diff --git a/templates/upstreams.conf.j2 b/templates/upstreams.conf.j2
index 4b96fe9..dedb1a5 100644
--- a/templates/upstreams.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/upstreams.conf.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {% set upstream = nginx.upstreams[upstreamname] %}
 upstream {{ upstreamname }} {
 {% for s in upstream.server  %}
-        server {{ s.address }} {%if s.resolve|d(False) %}resolve{% endif %};
+        server {{ s.address }} {%if s.resolve|d(False) %}resolve {% endif %}max_fails={{ s.max_fails|d(5) }} fail_timeout={{ s.fail_timeout|d(10) }};
 {% endfor %}
 }