diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 7176b59..6067409 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -594,6 +594,9 @@
 		global.tune.chksize = atol(args[1]);
 	}
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "tune.ssl.force-private-cache")) {
+		global.tune.sslprivatecache = 1;
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "tune.ssl.cachesize")) {
 		if (*(args[1]) == 0) {
 			Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : '%s' expects an integer argument.\n", file, linenum, args[0]);
@@ -6760,7 +6763,7 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			alloc_ctx = shared_context_init(global.tune.sslcachesize, (global.nbproc > 1) ? 1 : 0);
+			alloc_ctx = shared_context_init(global.tune.sslcachesize, (!global.tune.sslprivatecache && (global.nbproc > 1)) ? 1 : 0);
 			if (alloc_ctx < 0) {
 				if (alloc_ctx == SHCTX_E_INIT_LOCK) {
 					Warning("Unable to init lock for the shared SSL session cache. Falling back to private cache.\n");