diff --git a/include/proto/connection.h b/include/proto/connection.h
index 4c952e034..05a63fe6a 100644
--- a/include/proto/connection.h
+++ b/include/proto/connection.h
@@ -615,14 +615,16 @@ static inline void conn_init(struct connection *conn)
 	conn->err_code = CO_ER_NONE;
 	conn->target = NULL;
 	conn->xprt_done_cb = NULL;
+	conn->destroy_cb = NULL;
 	conn->proxy_netns = NULL;
 	LIST_INIT(&conn->list);
 }
 
 /* sets <owner> as the connection's owner */
-static inline void conn_set_owner(struct connection *conn, void *owner)
+static inline void conn_set_owner(struct connection *conn, void *owner, void (*cb)(struct connection *))
 {
 	conn->owner = owner;
+	conn->destroy_cb = cb;
 }
 
 /* registers <cb> as a callback to notify for transport's readiness or failure */
diff --git a/include/types/connection.h b/include/types/connection.h
index ff9868e47..beb0b71b8 100644
--- a/include/types/connection.h
+++ b/include/types/connection.h
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ struct connection {
 	enum obj_type *target;        /* the target to connect to (server, proxy, applet, ...) */
 	struct list list;             /* attach point to various connection lists (idle, ...) */
 	int (*xprt_done_cb)(struct connection *conn);  /* callback to notify of end of handshake */
+	void (*destroy_cb)(struct connection *conn);  /* callback to notify of imminent death of the connection */
 	const struct netns_entry *proxy_netns;
 	struct {
 		struct sockaddr_storage from;	/* client address, or address to spoof when connecting to the server */
diff --git a/src/mux_pt.c b/src/mux_pt.c
index 8a8aec088..54244c34e 100644
--- a/src/mux_pt.c
+++ b/src/mux_pt.c
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ static void mux_pt_detach(struct conn_stream *cs)
 	LIST_DEL(&conn->list);
 	conn_stop_tracking(conn);
 	conn_full_close(conn);
+	if (conn->destroy_cb)
+		conn->destroy_cb(conn);
 	conn_free(conn);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index c68cec545..6c7399dd4 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int session_accept_fd(struct listener *l, int cfd, struct sockaddr_storage *addr
 	if (!sess)
 		goto out_free_conn;
 
-	conn_set_owner(cli_conn, sess);
+	conn_set_owner(cli_conn, sess, NULL);
 
 	/* now evaluate the tcp-request layer4 rules. We only need a session
 	 * and no stream for these rules.