diff --git a/elements/haproxy-octavia-ubuntu/post-install.d/20-disable-default-haproxy b/elements/haproxy-octavia-ubuntu/post-install.d/20-disable-default-haproxy
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0f23a0d44c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/haproxy-octavia-ubuntu/post-install.d/20-disable-default-haproxy
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+update-rc.d -f haproxy remove
diff --git a/elements/haproxy-octavia/post-install.d/20-disable-default-haproxy b/elements/haproxy-octavia/post-install.d/20-disable-default-haproxy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..313496de16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/haproxy-octavia/post-install.d/20-disable-default-haproxy
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+chkconfig haproxy off
+