diff --git a/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/command-functions b/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/command-functions
index 1854569b7..648165602 100755
--- a/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/command-functions
+++ b/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/command-functions
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ cmd-haproxy-start() {
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
+  fn-plugin-property-write "caddy" "--global" "proxy-status" "started"
   fn-haproxy-template-compose-file "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE"
   "$DOCKER_BIN" compose -f "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE" -p haproxy up -d --quiet-pull
 }
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ cmd-haproxy-stop() {
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
+  fn-plugin-property-write "haproxy" "--global" "proxy-status" "stopped"
   fn-haproxy-template-compose-file "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE"
   "$DOCKER_BIN" compose -f "$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE" -p haproxy down --remove-orphans
 }
diff --git a/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/pre-restore b/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/pre-restore
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8e3086210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/haproxy-vhosts/pre-restore
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
+source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/haproxy-vhosts/command-functions"
+set -eo pipefail
+[[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+
+trigger-haproxy-pre-restore() {
+  declare desc="pre-restore the caddy proxy"
+  declare trigger="install"
+
+  if [[ "$(fn-plugin-property-get "haproxy" "--global" "proxy-status")" == "stopped" ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if ! cmd-haproxy-start; then
+    dokku_log_warn "Failed to restore haproxy proxy, requests may not route as expected"
+  fi
+}
+
+trigger-haproxy-pre-restore "$@"