diff --git a/manifests/loadbalancer.pp b/manifests/loadbalancer.pp
index 0a922e57..874098df 100644
--- a/manifests/loadbalancer.pp
+++ b/manifests/loadbalancer.pp
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@
 #  (optional) The HTTP sytle basic credentials (using login:password form)
 #  Defaults to 'admin:changeme'
 #
+# [*haproxy_options*]
+#  (optional) The haproxy global options
+#  Defaults to {}
+#
 # [*keepalived_state*]
 #  (optional) TODO
 #  Defaults to 'BACKUP'
@@ -543,6 +547,7 @@ class cloud::loadbalancer(
   $sensu_api                        = true,
   $redis                            = true,
   $haproxy_auth                     = 'admin:changeme',
+  $haproxy_options                  = {},
   $keepalived_state                 = 'BACKUP',
   $keepalived_priority              = '50',
   $keepalived_vrrp_interface        = false,
@@ -642,10 +647,24 @@ class cloud::loadbalancer(
     fail('galera_ip should be part of keepalived_public_ipvs or keepalived_internal_ipvs.')
   }
 
+  # TODO : Use global_options in puppetlabs-haproxy as merge in params.pp
+  $haproxy_default_options = {
+    'log'     => "${::ipaddress} local0",
+    'chroot'  => '/var/lib/haproxy',
+    'pidfile' => '/var/run/haproxy.pid',
+    'maxconn' => '4000',
+    'user'    => 'haproxy',
+    'group'   => 'haproxy',
+    'daemon'  => '',
+    'stats'   => 'socket /var/lib/haproxy/stats',
+    'nbproc'  => $::processorcount
+  }
+  $haproxy_global_options = merge($haproxy_default_options,$haproxy_options)
   # Ensure Keepalived is started before HAproxy to avoid binding errors.
   class { 'keepalived': } ->
   class { 'haproxy':
-    service_manage => true
+    service_manage => true,
+    global_options => $haproxy_global_options
   }
 
   keepalived::vrrp_script { 'haproxy':
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb
index 2ccbc287..1159732a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_loadbalancer_spec.rb
@@ -110,6 +110,31 @@ describe 'cloud::loadbalancer' do
       is_expected.not_to contain_keepalived__instance('2')
     end
 
+    context 'with 4 processors' do
+      before :each do
+        facts.merge!(
+          :processorcount => '4',
+          :ipaddress      => '10.10.0.1'
+        )
+      end
+      it 'configure haproxy server' do
+        is_expected.to contain_class('haproxy').with(
+          :service_manage => true,
+          :global_options => {
+            'log'     => '10.10.0.1 local0',
+            'chroot'  => '/var/lib/haproxy',
+            'pidfile' => '/var/run/haproxy.pid',
+            'maxconn' => '4000',
+            'user'    => 'haproxy',
+            'group'   => 'haproxy',
+            'daemon'  => '',
+            'stats'   => 'socket /var/lib/haproxy/stats',
+            'nbproc'  => '4'
+          }
+        )
+      end
+    end # configure haproxy server
+
     context 'configure an internal VIP with the same VIP as public network' do
       before do
         params.merge!(:keepalived_internal_ipvs => ['10.0.0.1', '10.0.0.2'])