diff --git a/src/cfgparse-listen.c b/src/cfgparse-listen.c
index 0bd1939701..e5aafa0b98 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-listen.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-listen.c
@@ -2365,6 +2365,12 @@ stats_error_parsing:
 		if (warnifnotcap(curproxy, PR_CAP_BE, file, linenum, args[0], NULL))
 			err_code |= ERR_WARN;
 
+		if (curproxy->mode != PR_MODE_TCP && curproxy->mode != PR_MODE_HTTP) {
+			ha_alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' requires TCP or HTTP mode.\n", file, linenum, args[0]);
+			err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		if (strcmp(args[1], "never") == 0) {
 			/* enable a graceful server shutdown on an HTTP 404 response */
 			curproxy->options &= ~PR_O_REUSE_MASK;