diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index 8458005656..8b2fa3c151 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -480,7 +480,15 @@ mariadb_wsrep_port: "4567"
 mariadb_ist_port: "4568"
 mariadb_sst_port: "4444"
 mariadb_clustercheck_port: "4569"
+
 mariadb_monitor_user: "{{ 'monitor' if enable_proxysql | bool else 'haproxy' }}"
+mariadb_monitor_connect_interval: "2000"
+mariadb_monitor_galera_healthcheck_interval: "4000"
+mariadb_monitor_galera_healthcheck_timeout: "1000"
+mariadb_monitor_galera_healthcheck_max_timeout_count: "2"
+mariadb_monitor_ping_interval: "3000"
+mariadb_monitor_ping_timeout: "2000"
+mariadb_monitor_ping_max_failures: "2"
 
 mariadb_datadir_volume: "mariadb"
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/proxysql/proxysql.yaml.j2 b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/proxysql/proxysql.yaml.j2
index e752007068..4d596056e7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/proxysql/proxysql.yaml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/proxysql/proxysql.yaml.j2
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ mysql_variables:
    interfaces: "{{ kolla_internal_vip_address | put_address_in_context('url') }}:{{ database_port }}"
    monitor_username: "{{ mariadb_monitor_user }}"
    monitor_password: "{{ mariadb_monitor_password }}"
+   monitor_connect_interval: "{{ mariadb_monitor_connect_interval }}"
+   monitor_galera_healthcheck_interval: "{{ mariadb_monitor_galera_healthcheck_interval }}"
+   monitor_galera_healthcheck_timeout: "{{ mariadb_monitor_galera_healthcheck_timeout }}"
+   monitor_galera_healthcheck_max_timeout_count: "{{ mariadb_monitor_galera_healthcheck_max_timeout_count }}"
+   monitor_ping_interval: "{{ mariadb_monitor_ping_interval }}"
+   monitor_ping_timeout: "{{ mariadb_monitor_ping_timeout }}"
+   monitor_ping_max_failures: "{{ mariadb_monitor_ping_max_failures }}"
 
 mysql_servers:
 {% for shard_id, shard in mariadb_shards_info.shards.items() %}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/proxysql-monitor-0adc0594c06c7362.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/proxysql-monitor-0adc0594c06c7362.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d42f863b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/proxysql-monitor-0adc0594c06c7362.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Introduces new variables ``mariadb_monitor_connect_interval``,
+    ``mariadb_monitor_galera_healthcheck_interval``,
+    ``mariadb_monitor_galera_healthcheck_timeout``,
+    ``mariadb_monitor_galera_healthcheck_max_timeout_count``,
+    ``mariadb_monitor_ping_interval``, ``mariadb_monitor_ping_timeout``,
+    and ``mariadb_monitor_ping_max_failures``.
+    These allow faster detection of issues in Galera clusters,
+    reducing downtime to 10 seconds.