diff --git a/pkg/converters/ingress/annotations/global.go b/pkg/converters/ingress/annotations/global.go
index 033b8b3f..93506cb9 100644
--- a/pkg/converters/ingress/annotations/global.go
+++ b/pkg/converters/ingress/annotations/global.go
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ func (c *updater) buildGlobalSSL(d *globalData) {
 	ssl.ModeAsync = d.mapper.Get(ingtypes.GlobalSSLModeAsync).Bool()
 	ssl.Options = d.mapper.Get(ingtypes.GlobalSSLOptions).Value
 	ssl.RedirectCode = d.mapper.Get(ingtypes.GlobalSSLRedirectCode).Int()
+	ssl.SSLRedirect = d.mapper.Get(ingtypes.BackSSLRedirect).Bool()
 }
 
 func (c *updater) buildGlobalHTTPStoHTTP(d *globalData) {
diff --git a/pkg/haproxy/config.go b/pkg/haproxy/config.go
index c661a927..7fd21c0d 100644
--- a/pkg/haproxy/config.go
+++ b/pkg/haproxy/config.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ func (c *config) WriteFrontendMaps() error {
 		//
 		RedirFromRootMap:  mapBuilder.AddMap(mapsDir + "/_front_redir_fromroot.map"),
 		RedirFromMap:      mapBuilder.AddMap(mapsDir + "/_front_redir_from.map"),
+		RedirRootSSLMap:   mapBuilder.AddMap(mapsDir + "/_front_redir_root_ssl.map"),
 		RedirToMap:        mapBuilder.AddMap(mapsDir + "/_front_redir_to.map"),
 		SSLPassthroughMap: mapBuilder.AddMap(mapsDir + "/_front_sslpassthrough.map"),
 		VarNamespaceMap:   mapBuilder.AddMap(mapsDir + "/_front_namespace.map"),
@@ -274,6 +275,26 @@ func (c *config) WriteFrontendMaps() error {
 		// TODO wildcard/alias/alias-regex hostname can overlap
 		// a configured domain which doesn't have rootRedirect
 		if host.RootRedirect != "" {
+			// looking for root path configuration - if ssl redirect is enabled,
+			// we need to redirect to https before redirect the path.
+			redirectssl := func() bool {
+				redir := c.global.SSL.SSLRedirect
+				for _, path := range host.FindPath("/") {
+					if backend := c.backends.Items()[path.Backend.ID]; backend != nil {
+						if bpath := backend.FindBackendPath(path.Link); bpath != nil {
+							redir = bpath.SSLRedirect
+							if !path.Link.ComposeMatch() {
+								// give precedence for root path without method, header or cookie matching
+								return redir
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				return redir
+			}
+			if redirectssl() {
+				fmaps.RedirRootSSLMap.AddHostnameMapping(host.Hostname, "")
+			}
 			fmaps.RedirFromRootMap.AddHostnameMapping(host.Hostname, host.RootRedirect)
 		}
 		//
diff --git a/pkg/haproxy/instance_test.go b/pkg/haproxy/instance_test.go
index 866f6140..7a4d57ea 100644
--- a/pkg/haproxy/instance_test.go
+++ b/pkg/haproxy/instance_test.go
@@ -4042,6 +4042,8 @@ func TestInstanceRootRedirect(t *testing.T) {
 	c := setup(t)
 	defer c.teardown()
 
+	c.config.global.SSL.SSLRedirect = true
+
 	var h *hatypes.Host
 	var b = c.config.Backends().AcquireBackend("d1", "app", "8080")
 	h = c.config.Hosts().AcquireHost("*.d1.local")
@@ -4081,6 +4083,7 @@ frontend _front_http
     mode http
     bind :80
     <<set-req-base>>
+    http-request redirect scheme https if { path / } { var(req.host) -i -m str -f /etc/haproxy/maps/_front_redir_root_ssl__exact.map }
     http-request set-var(req.rootredir) var(req.host),map_str(/etc/haproxy/maps/_front_redir_fromroot__exact.map)
     http-request set-var(req.rootredir) var(req.host),map_reg(/etc/haproxy/maps/_front_redir_fromroot__regex.map) if !{ var(req.rootredir) -m found }
     http-request redirect location %[var(req.rootredir)] if { path / } { var(req.rootredir) -m found }
@@ -4116,6 +4119,9 @@ d2.local#/app1 d2_app_8080
 `)
 	c.checkMap("_front_redir_fromroot__exact.map", `
 d2.local /app1
+`)
+	c.checkMap("_front_redir_root_ssl__exact.map", `
+d2.local
 `)
 	c.checkMap("_front_redir_fromroot__regex.map", `
 ^[^.]+\.d1\.local$ /app
diff --git a/pkg/haproxy/types/host.go b/pkg/haproxy/types/host.go
index a416b1c8..38fb440e 100644
--- a/pkg/haproxy/types/host.go
+++ b/pkg/haproxy/types/host.go
@@ -405,6 +405,12 @@ func (l *PathLink) Equals(other *PathLink) bool {
 	return l.hash == other.hash
 }
 
+// ComposeMatch returns true if the pathLink has composing match,
+// by adding method, header or cookie match.
+func (l *PathLink) ComposeMatch() bool {
+	return len(l.headers) > 0
+}
+
 // WithHostname ...
 func (l *PathLink) WithHostname(hostname string) *PathLink {
 	l.hostname = hostname
diff --git a/pkg/haproxy/types/types.go b/pkg/haproxy/types/types.go
index df565b16..60d6f3ef 100644
--- a/pkg/haproxy/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/haproxy/types/types.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ type SSLConfig struct {
 	ModeAsync           bool
 	Options             string
 	RedirectCode        int
+	SSLRedirect         bool
 }
 
 // DHParamConfig ...
@@ -406,6 +407,7 @@ type FrontendMaps struct {
 	HTTPSSNIMap  *HostsMap
 	//
 	RedirFromRootMap  *HostsMap
+	RedirRootSSLMap   *HostsMap
 	RedirFromMap      *HostsMap
 	RedirToMap        *HostsMap
 	SSLPassthroughMap *HostsMap
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/templates/haproxy/haproxy.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/templates/haproxy/haproxy.tmpl
index 865bee60..782cc7aa 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/templates/haproxy/haproxy.tmpl
+++ b/rootfs/etc/templates/haproxy/haproxy.tmpl
@@ -1156,8 +1156,19 @@ frontend {{ $proxy__front_http }}
     http-request set-var(req.host) hdr(host),field(1,:),lower
     http-request set-var(req.base) var(req.host),concat(\#,req.path)
 
-{{- /*------------------------------------*/}}
 {{- $acmeexclusive := and $global.Acme.Enabled (not $global.Acme.Shared) }}
+
+{{- /*------------------------------------*/}}
+{{- if $fmaps.RedirRootSSLMap.HasHost }}
+{{- range $match := $fmaps.RedirRootSSLMap.MatchFiles }}
+    http-request redirect scheme https
+        {{- if $global.SSL.RedirectCode }} code {{ $global.SSL.RedirectCode }}{{ end }}
+        {{- "" }} if{{ if $acmeexclusive }} !acme-challenge{{ end }}
+        {{- "" }} { path / } { var(req.host) -i -m {{ $match.Method }} -f {{ $match.Filename }} }
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- /*------------------------------------*/}}
 {{- if $fmaps.RedirFromRootMap.HasHost }}
 {{- range $match := $fmaps.RedirFromRootMap.MatchFiles }}
     http-request set-var(req.rootredir) var(req.host)
diff --git a/tests/framework/options/objects.go b/tests/framework/options/objects.go
index 6da01280..dc120309 100644
--- a/tests/framework/options/objects.go
+++ b/tests/framework/options/objects.go
@@ -8,15 +8,13 @@ import (
 
 type Object func(o *objectOpt)
 
-func AddConfigKeyAnnotations(ann map[string]string) Object {
+func AddConfigKeyAnnotation(key, value string) Object {
 	annprefix := "haproxy-ingress.github.io/"
 	return func(o *objectOpt) {
 		if o.Ann == nil {
 			o.Ann = make(map[string]string)
 		}
-		for k, v := range ann {
-			o.Ann[annprefix+k] = v
-		}
+		o.Ann[annprefix+key] = value
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/integration_test.go b/tests/integration/integration_test.go
index db25376f..23238ffc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/integration_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestIntegrationIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		svc := f.CreateService(ctx, t, httpServerPort)
 		_, hostname := f.CreateIngress(ctx, t, svc,
 			options.DefaultHostTLS(),
-			options.AddConfigKeyAnnotations(map[string]string{ingtypes.BackSSLRedirect: "false"}),
+			options.AddConfigKeyAnnotation(ingtypes.BackSSLRedirect, "false"),
 		)
 		res := f.Request(ctx, t, http.MethodGet, hostname, "/", options.ExpectResponseCode(http.StatusOK))
 		assert.True(t, res.EchoResponse)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestIntegrationIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		svc := f.CreateService(ctx, t, httpServerPort)
 		_, hostname := f.CreateIngress(ctx, t, svc,
 			options.DefaultHostTLS(),
-			options.AddConfigKeyAnnotations(map[string]string{ingtypes.BackSSLRedirect: "true"}),
+			options.AddConfigKeyAnnotation(ingtypes.BackSSLRedirect, "true"),
 		)
 		res := f.Request(ctx, t, http.MethodGet, hostname, "/", options.ExpectResponseCode(http.StatusFound))
 		assert.False(t, res.EchoResponse)
@@ -103,6 +103,24 @@ func TestIntegrationIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, reqHeaders, res.ReqHeaders)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("should redirect to https before app-root", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		svc := f.CreateService(ctx, t, httpServerPort)
+		_, hostname := f.CreateIngress(ctx, t, svc,
+			options.DefaultHostTLS(),
+			options.AddConfigKeyAnnotation(ingtypes.BackSSLRedirect, "true"),
+			options.AddConfigKeyAnnotation(ingtypes.HostAppRoot, "/app"),
+		)
+
+		res := f.Request(ctx, t, http.MethodGet, hostname, "/", options.ExpectResponseCode(http.StatusFound))
+		assert.False(t, res.EchoResponse)
+		assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/", hostname), res.HTTPResponse.Header.Get("location"))
+
+		res = f.Request(ctx, t, http.MethodGet, hostname, "/", options.HTTPSRequest(true))
+		assert.False(t, res.EchoResponse)
+		assert.Equal(t, "/app", res.HTTPResponse.Header.Get("location"))
+	})
+
 	t.Run("should take leader", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 		assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(collect *assert.CollectT) {