diff --git a/include/proto/connection.h b/include/proto/connection.h
index 1aa0ed9..0b4a0d8 100644
--- a/include/proto/connection.h
+++ b/include/proto/connection.h
@@ -632,6 +632,22 @@
 	return cs;
 }
 
+/* Retrieves any valid conn_stream from this connection, preferably the first
+ * valid one. The purpose is to be able to figure one other end of a private
+ * connection for purposes like source binding or proxy protocol header
+ * emission. In such cases, any conn_stream is expected to be valid so the
+ * mux is encouraged to return the first one it finds. If the connection has
+ * no mux or the mux has no get_first_cs() method or the mux has no valid
+ * conn_stream, NULL is returned. The output pointer is purposely marked
+ * const to discourage the caller from modifying anything there.
+ */
+static inline const struct conn_stream *cs_get_first(const struct connection *conn)
+{
+	if (!conn || !conn->mux || !conn->mux->get_first_cs)
+		return NULL;
+	return conn->mux->get_first_cs(conn);
+}
+
 static inline void conn_force_unsubscribe(struct connection *conn)
 {
 	if (conn->recv_wait) {
diff --git a/include/types/connection.h b/include/types/connection.h
index 889decb..ebc60e4 100644
--- a/include/types/connection.h
+++ b/include/types/connection.h
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@
 	void (*shutw)(struct conn_stream *cs, enum cs_shw_mode);     /* shutw function */
 
 	struct conn_stream *(*attach)(struct connection *); /* Create and attach a conn_stream to an outgoing connection */
+	const struct conn_stream *(*get_first_cs)(const struct connection *); /* retrieves any valid conn_stream from this connection */
 	void (*detach)(struct conn_stream *); /* Detach a conn_stream from an outgoing connection, when the request is done */
 	void (*show_fd)(struct buffer *, struct connection *); /* append some data about connection into chunk for "show fd" */
 	int (*subscribe)(struct conn_stream *cs, int event_type, void *param); /* Subscribe to events, such as "being able to send" */
diff --git a/src/mux_h2.c b/src/mux_h2.c
index de63512..a643759 100644
--- a/src/mux_h2.c
+++ b/src/mux_h2.c
@@ -2539,6 +2539,27 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* Retrieves the first valid conn_stream from this connection, or returns NULL.
+ * We have to scan because we may have some orphan streams. It might be
+ * beneficial to scan backwards from the end to reduce the likeliness to find
+ * orphans.
+ */
+static const struct conn_stream *h2_get_first_cs(const struct connection *conn)
+{
+	struct h2c *h2c = conn->mux_ctx;
+	struct h2s *h2s;
+	struct eb32_node *node;
+
+	node = eb32_first(&h2c->streams_by_id);
+	while (node) {
+		h2s = container_of(node, struct h2s, by_id);
+		if (h2s->cs)
+			return h2s->cs;
+		node = eb32_next(node);
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Detach the stream from the connection and possibly release the connection.
  */
@@ -3770,6 +3791,7 @@
 	.subscribe = h2_subscribe,
 	.unsubscribe = h2_unsubscribe,
 	.attach = h2_attach,
+	.get_first_cs = h2_get_first_cs,
 	.detach = h2_detach,
 	.shutr = h2_shutr,
 	.shutw = h2_shutw,
diff --git a/src/mux_pt.c b/src/mux_pt.c
index 4195ec2..dd052c5 100644
--- a/src/mux_pt.c
+++ b/src/mux_pt.c
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* Retrieves a valid conn_stream from this connection, or returns NULL. For
+ * this mux, it's easy as we can only store a single conn_stream.
+ */
+static const struct conn_stream *mux_pt_get_first_cs(const struct connection *conn)
+{
+	struct conn_stream *cs = conn->mux_ctx;
+
+	return cs;
+}
+
 /*
  * Detach the stream from the connection and possibly release the connection.
  */
@@ -183,6 +193,7 @@
 	.snd_pipe = mux_pt_snd_pipe,
 #endif
 	.attach = mux_pt_attach,
+	.get_first_cs = mux_pt_get_first_cs,
 	.detach = mux_pt_detach,
 	.shutr = mux_pt_shutr,
 	.shutw = mux_pt_shutw,