diff --git a/haproxy/files/haproxy_apt_preferences b/haproxy/files/haproxy_apt_preferences
deleted file mode 100644
index bae1e794..00000000
--- a/haproxy/files/haproxy_apt_preferences
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Package: haproxy libssl1.0.0
-Pin: release a=jessie-backports
-Pin-Priority: 999
diff --git a/haproxy/tasks/packages_backports.yml b/haproxy/tasks/packages_backports.yml
index a5c33170..3be91268 100644
--- a/haproxy/tasks/packages_backports.yml
+++ b/haproxy/tasks/packages_backports.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   - packages
 
 - name: Prefer HAProxy package from backports
-  copy:
-    src: haproxy_apt_preferences
+  template:
+    src: haproxy_apt_preferences.j2
     dest: /etc/apt/preferences.d/999-haproxy
     force: yes
     mode: "0640"
diff --git a/haproxy/templates/haproxy_apt_preferences.j2 b/haproxy/templates/haproxy_apt_preferences.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..706ee67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/templates/haproxy_apt_preferences.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Package: haproxy libssl1.0.0
+Pin: release a={{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports
+Pin-Priority: 999