diff --git a/templates/haproxy_cfg b/templates/haproxy_cfg
index 905f757d6a51d047407ad9cfae5fb93072f41408..5d62636f74ce73e6cd10e94a1dc6928a67f7c187 100644
--- a/templates/haproxy_cfg
+++ b/templates/haproxy_cfg
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ frontend https_in_{{ cert.ip }}
 {% for external in cert.external|default([]) %}
 
 backend backend_{{ external.key }}
-  server server_{{ external.key }} {{ external.server }} maxconn 100
+  server server_{{ external.key }} {{ external.server }} {{ external.options }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% endfor %}
 {% for host in groups['all'] %}