diff --git a/lb-test-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/catestdb/haproxy.j2 b/lb-test-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/catestdb/haproxy.j2
index 5a5959e..c804399 100644
--- a/lb-test-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/catestdb/haproxy.j2
+++ b/lb-test-common/overlay/opt/frontend/config/catestdb/haproxy.j2
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ frontend {{ site_name }}
 {% block backend %}
 {{ output_backends(backends,
         config=[
+        'option httpchk'
         'http-check expect status 200',
         'default-server inter 3s fall 3 rise 2 on-marked-down shutdown-sessions',
         ],