diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/start.yml b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/start.yml
index cda6c0cf3c..ca71509155 100755
--- a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/start.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/start.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     container_privileged: "True"
     container_volumes:
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/keepalived/:/opt/kolla/keepalived/:ro"
+      - "/run:/run"
     container_environment:
       KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY: "{{ config_strategy }}"
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
     container_name: "haproxy"
     container_volumes:
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/haproxy/:/opt/kolla/haproxy/:ro"
+      - "/run:/run"
     container_environment:
       KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY: "{{ config_strategy }}"
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2 b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
index 8fc65de148..11a3340990 100755
--- a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 global
   daemon
   maxconn 4000
+  stats socket /run/haproxy.sock
 
 defaults
   mode http
-  maxconn 4000
   option redispatch
   retries 3
   timeout http-request 10s
diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/keepalived.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/keepalived.conf.j2
index e2c37dab5d..baba1fda69 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/keepalived.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/keepalived.conf.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 vrrp_script check_alive {
     script "/check_alive.sh"
     interval 2
-    weight -10
+    fall 2
+    rise 10
 }
 
 vrrp_instance Floating {
diff --git a/docker/common/keepalived/check_alive.sh b/docker/common/keepalived/check_alive.sh
index ee0c5a85b6..8c2684f10b 100755
--- a/docker/common/keepalived/check_alive.sh
+++ b/docker/common/keepalived/check_alive.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# This is noop check script. Change it to something meaningful.
-# TODO (inc0): When HAProxy is implemented, this should be changed to HAProxy check
-# https://github.com/stackforge/kolla/blob/master/specs/high-availability.rst
+# This will return 0 when it successfully talks to the haproxy daemon via the socket
+# Failures return 1
 
-exit 0
+echo "show info" | socat unix-connect:/run/haproxy.sock stdio