diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index 73fb112..d386805 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -2096,11 +2096,51 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/* set test->i to the number of connections per second reaching the frontend */
+static int
+acl_fetch_fe_sess_rate(struct proxy *px, struct session *l4, void *l7, int dir,
+                       struct acl_expr *expr, struct acl_test *test)
+{
+	test->flags = ACL_TEST_F_VOL_TEST;
+	if (expr->arg_len) {
+		/* another proxy was designated, we must look for it */
+		for (px = proxy; px; px = px->next)
+			if ((px->cap & PR_CAP_FE) && !strcmp(px->id, expr->arg.str))
+				break;
+	}
+	if (!px)
+		return 0;
+
+	test->i = read_freq_ctr(&px->fe_sess_per_sec);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/* set test->i to the number of connections per second reaching the backend */
+static int
+acl_fetch_be_sess_rate(struct proxy *px, struct session *l4, void *l7, int dir,
+                       struct acl_expr *expr, struct acl_test *test)
+{
+	test->flags = ACL_TEST_F_VOL_TEST;
+	if (expr->arg_len) {
+		/* another proxy was designated, we must look for it */
+		for (px = proxy; px; px = px->next)
+			if ((px->cap & PR_CAP_BE) && !strcmp(px->id, expr->arg.str))
+				break;
+	}
+	if (!px)
+		return 0;
+
+	test->i = read_freq_ctr(&px->be_sess_per_sec);
+	return 1;
+}
+
 
 /* Note: must not be declared <const> as its list will be overwritten */
 static struct acl_kw_list acl_kws = {{ },{
 	{ "nbsrv",    acl_parse_int,   acl_fetch_nbsrv,     acl_match_int, ACL_USE_NOTHING },
 	{ "connslots", acl_parse_int,   acl_fetch_connslots, acl_match_int, ACL_USE_NOTHING },
+	{ "fe_sess_rate", acl_parse_int, acl_fetch_fe_sess_rate, acl_match_int, ACL_USE_NOTHING },
+	{ "be_sess_rate", acl_parse_int, acl_fetch_be_sess_rate, acl_match_int, ACL_USE_NOTHING },
 	{ NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL },
 }};