diff --git a/images/router/haproxy/conf/haproxy-config.template b/images/router/haproxy/conf/haproxy-config.template
index e7f89360c..f8913d426 100644
--- a/images/router/haproxy/conf/haproxy-config.template
+++ b/images/router/haproxy/conf/haproxy-config.template
@@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ backend {{ genBackendNamePrefix $cfg.TLSTermination }}:{{ $cfgIdx }}
             {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
   tcp-request content reject if !allowlist
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- with $value := clipHAProxyTimeoutValue (firstMatch $timeSpecPattern (index $cfg.Annotations "haproxy.router.openshift.io/timeout-http-keep-alive")) }}
+  timeout http-keep-alive  {{ $value }}
         {{- end }}
         {{- with $value := clipHAProxyTimeoutValue (firstMatch $timeSpecPattern (index $cfg.Annotations "haproxy.router.openshift.io/timeout")) }}
   timeout server  {{ $value }}
diff --git a/pkg/router/template/configmanager/haproxy/manager.go b/pkg/router/template/configmanager/haproxy/manager.go
index 86e3a0886..d1a8643a8 100644
--- a/pkg/router/template/configmanager/haproxy/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/router/template/configmanager/haproxy/manager.go
@@ -1112,5 +1112,6 @@ func modAnnotationsList(termination routev1.TLSTerminationType) []string {
 	annotations = append(annotations, "haproxy.router.openshift.io/hsts_header")
 	annotations = append(annotations, "haproxy.router.openshift.io/rewrite-target")
 	annotations = append(annotations, "router.openshift.io/cookie-same-site")
+	annotations = append(annotations, "haproxy.router.openshift.io/timeout-http-keep-alive")
 	return annotations
 }