diff --git a/manifests/haproxy.pp b/manifests/haproxy.pp
index 355c06283..7fcc2e637 100644
--- a/manifests/haproxy.pp
+++ b/manifests/haproxy.pp
@@ -1564,6 +1564,7 @@ class tripleo::haproxy (
       server_names      => hiera('octavia_api_node_names'),
       public_ssl_port   => $ports[octavia_api_ssl_port],
       service_network   => $octavia_network,
+      mode              => 'http',
       member_options    => union($haproxy_member_options, $internal_tls_member_options),
     }
   }