diff --git a/neutron_lbaas/drivers/haproxy/templates/haproxy_proxies.j2 b/neutron_lbaas/drivers/haproxy/templates/haproxy_proxies.j2
index ae00b46d0..1b4b2a5c2 100644
--- a/neutron_lbaas/drivers/haproxy/templates/haproxy_proxies.j2
+++ b/neutron_lbaas/drivers/haproxy/templates/haproxy_proxies.j2
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ backend {{ pool.id }}
 {% elif pool.session_persistence.type == constants.SESSION_PERSISTENCE_HTTP_COOKIE %}
     cookie SRV insert indirect nocache
 {% elif pool.session_persistence.type == constants.SESSION_PERSISTENCE_APP_COOKIE and pool.session_persistence.cookie_name %}
-    appsession {{ pool.session_persistence.cookie_name }} len 56 timeout 3h
+    stick-table type string len 64 size 10k
+    stick store-response res.cook({{ pool.session_persistence.cookie_name }})
+    stick match req.cook({{ pool.session_persistence.cookie_name }})
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 {% if pool.health_monitor %}
diff --git a/neutron_lbaas/tests/unit/drivers/haproxy/test_jinja_cfg.py b/neutron_lbaas/tests/unit/drivers/haproxy/test_jinja_cfg.py
index 369f4cead..b995779e7 100644
--- a/neutron_lbaas/tests/unit/drivers/haproxy/test_jinja_cfg.py
+++ b/neutron_lbaas/tests/unit/drivers/haproxy/test_jinja_cfg.py
@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ class TestHaproxyCfg(base.BaseTestCase):
                 be = ("backend sample_pool_id_1\n"
                       "    mode http\n"
                       "    balance roundrobin\n"
-                      "    appsession APP_COOKIE len 56 timeout 3h\n"
+                      "    stick-table type string len 64 size 10k\n"
+                      "    stick store-response res.cook(APP_COOKIE)\n"
+                      "    stick match req.cook(APP_COOKIE)\n"
                       "    timeout check 31s\n"
                       "    option httpchk GET /index.html\n"
                       "    http-check expect rstatus %s\n"