diff --git a/haproxy/init.sls b/haproxy/init.sls
index afdc9f8..f614841 100644
--- a/haproxy/init.sls
+++ b/haproxy/init.sls
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 # Meta-state to fully setup haproxy on debian. (or any other distro that has haproxy in their repo)
 
 include:
+{% if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:include') %}
+{% for item in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:include') %}
+  - {{ item }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
   - haproxy.install
   - haproxy.service
-  - haproxy.config
\ No newline at end of file
+  - haproxy.config
diff --git a/haproxy/install.sls b/haproxy/install.sls
index 5981aca..bb56d80 100644
--- a/haproxy/install.sls
+++ b/haproxy/install.sls
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ haproxy_ppa_repo:
 haproxy.install:
   pkg.installed:
     - name: haproxy
+{% if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:require') %}
+    - require:
+{% for item in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:require') %}
+      - {{ item }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/service.sls b/haproxy/service.sls
index 74ff3ff..62d4193 100644
--- a/haproxy/service.sls
+++ b/haproxy/service.sls
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 haproxy.service:
+{% if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:enable', True) %}
   service.running:
     - name: haproxy
     - enable: True
     - reload: True
     - require:
       - pkg: haproxy
+        file: haproxy.service
     - watch:
       - file: haproxy.config
-  file.managed:
+{% else %}
+  service.dead:
+    - name: haproxy
+    - enable: False
+{% endif %}
+  file.replace:
     - name: /etc/default/haproxy
-#TODO: Add switch to turn the service on and off based on pillar configuration.
-    - source: salt://haproxy/files/haproxy-init-enable
-    - create: True
-    - user: "root"
-    - group: "root"
-    - mode: "0644"
+{% if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:enabled', True) %}
+    - pattern: ENABLED=0$
+    - repl: ENABLED=1
+{% else %}
+    - pattern: ENABLED=1$
+    - repl: ENABLED=0
+{% endif %}
+    - show_changes: True
diff --git a/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja b/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja
index 0d777f5..3f6c548 100644
--- a/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja
+++ b/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ global
     group {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:group', 'haproxy') }}
 {%- if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:chroot:enable', 'no') == True %}
     chroot  {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:chroot:path', '/tmp') }}
-{% endif %}
+{%- endif %}
 {%- if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:daemon', 'no') == True %}
     daemon
-{% endif %}
-{%- if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:stats:enable', 'no') == True %}
+{%- endif %}
+{% if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:stats:enable', 'no') == True %}
     # Stats support is currently limited to socket mode
     stats socket {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:stats:socketpath', '/tmp/ha_stats.sock') }}
-{% endif %}
+{%- endif %}
+
 
 #------------------
 # common defaults that all the 'listen' and 'backend' sections will
@@ -48,14 +49,14 @@ defaults
   {%- for errorfile in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:defaults:errorfiles').iteritems() %}
     errorfile {{ errorfile[0] }} {{ errorfile[1] }}
   {%- endfor %}
-{% endif %}
+{%- endif %}
+{%- if 'listens' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy', {}) %}
 
 
 #------------------
 # listen instances
 #------------------
-{%- if 'listens' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy', {}) %}
-  {%- for listener in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:listens', {}).iteritems() %}
+{%- for listener in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:listens', {}).iteritems() %}
 listen {{ listener[1].get('name', listener[0]) }}
     {%- if 'bind' in listener[1] %}
       {%- if listener[1].bind[1] is defined and listener[1].bind[1]|length > 1 %}
@@ -123,14 +124,14 @@ listen {{ listener[1].get('name', listener[0]) }}
       {%- endfor %}
     {% endif %}
   {%- endfor %}
-{% endif %}
+{%- endif %}
+{%- if 'frontends' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy', {}) %}
 
 
 #------------------
 # frontend instances
 #------------------
-{%- if 'frontends' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy', {}) %}
-  {%- for frontend in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:frontends', {}).iteritems() %}
+{%- for frontend in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:frontends', {}).iteritems() %}
 frontend {{ frontend[1].get('name', frontend[0]) }}
     {%- if 'bind' in frontend[1] %}
       {%- if frontend[1].bind[1] is defined and frontend[1].bind[1]|length > 1 %}
@@ -165,16 +166,16 @@ frontend {{ frontend[1].get('name', frontend[0]) }}
       {%- for use_backend in frontend[1].use_backends %}
     use_backend {{ use_backend }}
       {%- endfor %}
-    {% endif %}
+    {%- endif %}
   {%- endfor %}
-{% endif %}
+{%- endif %}
+{%- if 'backends' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy', {}) %}
 
 
 #------------------
 # backend instances
 #------------------
-{%- if 'backends' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy', {}) %}
-  {%- for backend in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:backends', {}).iteritems() %}
+{%- for backend in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:backends', {}).iteritems() %}
 backend {{ backend[1].get('name',backend[0]) }}
     {%- if 'redirects' in backend[1] %}
       {%- for redirect in backend[1].redirects %}
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ backend {{ backend[1].get('name',backend[0]) }}
     {% endif %}
     {%- if 'balance' in backend[1] %}
     balance {{ backend[1].balance }}
-    {% endif %}
+    {%- endif %}
     {%- if 'options' in backend[1] %}
       {%- for option in backend[1].options %}
     option {{ option }}
@@ -203,11 +204,11 @@ backend {{ backend[1].get('name',backend[0]) }}
     {% endif %}
     {%- if 'defaultserver' in backend[1] %}
     default-server {%- for option, value in backend[1].defaultserver.iteritems() %} {{ ' '.join((option, value|string, '')) }} {%- endfor %}
-    {% endif %}
+    {%- endif %}
     {%- if 'servers' in backend[1] %}
       {%- for server in backend[1].servers.iteritems() %}
     server {{ server[1].get('name',server[0]) }} {{ server[1].host }}:{{ server[1].port }} {{ server[1].check }}
       {%- endfor %}
     {% endif %}
   {%- endfor %}
-{% endif %}
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 53a3911..f90debc 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 haproxy:
+  enabled: True
   config_file_path: /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
   global:
     stats: