diff --git a/lb-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/fidusmd/haproxy.j2 b/lb-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/fidusmd/haproxy.j2
index ebc9385..53a6a8e 100644
--- a/lb-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/fidusmd/haproxy.j2
+++ b/lb-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/fidusmd/haproxy.j2
@@ -5,3 +5,12 @@
     use_backend {{ site_name }}__default
 {% endblock usebackend %}
 
+{% block backend %}
+{{ output_backends(backends,
+      config=[
+      'cookie SERVERID insert indirect nocache',
+      'option httpchk'
+      ]
+   )
+}}
+{% endblock backend %}