, time.Now().Add(artifactURLTTL)),
 		"matched_key":         cache.Key,
 	})
 }
diff --git a/act/artifactcache/handler_v2_test.go b/act/artifactcache/handler_v2_test.go
index 86e7d7a7..82b65265 100644
--- a/act/artifactcache/handler_v2_test.go
+++ b/act/artifactcache/handler_v2_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -198,6 +199,18 @@ func TestCacheServiceV2Lookups(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NotEmpty(t, reserved["signed_upload_url"])
 	})
 
+	t.Run("a proxied job is handed the address its runner registered", func(t *testing.T) {
+		const proxy = "https://cache.example.invalid"
+		handler.RegisterJob("proxied", JobCredential{Repo: testRepo, PublicURL: proxy + "/"})
+		client := &http.Client{Transport: &bearerTransport{token: "proxied"}}
+
+		created := v2Call(t, handler, client, "CreateCacheEntry", map[string]any{"key": "proxied-key", "version": "v1"})
+		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(created["signed_upload_url"].(string), proxy+blobPath+"/"))
+
+		got := v2Call(t, handler, client, "GetCacheEntryDownloadURL", map[string]any{"key": "deps-abc", "version": "v1"})
+		assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(got["signed_download_url"].(string), proxy+apiPath+"/artifacts/"))
+	})
+
 	t.Run("finalizing without a reservation is not ok", func(t *testing.T) {
 		got := v2Call(t, handler, testClient, "FinalizeCacheEntryUpload", map[string]any{
 			"key": "never-reserved", "version": "v1", "size_bytes": 1,
diff --git a/internal/app/run/runner.go b/internal/app/run/runner.go
index 12a6ea9b..35368255 100644
--- a/internal/app/run/runner.go
+++ b/internal/app/run/runner.go
@@ -605,14 +605,15 @@ func (r *Runner) registerExternalCacheJob(token string, cred artifactcache.JobCr
 	resultsURL := ""
 	if body, err := postInternalCache(base+"/_internal/register", r.cfg.Cache.ExternalSecret, map[string]any{
 		"token": token, "repo": cred.Repo, "results": cred.Results, "insecure_tls": cred.InsecureTLS,
+		"public_url": base,
 	}); err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("cache external_server register failed (%s): %v", base, err)
 		if reporter != nil {
 			reporter.Logf("::warning::%s", runner.EscapeCommandData(fmt.Sprintf(
 				"cache external_server register failed (%s): %v — cache requests from this job will be unauthenticated and likely return 401", base, err)))
 		}
-	} else {
-		resultsURL, _ = body["results_url"].(string) // absent from a server too old to forward
+	} else if forwarded, _ := body["results_url"].(string); forwarded != "" {
+		resultsURL = base // the answer only says it forwards, its own address need not be the job's
 	}
 	return func() {
 		if _, err := postInternalCache(base+"/_internal/revoke", r.cfg.Cache.ExternalSecret,
diff --git a/internal/app/run/runner_cache_test.go b/internal/app/run/runner_cache_test.go
index 083728b1..c43fd1a3 100644
--- a/internal/app/run/runner_cache_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/run/runner_cache_test.go
@@ -157,14 +157,15 @@ func decodeJSON(resp *http.Response, v any) error {
 
 // End-to-end against a remote cache-server: token unknown → 401, register →
 // reserve/upload/commit/find/download all OK, revoke → 401 again. Registering also names the
-// instance, and the server answering with its own address is what makes a shared cache server the
+// instance and the address its jobs reach the server at, which makes a shared cache server the
 // whole results service, as the built-in one is.
 func TestRunner_ExternalCacheServer_RegisterRevoke(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "remote-cache")
 	const secret = "shared-secret-for-tests"
-	remote, err := artifactcache.StartHandler(dir, "127.0.0.1", 0, secret, nil)
+	remote, err := artifactcache.StartHandler(dir, "127.0.0.2", 0, secret, nil) // advertised, never dialled
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer remote.Close()
+	external := strings.Replace(remote.ExternalURL(), "127.0.0.2", "127.0.0.1", 1)
 	gitea := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 		_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `{"ok":true}`)
 	}))
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ func TestRunner_ExternalCacheServer_RegisterRevoke(t *testing.T) {
 
 	r := &Runner{
 		cfg: &config.Config{Cache: config.Cache{
-			ExternalServer: remote.ExternalURL(),
+			ExternalServer: external,
 			ExternalSecret: secret,
 		}},
 		envs: map[string]string{"ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL": gitea.URL},
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ func TestRunner_ExternalCacheServer_RegisterRevoke(t *testing.T) {
 
 	token := "external-task-token"
 	repo := "owner/repoX"
-	base := remote.ExternalURL() + "/_apis/artifactcache"
+	base := external + "/_apis/artifactcache"
 	probe := func() int {
 		req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, base+"/cache?keys=k&version=v", nil)
 		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ func TestRunner_ExternalCacheServer_RegisterRevoke(t *testing.T) {
 		"token must be accepted after registerCacheForTask")
 
 	// The server took the results service over, so the artifact half reaches Gitea through it.
-	require.Equal(t, remote.ExternalURL(), resultsURL)
+	require.Equal(t, external, resultsURL)
 	artifact, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(), http.MethodPost,
 		resultsURL+"/twirp/github.actions.results.api.v1.ArtifactService/CreateArtifact", nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ func TestRunner_ExternalCacheServer_RegisterRevoke(t *testing.T) {
 		ArchiveLocation string `json:"archiveLocation"`
 	}
 	require.NoError(t, decodeJSON(resp, &hit))
-	require.NotEmpty(t, hit.ArchiveLocation)
+	require.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(hit.ArchiveLocation, external), hit.ArchiveLocation)
 
 	dl, err := http.Get(hit.ArchiveLocation)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml b/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
index 5a8a33cf..22ab541f 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ cache:
   #port: 0
   # URL of a shared `gitea-runner cache-server` to use instead of starting a local one.
   # Set on every runner that should share a cache pool. A trailing slash is optional.
+  # Jobs reach the server at this URL too, so set it to the reverse proxy when one fronts the server.
   # Example: "http://cache-host:8088/"
   # Requires external_secret (below) to match the value on the cache-server.
   #external_server: ""