diff --git a/manifests/loadbalancer.pp b/manifests/loadbalancer.pp
index 906a6b43..6d35d31b 100644
--- a/manifests/loadbalancer.pp
+++ b/manifests/loadbalancer.pp
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ class cloud::loadbalancer(
   $mysql_vip                      = $os_params::mysql_vip
 ){
 
-  class { 'haproxy': }
+  class { 'haproxy':
+    manage_service => false,
+  }
 
   class { 'keepalived': }
 
@@ -65,11 +67,13 @@ class cloud::loadbalancer(
   }
 
   keepalived::instance { '1':
-    interface         => $keepalived_interface,
-    virtual_ips       => split(join(flatten([$keepalived_ipvs, ['']]), " dev ${keepalived_interface},"), ','),
-    state             => $keepalived_state,
-    track_script      => ['haproxy'],
-    priority          => 50,
+    interface     => $keepalived_interface,
+    virtual_ips   => split(join(flatten([$keepalived_ipvs, ['']]), " dev ${keepalived_interface},"), ','),
+    state         => $keepalived_state,
+    track_script  => ['haproxy'],
+    priority      => 50,
+    notify_master => '"/etc/init.d/haproxy start"',
+    notify_backup => '"/etc/init.d/haproxy stop"',
   }
 
   $monitors_data = inline_template('
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb
index c2dfc322..73a7de84 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ describe 'cloud::loadbalancer' do
     end
 
     it 'configure haproxy server' do
-      should contain_class('haproxy')
+      should contain_class('haproxy').with({
+        'manage_service' => 'false',
+      })
     end
 
     it 'configure keepalived server' do
@@ -72,7 +74,9 @@ describe 'cloud::loadbalancer' do
 
     it 'configure vrrp_instance with MASTER state' do
       should contain_keepalived__instance('1').with({
-        'state' => 'MASTER',
+        'state'         => 'MASTER',
+        'notify_master' => '"/etc/init.d/haproxy start"',
+        'notify_backup' => '"/etc/init.d/haproxy stop"',
       })
     end
 
@@ -121,7 +125,9 @@ describe 'cloud::loadbalancer' do
     end
 
     it 'configure haproxy server' do
-      should contain_class('haproxy')
+      should contain_class('haproxy').with({
+        'manage_service' => 'false',
+      })
     end
 
     it 'configure keepalived server' do
@@ -129,7 +135,10 @@ describe 'cloud::loadbalancer' do
     end
 
     it 'configure vrrp_instance with BACKUP state' do
-      should contain_keepalived__instance('1')
+      should contain_keepalived__instance('1').with({
+        'notify_master' => '"/etc/init.d/haproxy start"',
+        'notify_backup' => '"/etc/init.d/haproxy stop"',
+      })
     end
 
   end