diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index 9313f5e..9077e91 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -11413,6 +11413,24 @@
 		goto error;
 	}
 
+	if (eb_gettag(crtlist->entries.b[EB_RGHT])) {
+		char *slash;
+
+		slash = strrchr(cert_path, '/');
+		if (!slash) {
+			memprintf(&err, "'%s' is a directory, certificate path '%s' must contain the directory path", (char *)crtlist->node.key, cert_path);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		/* temporary replace / by 0 to do an strcmp */
+		*slash = '\0';
+		if (strcmp(cert_path, (char*)crtlist->node.key) != 0) {
+			*slash = '/';
+			memprintf(&err, "'%s' is a directory, certificate path '%s' must contain the directory path", (char *)crtlist->node.key, cert_path);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		*slash = '/';
+	}
+
 	if (*cert_path != '/' && global_ssl.crt_base) {
 		if ((strlen(global_ssl.crt_base) + 1 + strlen(cert_path)) > MAXPATHLEN) {
 			memprintf(&err, "'%s' : path too long", cert_path);