diff --git a/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/command-functions b/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/command-functions
index 05aceb4b5..286a3bec0 100755
--- a/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/command-functions
+++ b/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/command-functions
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ cmd-haproxy-show-config() {
   declare cmd="haproxy:show-config"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  if ! fn-is-compose-installed; then
+    dokku_log_fail "Required docker compose plugin is not installed"
+  fi
+
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
@@ -116,6 +120,10 @@ cmd-haproxy-start() {
   declare cmd="haproxy:start"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  if ! fn-is-compose-installed; then
+    dokku_log_fail "Required docker compose plugin is not installed"
+  fi
+
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
@@ -128,6 +136,10 @@ cmd-haproxy-stop() {
   declare cmd="haproxy:start"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  if ! fn-is-compose-installed; then
+    dokku_log_fail "Required docker compose plugin is not installed"
+  fi
+
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT