diff --git a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/haproxy.conf b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/haproxy.conf
index 1e47bd478..d3d429689 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/haproxy.conf
+++ b/net/haproxy/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/HAProxy/haproxy.conf
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ frontend {{frontend.name}}
     http-request replace-header Cookie '^(.*?; )?({{backend_data.persistence_cookiename}}=)"([^;"]*)"(;.*)?$' \1\2\3\4
 {%         endif %}
 {%       endif %}
-{%       if frontend.forwardFor == '1' %}
+{%       if frontend.forwardFor == '1' and frontend.mode == 'http' %}
     option forwardfor
 {%       endif %}
     # tuning options