diff --git a/src/listener.c b/src/listener.c
index a82ce81..67f8ca7 100644
--- a/src/listener.c
+++ b/src/listener.c
@@ -95,15 +95,16 @@
 	if (l->state <= LI_PAUSED)
 		return 1;
 
-	if (l->proto->sock_prot == IPPROTO_TCP) {
-		if (shutdown(l->fd, SHUT_WR) != 0)
-			return 0; /* Solaris dies here */
-
-		if (listen(l->fd, l->backlog ? l->backlog : l->maxconn) != 0)
-			return 0; /* OpenBSD dies here */
+	if (l->proto->pause) {
+		/* Returns < 0 in case of failure, 0 if the listener
+		 * was totally stopped, or > 0 if correctly paused.
+		 */
+		int ret = l->proto->pause(l);
 
-		if (shutdown(l->fd, SHUT_RD) != 0)
-			return 0; /* should always be OK */
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return 0;
+		else if (ret == 0)
+			return 1;
 	}
 
 	if (l->state == LI_LIMITED)
diff --git a/src/proto_tcp.c b/src/proto_tcp.c
index e9dbc9c..9778856 100644
--- a/src/proto_tcp.c
+++ b/src/proto_tcp.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 	.get_src = tcp_get_src,
 	.get_dst = tcp_get_dst,
 	.drain = tcp_drain,
+	.pause = tcp_pause_listener,
 	.listeners = LIST_HEAD_INIT(proto_tcpv4.listeners),
 	.nb_listeners = 0,
 };
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@
 	.get_src = tcp_get_src,
 	.get_dst = tcp_get_dst,
 	.drain = tcp_drain,
+	.pause = tcp_pause_listener,
 	.listeners = LIST_HEAD_INIT(proto_tcpv6.listeners),
 	.nb_listeners = 0,
 };
@@ -947,6 +949,22 @@
 	proto_tcpv6.nb_listeners++;
 }
 
+/* Pause a listener. Returns < 0 in case of failure, 0 if the listener
+ * was totally stopped, or > 0 if correctly paused.
+ */
+int tcp_pause_listener(struct listener *l)
+{
+	if (shutdown(l->fd, SHUT_WR) != 0)
+		return -1; /* Solaris dies here */
+
+	if (listen(l->fd, l->backlog ? l->backlog : l->maxconn) != 0)
+		return -1; /* OpenBSD dies here */
+
+	if (shutdown(l->fd, SHUT_RD) != 0)
+		return -1; /* should always be OK */
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /* This function performs the TCP request analysis on the current request. It
  * returns 1 if the processing can continue on next analysers, or zero if it
  * needs more data, encounters an error, or wants to immediately abort the