diff --git a/playbooks/roles/haproxy_server/files/haproxy.cfg b/playbooks/roles/haproxy_server/files/haproxy.cfg
index e7e1f60e28..7cad77ff40 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/haproxy_server/files/haproxy.cfg
+++ b/playbooks/roles/haproxy_server/files/haproxy.cfg
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ global
         daemon
         maxconn 4096
         tune.bufsize 384000
-        stats socket /var/run/haproxy.stat mode 600
+        stats socket /var/run/haproxy.stat level admin mode 600
 
 defaults
         log global