diff --git a/src/cfgparse-ssl.c b/src/cfgparse-ssl.c
index ed9765c24..f4a521460 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-ssl.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-ssl.c
@@ -1354,6 +1354,13 @@ static int ssl_bind_parse_ocsp_update(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *px
 		return ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 	}
 
+	if (ssl_conf->ocsp_update == SSL_SOCK_OCSP_UPDATE_ON) {
+		/* We might need to create the main ocsp update task */
+		int ret = ssl_create_ocsp_update_task(err);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index 7df704890..79efc8eee 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,15 @@ int ssl_create_ocsp_update_task(char **err)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ssl_ocsp_task_schedule()
+{
+	if (ocsp_update_task)
+		task_schedule(ocsp_update_task, now_ms);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+REGISTER_POST_CHECK(ssl_ocsp_task_schedule);
+
 static void ssl_sock_free_ocsp(struct certificate_ocsp *ocsp);
 
 static void ssl_destroy_ocsp_update_task(void)