diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 5a46574..ebbc737 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ haproxy_service_configs: []
 #         letsencrypt-acl:
 #           rule: "path_beg /.well-known/acme-challenge/"
 #           backend_name: letsencrypt
+#       haproxy_stick_table:
+#         - "stick-table  type ipv6  size 256k  expire 10s  store http_err_rate(10s)"
+#         - "http-request track-sc0 src"
+#         - "http-request deny deny_status 429 if { sc_http_err_rate(0) gt 20 } !{ src 10.0.0.0/8 } !{ src 172.16.0.0/12 } !{ src 192.168.0.0/16 }"
 #   - service:
 #       # https://www.haproxy.com/blog/haproxy-exposes-a-prometheus-metrics-endpoint/
 #       haproxy_service_name: prometheus-metrics
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/custom-stick-tables-1c790fe223bb0d5d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/custom-stick-tables-1c790fe223bb0d5d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f113af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/custom-stick-tables-1c790fe223bb0d5d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    A new variable ``haproxy_stick_table`` can be defined to apply a
+    customised stick-table to all backends on the loadbalancer. In addition,
+    ``haproxy_stick_table`` can be set in each service definition to have a
+    customised stick-table for a particular backend.
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    A default stick-table was previously applied to all backends by default
+    but did not have any specific purpose. This is now removed, and the variable
+    ``haproxy_stick_table`` should be used to supply a list of config lines
+    to be applied to each backend to control stick-table functionality.
diff --git a/templates/service.j2 b/templates/service.j2
index 3ac7914..939cf40 100644
--- a/templates/service.j2
+++ b/templates/service.j2
@@ -94,8 +94,10 @@ backend {{ item.service.haproxy_service_name }}-back
     timeout server {{ item.service.haproxy_timeout_server }}
 {% endif %}
 {% if (item.service.haproxy_stick_table_enabled | default(true) | bool) %}
-    stick store-request src
-    stick-table type ip size 256k expire 30m
+{%   set stick_table = item.service.haproxy_stick_table|default( haproxy_stick_table | default([])) %}
+{%   for entry in stick_table %}
+    {{ entry }}
+{%   endfor %}
 {% endif %}
 {% if request_option == "http" %}
     option forwardfor