diff --git a/include/proto/connection.h b/include/proto/connection.h
index 6a24dec1e..2380bb811 100644
--- a/include/proto/connection.h
+++ b/include/proto/connection.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <proto/obj_type.h>
 
 extern struct pool_head *pool2_connection;
+extern struct xprt_ops *registered_xprt[XPRT_ENTRIES];
 
 /* perform minimal intializations, report 0 in case of error, 1 if OK. */
 int init_connection();
@@ -633,6 +634,21 @@ static inline const char *conn_get_data_name(const struct connection *conn)
 	return conn->data->name;
 }
 
+/* registers pointer to transport layer <id> (XPRT_*) */
+static inline void xprt_register(int id, struct xprt_ops *xprt)
+{
+	if (id >= XPRT_ENTRIES)
+		return;
+	registered_xprt[id] = xprt;
+}
+
+/* returns pointer to transport layer <id> (XPRT_*) or NULL if not registered */
+static inline struct xprt_ops *xprt_get(int id)
+{
+	if (id >= XPRT_ENTRIES)
+		return NULL;
+	return registered_xprt[id];
+}
 
 #endif /* _PROTO_CONNECTION_H */
 
diff --git a/include/types/connection.h b/include/types/connection.h
index 6da213841..904bef6a6 100644
--- a/include/types/connection.h
+++ b/include/types/connection.h
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ enum {
 	CO_SFL_STREAMER    = 0x0002,    /* Producer is continuously streaming data */
 };
 
+/* known transport layers (for ease of lookup) */
+enum {
+	XPRT_RAW = 0,
+	XPRT_SSL = 1,
+	XPRT_ENTRIES /* must be last one */
+};
+
 /* xprt_ops describes transport-layer operations for a connection. They
  * generally run over a socket-based control layer, but not always. Some
  * of them are used for data transfer with the upper layer (rcv_*, snd_*)
diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index 7a9f3913c..093b8a963 100644
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #endif
 
 struct pool_head *pool2_connection;
+struct xprt_ops *registered_xprt[XPRT_ENTRIES] = { NULL, };
 
 /* perform minimal intializations, report 0 in case of error, 1 if OK. */
 int init_connection()
diff --git a/src/raw_sock.c b/src/raw_sock.c
index 0883c57a6..78cb8a2a6 100644
--- a/src/raw_sock.c
+++ b/src/raw_sock.c
@@ -419,6 +419,13 @@ struct xprt_ops raw_sock = {
 	.name     = "RAW",
 };
 
+
+__attribute__((constructor))
+static void __ssl_sock_deinit(void)
+{
+	xprt_register(XPRT_RAW, &raw_sock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Local variables:
  *  c-indent-level: 8
diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index ae821e007..101f7f342 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -6694,6 +6694,7 @@ static void __ssl_sock_init(void)
 	global.listen_default_ssloptions = BC_SSL_O_NONE;
 	global.connect_default_ssloptions = SRV_SSL_O_NONE;
 
+	xprt_register(XPRT_SSL, &ssl_sock);
 	SSL_library_init();
 	cm = SSL_COMP_get_compression_methods();
 	sk_SSL_COMP_zero(cm);