diff --git a/group_vars/all b/group_vars/all
index 7caa4846d..c212ee193 100644
--- a/group_vars/all
+++ b/group_vars/all
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ mds: true # disable mds configuration in ceph.conf
 # Rados Gateway options
 radosgw: true
 redhat_distro_ceph_extra: centos6.4 # supported distros are centos6.3, centos6.4, centos6, fedora18, fedora19, opensuse12.2, rhel6.3, rhel6.4, rhel6.5, rhel6, sles11sp2
+radosgw_interface: eth1 # the public interface which the radosgw talks to the world with, this variable is used in the haproxy role, this does not need to be set if haproxy is not used.
 
 # OSD options
 journal_size: 100
diff --git a/roles/haproxy/files/precise/haproxy b/roles/haproxy/files/precise/haproxy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a2ee791c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/haproxy/files/precise/haproxy
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Set ENABLED to 1 if you want the init script to start haproxy.
+ENABLED=1
+# Add extra flags here.
+#EXTRAOPTS="-de -m 16"
diff --git a/roles/haproxy/handlers/main.yml b/roles/haproxy/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbc920704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/haproxy/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+## Check distribution release
+#
+
+- include: precise.yml
+  when: ansible_distribution_release == 'precise'
diff --git a/roles/haproxy/handlers/precise.yml b/roles/haproxy/handlers/precise.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2de15f457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/haproxy/handlers/precise.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+- name: restart haproxy
+  service: name=haproxy state=restarted
diff --git a/roles/haproxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/haproxy/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbc920704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/haproxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+## Check distribution release
+#
+
+- include: precise.yml
+  when: ansible_distribution_release == 'precise'
diff --git a/roles/haproxy/tasks/precise.yml b/roles/haproxy/tasks/precise.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1e2f0518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/haproxy/tasks/precise.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+- apt_repository: repo=ppa:vbernat/haproxy-1.5 state=present
+
+- apt: name={{ item }} state=present
+  with_items:
+   - haproxy
+   - socat
+
+- copy: src=precise/haproxy dest=/etc/default/haproxy
+  notify: restart haproxy
+
+- template: src=precise/haproxy.cfg dest=/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg backup=yes
+  notify: restart haproxy
+
+- service: name=haproxy state=started enabled=yes
diff --git a/roles/haproxy/templates/precise/haproxy.cfg b/roles/haproxy/templates/precise/haproxy.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3e10bcba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/haproxy/templates/precise/haproxy.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+#
+global
+    log /dev/log	local0
+    log /dev/log	local1 notice
+    chroot /var/lib/haproxy
+    user haproxy
+    group haproxy
+    daemon
+    stats socket /var/lib/haproxy/stats level admin
+
+defaults
+    log	global
+    mode	http
+    option	httplog
+    option	dontlognull
+    contimeout 5000
+    clitimeout 50000
+    srvtimeout 50000
+    errorfile 400 /etc/haproxy/errors/400.http
+    errorfile 403 /etc/haproxy/errors/403.http
+    errorfile 408 /etc/haproxy/errors/408.http
+    errorfile 500 /etc/haproxy/errors/500.http
+    errorfile 502 /etc/haproxy/errors/502.http
+    errorfile 503 /etc/haproxy/errors/503.http
+    errorfile 504 /etc/haproxy/errors/504.http
+
+frontend http_frontend
+    bind *:80
+    mode http
+    option httpclose
+    option forwardfor
+    default_backend rgw
+
+frontend https_frontend
+    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ceph/radosgw-key-cert.pem
+    mode http
+    option httpclose
+    option forwardfor
+    reqadd X-Forwarded-Proto:\ https
+    default_backend rgw
+
+backend rgw
+    mode http
+    balance roundrobin
+    cookie RADOSGWLB insert indirect nocache
+{% for host in groups['rgws'] %}
+    server {{ hostvars[host].ansible_hostname }} {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_' + radosgw_interface ].ipv4.address }}:80 check cookie {{ hostvars[host].ansible_hostname }}
+{% endfor %}
+
+listen stats :8080
+    mode http
+    stats enable
+    stats hide-version
+    stats realm Haproxy\ Statistics
+    stats uri /
+    #stats auth Username:Password