diff --git a/pkg/backends/options/options.go b/pkg/backends/options/options.go
index c479348f1..d08ce3f58 100644
--- a/pkg/backends/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/backends/options/options.go
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ func SetDefaults(
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		for k, v := range o.Paths {
+			no.Paths[k] = v.Clone()
+		}
 	}
 
 	if metadata.IsDefined("backends", name, "alb") {
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/paths/options/options.go b/pkg/proxy/paths/options/options.go
index 4758c621d..e66e0ba1e 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/paths/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/paths/options/options.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (o *Options) Merge(o2 *Options) {
 }
 
 var pathMembers = []string{"path", "match_type", "handler", "methods", "cache_key_params",
-	"cache_key_headers", "default_ttl_ms", "request_headers", "response_headers",
+	"cache_key_headers", "default_ttl_ms", "request_params", "request_headers", "response_headers",
 	"response_headers", "response_code", "response_body", "no_metrics", "collapsed_forwarding",
 	"req_rewriter_name",
 }