diff --git a/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja b/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja
index 9ad1544..f9e71dc 100644
--- a/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja
+++ b/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ global
 {%- if 'ssl-default-bind-options' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global', {}) %}
     {{- render_list_of_dictionaries('ssl-default-bind-options', salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:ssl-default-bind-options')) }}
 {%- endif %}
+{%- if 'localpeer' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global', {}) %}
+    localpeer {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:localpeer') }}
+{%- endif %}
 {%- if 'extra' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global', {}) %}
   {%- if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:extra', {}) is string %}
     {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:extra') }}
@@ -104,6 +107,36 @@ userlist {{ id }}
   {%- endfor %}
 {% endfor %}
 
+{%- for group, peers in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:peers', {}).items() %}
+peers {{ group }}
+    {%- for peer, data in peers.get('peers', {}).items() %}
+    {%- if data is mapping %}
+    peer {{ peer }}{{ ' ' ~ data.address if 'address' in data else '' }}{{ ':' ~ data.port if 'port' in data else '' }}{{ ' ' ~ data.extra if 'extra' in data else '' }}
+    {%- else %}
+    peer {{ peer }} {{ data }}
+    {%- endif %}
+    {%- endfor %}
+    {%- if 'bind' in peers %}
+    {%- if peers.bind is mapping %}
+    bind {{ peers.bind.address }}:{{ peers.bind.port }}{{ ' ' ~ peers.bind.extra if 'extra' in peers.bind else '' }}
+    {%- else %}
+    bind {{ peers.bind }}
+    {%- endif %}
+    {%- endif %}
+    {%- if 'default-bind' in peers %}
+    default-bind {{ peers['default-bind'] }}
+    {%- endif %}
+    {%- if 'default-server' in peers %}
+    default-server {{ peers['default-server'] }}
+    {%- endif %}
+    {%- for server, data in peers.get('servers', {}).items() %}
+    server {{ server }}{{ ' ' ~ data.address if 'address' in data else '' }}{{ ':' ~ data.port if 'port' in data else '' }}{{ ' ' ~ data.extra if 'extra' in data else '' }}
+    {%- endfor %}
+    {%- if 'shards' in peers %}
+    shards {{ peers.shards }}
+    {%- endif %}
+{%- endfor %}
+
 #------------------
 # common defaults that all the 'listen' and 'backend' sections will
 # use- if not designated in their block
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 3a05a85..a66ace1 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -56,6 +56,35 @@ haproxy:
         john: insecure-password doe
         sam: insecure-password frodo
 
+  peers:
+    mygroup1:
+      peers:
+        myserver1: 2001:db8:100::1:1024
+        # or
+        myserver1:
+          address: 2001:db8:100::1
+          port: 1024
+
+      # HAProxy only allows either the above or the below peer configuration style - but this is not enforced by the formula
+
+      bind: 2001:db8:100::1:1024
+      # or
+      bind:
+        address: 2001:db8:100::1
+        port: 1024
+        extra: ssl crt /etc/ssl/crtkey
+      default-server: ssl verify required ca-file /etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem
+      servers:
+        myserver1:
+          myserver1: {}
+          myserver2:
+            address: 2001:db8:100::2:1024
+            # or
+            address: 2001:db8:100::2
+            port: 1024
+
+      shards: 3
+
   defaults:
     log: global
     mode: http