diff --git a/include/types/proxy.h b/include/types/proxy.h
index 30409f9f0..0cd00eef8 100644
--- a/include/types/proxy.h
+++ b/include/types/proxy.h
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ struct proxy {
 	time_t last_change;			/* last time, when the state was changed */
 	int (*accept)(struct session *s);       /* application layer's accept() */
 	struct conn_src conn_src;               /* connection source settings */
+	enum obj_type *default_target;		/* default target to use for accepted sessions or NULL */
 	struct proxy *next;
 
 	unsigned int log_count;			/* number of logs produced by the frontend */
diff --git a/src/dumpstats.c b/src/dumpstats.c
index 8dd9459ba..50e77ad57 100644
--- a/src/dumpstats.c
+++ b/src/dumpstats.c
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ extern const char *stat_status_codes[];
  */
 static int stats_accept(struct session *s)
 {
-	s->target = &cli_applet.obj_type;
 	/* no need to initialize the applet, it will start with st0=st1 = 0 */
 
 	tv_zero(&s->logs.tv_request);
@@ -277,6 +276,7 @@ static struct proxy *alloc_stats_fe(const char *name, const char *file, int line
 	fe->conf.file = strdup(file);
 	fe->conf.line = line;
 	fe->accept = stats_accept;
+	fe->default_target = &cli_applet.obj_type;
 
 	/* the stats frontend is the only one able to assign ID #0 */
 	fe->conf.id.key = fe->uuid = 0;
diff --git a/src/peers.c b/src/peers.c
index 1181aaeac..3fc48822c 100644
--- a/src/peers.c
+++ b/src/peers.c
@@ -1096,7 +1096,6 @@ static void peer_session_forceshutdown(struct session * session)
  */
 static int peer_accept(struct session *s)
 {
-	s->target = &peer_applet.obj_type;
 	/* no need to initialize the applet, it will start with st0=st1 = 0 */
 
 	tv_zero(&s->logs.tv_request);
@@ -1126,6 +1125,7 @@ void peers_setup_frontend(struct proxy *fe)
 	fe->conn_retries = CONN_RETRIES;
 	fe->timeout.client = MS_TO_TICKS(5000);
 	fe->accept = peer_accept;
+	fe->default_target = &peer_applet.obj_type;
 	fe->options2 |= PR_O2_INDEPSTR | PR_O2_SMARTCON | PR_O2_SMARTACC;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 94fc875b0..7a00b0d5a 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ int session_complete(struct session *s)
 		s->si[1].flags |= SI_FL_INDEP_STR;
 
 	session_init_srv_conn(s);
-	s->target = NULL;
+	s->target = p->default_target; /* used by peers and CLI */
 	s->pend_pos = NULL;
 
 	/* init store persistence */