diff --git a/src/proto_tcp.c b/src/proto_tcp.c
index d765032..4741651 100644
--- a/src/proto_tcp.c
+++ b/src/proto_tcp.c
@@ -474,10 +474,16 @@
 	if (global.tune.server_rcvbuf)
                 setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &global.tune.server_rcvbuf, sizeof(global.tune.server_rcvbuf));
 
-	if ((connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&conn->addr.to, get_addr_len(&conn->addr.to)) == -1) &&
-	    (errno != EINPROGRESS) && (errno != EALREADY) && (errno != EISCONN)) {
-
-		if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EADDRINUSE || errno == EADDRNOTAVAIL) {
+	if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&conn->addr.to, get_addr_len(&conn->addr.to)) == -1) {
+		if (errno == EINPROGRESS || errno == EALREADY) {
+			/* common case, let's wait for connect status */
+			conn->flags |= CO_FL_WAIT_L4_CONN;
+		}
+		else if (errno == EISCONN) {
+			/* should normally not happen but if so, indicates that it's OK */
+			conn->flags &= ~CO_FL_WAIT_L4_CONN;
+		}
+		else if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EADDRINUSE || errno == EADDRNOTAVAIL) {
 			char *msg;
 			if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EADDRNOTAVAIL) {
 				msg = "no free ports";
@@ -514,6 +520,10 @@
 			return SF_ERR_SRVCL;
 		}
 	}
+	else {
+		/* connect() == 0, this is great! */
+		conn->flags &= ~CO_FL_WAIT_L4_CONN;
+	}
 
 	conn->flags |= CO_FL_ADDR_TO_SET;
 
@@ -523,7 +533,6 @@
 
 	conn_ctrl_init(conn);       /* registers the FD */
 	fdtab[fd].linger_risk = 1;  /* close hard if needed */
-	conn_sock_want_send(conn);  /* for connect status */
 
 	if (conn_xprt_init(conn) < 0) {
 		conn_force_close(conn);
@@ -531,6 +540,17 @@
 		return SF_ERR_RESOURCE;
 	}
 
+	if (conn->flags & (CO_FL_HANDSHAKE | CO_FL_WAIT_L4_CONN)) {
+		conn_sock_want_send(conn);  /* for connect status, proxy protocol or SSL */
+	}
+	else {
+		/* If there's no more handshake, we need to notify the data
+		 * layer when the connection is already OK otherwise we'll have
+		 * no other opportunity to do it later (eg: health checks).
+		 */
+		data = 1;
+	}
+
 	if (data)
 		conn_data_want_send(conn);  /* prepare to send data if any */