diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 9972ce107..0e2836ee0 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -9858,6 +9858,7 @@ option httpchk
 option httpchk <uri>
 option httpchk <method> <uri>
 option httpchk <method> <uri> <version>
+option httpchk <method> <uri> <version> <host>
   Enables HTTP protocol to check on the servers health
 
   May be used in the following contexts: tcp, http
@@ -9879,7 +9880,10 @@ option httpchk <method> <uri> <version>
     <version> is the optional HTTP version string. It defaults to "HTTP/1.0"
               but some servers might behave incorrectly in HTTP 1.0, so turning
               it to HTTP/1.1 may sometimes help. Note that the Host field is
-              mandatory in HTTP/1.1, use "http-check send" directive to add it.
+              mandatory in HTTP/1.1.
+
+    <host>    is the optional HTTP Host header value. It is not set by default.
+              It is a log-format string.
 
   By default, server health checks only consist in trying to establish a TCP
   connection. When "option httpchk" is specified, a complete HTTP request is
diff --git a/reg-tests/checks/http-check.vtc b/reg-tests/checks/http-check.vtc
index 0cb6a167c..31ef87abb 100644
--- a/reg-tests/checks/http-check.vtc
+++ b/reg-tests/checks/http-check.vtc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ server s1 {
     expect req.method == OPTIONS
     expect req.url == /
     expect req.proto == HTTP/1.0
+    expect req.http.host == <undef>
     txresp
 } -start
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ server s2 {
     expect req.method == GET
     expect req.url == /status
     expect req.proto == HTTP/1.1
+    expect req.http.host == "www.haproxy.org"
     txresp
 } -start
 
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ haproxy h1 -conf {
 
     backend be2
         log ${S1_addr}:${S1_port} len 2048 local0
-        option httpchk GET /status HTTP/1.1
+        option httpchk GET /status HTTP/1.1 www.haproxy.org
         server srv ${s2_addr}:${s2_port} check inter 100ms rise 1 fall 1
 
     backend be3
diff --git a/src/tcpcheck.c b/src/tcpcheck.c
index d5bd796f3..10aad1af8 100644
--- a/src/tcpcheck.c
+++ b/src/tcpcheck.c
@@ -5081,7 +5081,7 @@ static struct tcpcheck_rule *proxy_parse_httpchk_req(char **args, int cur_arg, s
 {
 	struct tcpcheck_rule *chk = NULL;
 	struct tcpcheck_http_hdr *hdr = NULL;
-	char *meth = NULL, *uri = NULL, *vsn = NULL;
+	char *meth = NULL, *uri = NULL, *vsn = NULL, *host = NULL;
 	char *hdrs, *body;
 
 	hdrs = (*args[cur_arg+2] ? strstr(args[cur_arg+2], "\r\n") : NULL);
@@ -5114,6 +5114,8 @@ static struct tcpcheck_rule *proxy_parse_httpchk_req(char **args, int cur_arg, s
 		uri = args[cur_arg+1];
 	if (*args[cur_arg+2])
 		vsn = args[cur_arg+2];
+	if (*args[cur_arg+3])
+		host = args[cur_arg+3];
 
 	if (meth) {
 		chk->send.http.meth.meth = find_http_meth(meth, strlen(meth));
@@ -5138,6 +5140,24 @@ static struct tcpcheck_rule *proxy_parse_httpchk_req(char **args, int cur_arg, s
 			goto error;
 		}
 	}
+	if (host) {
+		hdr = calloc(1, sizeof(*hdr));
+		if (!hdr) {
+			memprintf(errmsg, "out of memory");
+			goto error;
+		}
+		lf_expr_init(&hdr->value);
+		hdr->name = istdup(ist("host"));
+		if (!isttest(hdr->name)) {
+			memprintf(errmsg, "out of memory");
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		if (!parse_logformat_string(host, px, &hdr->value, 0, SMP_VAL_BE_CHK_RUL, errmsg))
+			goto error;
+		LIST_APPEND(&chk->send.http.hdrs, &hdr->list);
+		hdr = NULL;
+	}
 
 	return chk;
 
@@ -5160,7 +5180,7 @@ int proxy_parse_httpchk_opt(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *curpx, const
 	if (warnifnotcap(curpx, PR_CAP_BE, file, line, args[cur_arg+1], NULL))
 		err_code |= ERR_WARN;
 
-	if (alertif_too_many_args_idx(3, 1, file, line, args, &err_code))
+	if (alertif_too_many_args_idx(4, 1, file, line, args, &err_code))
 		goto out;
 
 	chk = proxy_parse_httpchk_req(args, cur_arg+2, curpx, &errmsg);