diff --git a/net/haproxy/pkg-descr b/net/haproxy/pkg-descr
index 3b578b24b..c20f334be 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/pkg-descr
+++ b/net/haproxy/pkg-descr
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Fixed:
 Changed:
 * deploy haproxy.conf if it does not exist (#2474)
 * add new timeout (60s) which will terminate open connections when using graceful stop
+* allow retries to be set to "0" (#2585)
 
 3.5
 
diff --git a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/HAProxy/HAProxy.xml b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/HAProxy/HAProxy.xml
index 8521443fe..5f7d9db7b 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/HAProxy/HAProxy.xml
+++ b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/HAProxy/HAProxy.xml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
                     <Required>N</Required>
                 </timeoutServer>
                 <retries type="IntegerField">
-                    <MinimumValue>1</MinimumValue>
+                    <MinimumValue>0</MinimumValue>
                     <MaximumValue>100</MaximumValue>
                     <default>3</default>
                     <ValidationMessage>Please specify a value between 1 and 100.</ValidationMessage>
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@
                     <Required>N</Required>
                 </tuning_timeoutServer>
                 <tuning_retries type="IntegerField">
-                    <MinimumValue>1</MinimumValue>
+                    <MinimumValue>0</MinimumValue>
                     <MaximumValue>100</MaximumValue>
                     <ValidationMessage>Please specify a value between 1 and 100.</ValidationMessage>
                     <Required>N</Required>