diff --git a/templates/haproxy_cfg b/templates/haproxy_cfg
index 051a768d084b1f2613a0a5c3f93e955c620d8545..a500d1742a0a8f100d1040c567f94bfaab4479dd 100644
--- a/templates/haproxy_cfg
+++ b/templates/haproxy_cfg
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ frontend http_in
 {% if varnish_host|default(false) %}
   acl is_purge method PURGE
   use_backend backend_varnish if is_purge
+  acl is_ban method BAN
+  use_backend backend_varnish if is_ban
   acl domain_ignores_varnish hdr(host) -i -n -f /etc/haproxy/ignore_varnish.list
   use_backend backend_varnish_bigpipe if domain_uses_bigpipe !domain_ignores_varnish
   acl static_content path_end .jpg .jpeg .gif .png .ico .swf .css .js .htm .html