diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ecc04cd..d20c539 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
                 port: 9200
                 buffer:
                   flush_thread_count: 8
+                reload_connections: false
           monitoring:
             worker: '0-2'
             filter:
diff --git a/fluentd/files/match/elasticsearch.conf b/fluentd/files/match/elasticsearch.conf
index a9f1411..7f552ac 100644
--- a/fluentd/files/match/elasticsearch.conf
+++ b/fluentd/files/match/elasticsearch.conf
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
   host {{ values.host }}
   port {{ values.get("port", 9200) }}
   scheme {{ values.get("scheme", "http") }}
-{%- if values.get("scheme", "http") == "https" %}
+{%- if values.get("scheme") == "https" %}
   ssl_verify true
   ca_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
   ssl_version TLSv1_2
+# should be false when SSL with haproxy used
+  reload_connections {{ values.get("reload_connections", false) | lower }}
+{%- elif values.get("scheme") == "http" %}
+  reload_connections {{ values.get("reload_connections", true) | lower }}
 {%- endif %}
   type_name {{ values.get("es_type_name", "message") }}
   tag_key {{ values.get("tag_key", "Logger") }}