diff --git a/include/common/cfgparse.h b/include/common/cfgparse.h
index 39e8a4c5b..9f432ad39 100644
--- a/include/common/cfgparse.h
+++ b/include/common/cfgparse.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ int str2listener(char *str, struct proxy *curproxy, struct bind_conf *bind_conf,
 int cfg_register_section(char *section_name,
                          int (*section_parser)(const char *, int, char **, int));
 void cfg_unregister_sections(void);
+void cfg_backup_sections(struct list *backup_sections);
+void cfg_restore_sections(struct list *backup_sections);
 int warnif_misplaced_tcp_conn(struct proxy *proxy, const char *file, int line, const char *arg);
 int warnif_misplaced_tcp_sess(struct proxy *proxy, const char *file, int line, const char *arg);
 int warnif_misplaced_tcp_cont(struct proxy *proxy, const char *file, int line, const char *arg);
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 83accbeb9..5e849699b 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -9258,6 +9258,26 @@ void cfg_unregister_sections(void)
 	}
 }
 
+void cfg_backup_sections(struct list *backup_sections)
+{
+	struct cfg_section *cs, *ics;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cs, ics, &sections, list) {
+		LIST_DEL(&cs->list);
+		LIST_ADDQ(backup_sections, &cs->list);
+	}
+}
+
+void cfg_restore_sections(struct list *backup_sections)
+{
+	struct cfg_section *cs, *ics;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cs, ics, backup_sections, list) {
+		LIST_DEL(&cs->list);
+		LIST_ADDQ(&sections, &cs->list);
+	}
+}
+
 __attribute__((constructor))
 static void cfgparse_init(void)
 {