diff --git a/ci/environments/multinode_major_upgrade.yaml b/ci/environments/multinode_major_upgrade.yaml
index e5c1b411a7..2251cc0c78 100644
--- a/ci/environments/multinode_major_upgrade.yaml
+++ b/ci/environments/multinode_major_upgrade.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ parameter_defaults:
     - OS::TripleO::Services::NovaCompute
     - OS::TripleO::Services::NovaLibvirt
     - OS::TripleO::Services::Pacemaker
+    - OS::TripleO::Services::Horizon
   ControllerExtraConfig:
     nova::compute::libvirt::services::libvirt_virt_type: qemu
     nova::compute::libvirt::libvirt_virt_type: qemu
diff --git a/puppet/services/horizon.yaml b/puppet/services/horizon.yaml
index 2111021bc9..7798385401 100644
--- a/puppet/services/horizon.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/horizon.yaml
@@ -96,3 +96,19 @@ outputs:
           - horizon::django_debug: {get_param: Debug}
       step_config: |
         include ::tripleo::profile::base::horizon
+      # Ansible tasks to handle upgrade
+      upgrade_tasks:
+        - name: Check if httpd is deployed
+          command: systemctl is-enabled httpd
+          tags: step0,validation
+          ignore_errors: True
+          register: httpd_enabled
+        - name: "PreUpgrade step0,validation: Check if httpd is running"
+          shell: >
+            /usr/bin/systemctl show 'httpd' --property ActiveState |
+            grep '\bactive\b'
+          when: httpd_enabled.rc == 0
+          tags: step0,validation
+        - name: Stop Horizon (under httpd)
+          tags: step2
+          service: name=httpd state=stopped