diff --git a/src/cfgparse-ssl.c b/src/cfgparse-ssl.c
index ed9765c..f4a5214 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-ssl.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-ssl.c
@@ -1354,6 +1354,13 @@
 		return ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 	}
 
+	if (ssl_conf->ocsp_update == SSL_SOCK_OCSP_UPDATE_ON) {
+		/* We might need to create the main ocsp update task */
+		int ret = ssl_create_ocsp_update_task(err);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }