diff --git a/include/proto/connection.h b/include/proto/connection.h
index f05a4524a..30730f0ce 100644
--- a/include/proto/connection.h
+++ b/include/proto/connection.h
@@ -479,6 +479,11 @@ static inline void conn_free(struct connection *conn)
 		_HA_ATOMIC_SUB(&srv->curr_idle_conns, 1);
 		_HA_ATOMIC_SUB(conn->flags & CO_FL_SAFE_LIST ? &srv->curr_safe_nb : &srv->curr_idle_nb, 1);
 		_HA_ATOMIC_SUB(&srv->curr_idle_thr[tid], 1);
+	} else {
+		struct server *srv = objt_server(conn->target);
+
+		if (srv)
+			_HA_ATOMIC_SUB(&srv->curr_used_conns, 1);
 	}
 
 	conn_force_unsubscribe(conn);
diff --git a/include/proto/server.h b/include/proto/server.h
index 575e92281..2847a8cf2 100644
--- a/include/proto/server.h
+++ b/include/proto/server.h
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ static inline int srv_add_to_idle_list(struct server *srv, struct connection *co
 			_HA_ATOMIC_SUB(&srv->curr_idle_conns, 1);
 			return 0;
 		}
+		_HA_ATOMIC_SUB(&srv->curr_used_conns, 1);
 		MT_LIST_DEL(&conn->list);
 		conn->idle_time = now_ms;
 		if (is_safe) {
diff --git a/include/types/server.h b/include/types/server.h
index 0ffebb475..1e5e031a7 100644
--- a/include/types/server.h
+++ b/include/types/server.h
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ struct server {
 	unsigned int curr_idle_conns;           /* Current number of orphan idling connections, both the idle and the safe lists */
 	unsigned int curr_idle_nb;              /* Current number of connections in the idle list */
 	unsigned int curr_safe_nb;              /* Current number of connections in the safe list */
+	unsigned int curr_used_conns;           /* Current number of used connections */
+	unsigned int max_used_conns;            /* Max number of used connections (the counter is resetted at each connection purges */
 	unsigned int *curr_idle_thr;            /* Current number of orphan idling connections per thread */
 	int max_reuse;                          /* Max number of requests on a same connection */
 	struct eb32_node idle_node;             /* When to next do cleanup in the idle connections */
diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index d500a8ae7..ccf06b817 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -1350,6 +1350,14 @@ int connect_server(struct stream *s)
 		srv_cs = NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (srv_conn && srv) {
+		_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&srv->curr_used_conns, 1);
+		/* It's ok not to do that atomically, we don't need an
+		 * exact max.
+		 */
+		if (srv->max_used_conns < srv->curr_used_conns)
+			srv->max_used_conns = srv->curr_used_conns;
+	}
 	if (!srv_conn || !sockaddr_alloc(&srv_conn->dst)) {
 		if (srv_conn)
 			conn_free(srv_conn);