diff --git a/middleware/proxy/policy.go b/middleware/proxy/policy.go
index 27e02a17..a2522bcb 100644
--- a/middleware/proxy/policy.go
+++ b/middleware/proxy/policy.go
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ type Policy interface {
 	Select(pool HostPool) *UpstreamHost
 }
 
+func init() {
+	RegisterPolicy("random", func() Policy { return &Random{} })
+	RegisterPolicy("least_conn", func() Policy { return &LeastConn{} })
+	RegisterPolicy("round_robin", func() Policy { return &RoundRobin{} })
+}
+
 // Random is a policy that selects up hosts from a pool at random.
 type Random struct{}
 
diff --git a/middleware/proxy/upstream.go b/middleware/proxy/upstream.go
index 03bba0e6..a657a088 100644
--- a/middleware/proxy/upstream.go
+++ b/middleware/proxy/upstream.go
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ type staticUpstream struct {
 	}
 }
 
-func init() {
-	RegisterPolicy("random", func() Policy { return &Random{} })
-	RegisterPolicy("least_conn", func() Policy { return &LeastConn{} })
-	RegisterPolicy("round_robin", func() Policy { return &RoundRobin{} })
-}
-
 // NewStaticUpstreams parses the configuration input and sets up
 // static upstreams for the proxy middleware.
 func NewStaticUpstreams(c parse.Dispenser) ([]Upstream, error) {