diff --git a/include/types/sample.h b/include/types/sample.h
index bc1aad29a..6c19ade13 100644
--- a/include/types/sample.h
+++ b/include/types/sample.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ enum {
 enum {
 	SMP_CAP_REQ = 1 << 0, /* fetch supported on request */
 	SMP_CAP_RES = 1 << 1, /* fetch supported on response */
+	SMP_CAP_L7  = 1 << 2, /* fetch may require access to L7 */
 };
 
 /* Sample fetch options are passed to sample fetch functions to add precision
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 9d47dae20..7da0d9756 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -2945,6 +2945,10 @@ int cfg_parse_listen(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 			}
 		}
 
+		/* check if we need to allocate an hdr_idx struct for HTTP parsing */
+		if (expr->fetch->cap & SMP_CAP_L7)
+			curproxy->acl_requires |= ACL_USE_L7_ANY;
+
 		if (strcmp(args[myidx], "table") == 0) {
 			myidx++;
 			name = args[myidx++];
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index dfd8f3f7a..a45cd0f1a 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -8780,15 +8780,15 @@ static struct acl_kw_list acl_kws = {{ },{
 /************************************************************************/
 /* Note: must not be declared <const> as its list will be overwritten */
 static struct sample_fetch_kw_list sample_fetch_keywords = {{ },{
-	{ "hdr",        smp_fetch_hdr,            ARG2(1,STR,SINT), val_hdr, SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_REQ },
-	{ "base",       smp_fetch_base,           0,           NULL, SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_REQ },
-	{ "path",       smp_fetch_path,           0,           NULL, SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_REQ },
-	{ "url",        smp_fetch_url,            0,           NULL, SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_REQ },
-	{ "url_ip",     smp_fetch_url_ip,         0,           NULL, SMP_T_IPV4, SMP_CAP_REQ },
-	{ "url_port",   smp_fetch_url_port,       0,           NULL, SMP_T_UINT, SMP_CAP_REQ },
-	{ "url_param",  smp_fetch_url_param,      ARG2(1,STR,STR), NULL, SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_REQ },
-	{ "cookie",     smp_fetch_cookie,         ARG1(1,STR), NULL, SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_REQ|SMP_CAP_RES },
-	{ "set-cookie", smp_fetch_cookie,         ARG1(1,STR), NULL, SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_RES }, /* deprecated */
+	{ "hdr",        smp_fetch_hdr,            ARG2(1,STR,SINT), val_hdr, SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_L7|SMP_CAP_REQ },
+	{ "base",       smp_fetch_base,           0,                NULL,    SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_L7|SMP_CAP_REQ },
+	{ "path",       smp_fetch_path,           0,                NULL,    SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_L7|SMP_CAP_REQ },
+	{ "url",        smp_fetch_url,            0,                NULL,    SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_L7|SMP_CAP_REQ },
+	{ "url_ip",     smp_fetch_url_ip,         0,                NULL,    SMP_T_IPV4, SMP_CAP_L7|SMP_CAP_REQ },
+	{ "url_port",   smp_fetch_url_port,       0,                NULL,    SMP_T_UINT, SMP_CAP_L7|SMP_CAP_REQ },
+	{ "url_param",  smp_fetch_url_param,      ARG2(1,STR,STR),  NULL,    SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_L7|SMP_CAP_REQ },
+	{ "cookie",     smp_fetch_cookie,         ARG1(1,STR),      NULL,    SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_L7|SMP_CAP_REQ|SMP_CAP_RES },
+	{ "set-cookie", smp_fetch_cookie,         ARG1(1,STR),      NULL,    SMP_T_CSTR, SMP_CAP_L7|SMP_CAP_RES }, /* deprecated */
 	{ NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0 },
 }};