diff --git a/nmap-service-probes b/nmap-service-probes
index bbbe3b810..99fc8106a 100644
--- a/nmap-service-probes
+++ b/nmap-service-probes
@@ -4710,6 +4710,9 @@ match http m|^HTTP/1\.[01] \d\d\d.*\r\nServer: Apache[- ]Coyote/(\d[-\d.]+)\r\n.
 match http m|^HTTP/1\.[01] \d\d\d.*\r\nServer: Apache[- ]Coyote/(\d[-\d.]+)\r\n|s p|Apache Tomcat/Coyote JSP engine| v|$1|
 match http m|^HTTP/1\.[01] \d\d\d .*\r\nServer: Apache/([\w._-]+) Ben-SSL/([\w._-]+) \(Unix\)\r\n|s p/Apache httpd/ v/$1/ i/Ben-SSL $1/ o/Unix/
 
+# Place hard matched Apache banners above this line
+softmatch http m|^HTTP/1\.[01] \d\d\d.*\r\nDate: .*\r\nServer: Apache ([^\r\n]+)\r\n| p/Apache httpd/ i/$1/
+
 match http m|^HTTP/1\.[01] \d\d\d [^\r\n]*\r\n.*Server: nginx\r\n| p/nginx/
 match http m!^HTTP/1\.[01] \d\d\d [^\r\n]*\r\n.*Server: nginx/([\d.]+)\r\n!s p/nginx/ v/$1/
 match http m!^HTTP/1\.[01] \d\d\d [^\r\n]*\r\n.*Server: nginx/([\d.]+) \+ ([^\r\n]*)\r\n!s p/nginx/ v/$1/ i/$2/