diff --git a/include/proto/protocols.h b/include/proto/protocols.h
index d0364c0..e0d6ee4 100644
--- a/include/proto/protocols.h
+++ b/include/proto/protocols.h
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@
  */
 void disable_listener(struct listener *listener);
 
+/* This function tries to temporarily disable a listener, depending on the OS
+ * capabilities. Linux unbinds the listen socket after a SHUT_RD, and ignores
+ * SHUT_WR. Solaris refuses either shutdown(). OpenBSD ignores SHUT_RD but
+ * closes upon SHUT_WR and refuses to rebind. So a common validation path
+ * involves SHUT_WR && listen && SHUT_RD. In case of success, the FD's polling
+ * is disabled. It normally returns non-zero, unless an error is reported.
+ */
+int pause_listener(struct listener *l);
+
+/* This function tries to resume a temporarily disabled listener.
+ * The resulting state will either be LI_READY or LI_FULL. 0 is returned
+ * in case of failure to resume (eg: dead socket).
+ */
+int resume_listener(struct listener *l);
+
 /* This function adds all of the protocol's listener's file descriptors to the
  * polling lists when they are in the LI_LISTEN state. It is intended to be
  * used as a protocol's generic enable_all() primitive, for use after the
diff --git a/include/proto/proxy.h b/include/proto/proxy.h
index ed29f14..c9bfc02 100644
--- a/include/proto/proxy.h
+++ b/include/proto/proxy.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 void pause_proxy(struct proxy *p);
 void stop_proxy(struct proxy *p);
 void pause_proxies(void);
-void listen_proxies(void);
+void resume_proxies(void);
 int  session_set_backend(struct session *s, struct proxy *be);
 
 const char *proxy_cap_str(int cap);