diff --git a/reg-tests/lua/b00002.lua b/reg-tests/lua/b00002.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41e5eeeb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reg-tests/lua/b00002.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+Luacurl = {}
+Luacurl.__index = Luacurl
+setmetatable(Luacurl, {
+	__call = function (cls, ...)
+		return cls.new(...)
+	end,
+})
+function Luacurl.new(server, port, ssl)
+	local self = setmetatable({}, Luacurl)
+	self.sockconnected = false
+	self.server = server
+	self.port = port
+	self.ssl = ssl
+	self.cookies = {}
+	return self
+end
+
+function Luacurl:get(method,url,headers,data)
+	core.Info("MAKING SOCKET")
+	if self.sockconnected == false then
+	  self.sock = core.tcp()
+	  if self.ssl then
+		local r = self.sock:connect_ssl(self.server,self.port)
+	  else
+		local r = self.sock:connect(self.server,self.port)
+	  end
+	  self.sockconnected = true
+	end
+	core.Info("SOCKET MADE")
+	local request = method.." "..url.." HTTP/1.1"
+	if data ~= nil then
+		request = request .. "\r\nContent-Length: "..string.len(data)
+	end
+	if headers ~= null then
+		for h,v in pairs(headers) do
+			request = request .. "\r\n"..h..": "..v
+		end
+	end
+	cookstring = ""
+	for cook,cookval in pairs(self.cookies) do
+		cookstring = cookstring .. cook.."="..cookval.."; "
+	end
+	if string.len(cookstring) > 0 then
+		request = request .. "\r\nCookie: "..cookstring
+	end
+
+	request = request .. "\r\n\r\n"
+	if data and string.len(data) > 0 then
+		request = request .. data
+	end
+--print(request)
+	core.Info("SENDING REQUEST")
+	self.sock:send(request)
+
+--	core.Info("PROCESSING RESPONSE")
+	return processhttpresponse(self.sock)
+end
+
+function processhttpresponse(socket)
+	local res = {}
+core.Info("1")
+	res.status = socket:receive("*l")
+core.Info("2")
+
+	if res.status == nil then
+		core.Info(" processhttpresponse RECEIVING status: NIL")
+		return res
+	end
+	core.Info(" processhttpresponse RECEIVING status:"..res.status)
+	res.headers = {}
+	res.headerslist = {}
+	repeat
+core.Info("3")
+		local header = socket:receive("*l")
+		if header == nil then
+			return "error"
+		end
+		local valuestart = header:find(":")
+		if valuestart ~= nil then
+			local head = header:sub(1,valuestart-1)
+			local value = header:sub(valuestart+2)
+			table.insert(res.headerslist, {head,value})
+			res.headers[head] = value
+		end
+	until header == ""
+	local bodydone = false
+	if res.headers["Connection"] ~= nil and res.headers["Connection"] == "close" then
+--		core.Info("luacurl processresponse with connection:close")
+		res.body = ""
+		repeat
+core.Info("4")
+			local d = socket:receive("*a")
+			if d ~= nil then
+				res.body = res.body .. d
+			end
+		until d == nil or d == 0
+		bodydone = true
+	end
+	if bodydone == false and res.headers["Content-Length"] ~= nil then
+		res.contentlength = tonumber(res.headers["Content-Length"])
+		if res.contentlength == nil then
+		  core.Warning("res.contentlength ~NIL = "..res.headers["Content-Length"])
+		end
+--		core.Info("luacur, contentlength="..res.contentlength)
+		res.body = ""
+		repeat
+			local d = socket:receive(res.contentlength)
+			if d == nil then
+--				core.Info("luacurl, ERROR?: recieved NIL, expecting "..res.contentlength.." bytes only got "..string.len(res.body).." sofar")
+				return
+			else
+				res.body = res.body..d
+--				core.Info("luacurl, COMPLETE?: expecting "..res.contentlength.." bytes, got "..string.len(res.body))
+				if string.len(res.body) >= res.contentlength then
+--					core.Info("luacurl, COMPLETE?: expecting "..res.contentlength.." bytes, got "..string.len(res.body))
+					break
+				end
+			end
+--			core.Info("processhttpresponse, Loopy, get more body data! to recieve complete contentlenght")
+		until false
+	end
+	if res.headers["Transfer-Encoding"] ~= nil and res.headers["Transfer-Encoding"] == "chunked" then
+		local chunksize = 0
+		res.contentlength = 0
+		res.body = ""
+		repeat
+core.Info("5")
+			local chunksizestr = socket:receive("*l")
+			if chunksizestr == nil then
+				break
+			end
+			chunksize = tonumber("0x"..chunksizestr)
+			if chunksize ~= nil then
+				res.contentlength = res.contentlength + chunksize
+				if chunksize ~= 0 then
+					local chunk = socket:receive(chunksize)
+					res.body = res.body .. chunk
+					chunksizestr = socket:receive("*l")
+					if chunksizestr ~= "" then
+						return "ERROR Chunk-end expected."
+					end
+				end
+			else
+				break
+			end
+		until false
+	end
+core.Info("6")
+	return res
+end
+
+function Luacurl:close()
+	if self.sockconnected == true then
+		self.sock:close()
+		self.sockconnected = false
+	end
+end
+
+function print_r_string(object)
+	local res = ""
+	print_r(object,false,function(x) res = res .. x end)
+	return res
+end
+
+core.register_service("fakeserv", "http", function(applet)
+	core.Info("APPLET START")
+	local mc = Luacurl("127.0.0.1",8443, true)
+	local headers = {}
+	local body = ""
+	core.Info("APPLET GET")
+	local res = mc:get("GET", "/", headers, body)
+	core.Info("APPLET GET done")
+	local response = print_r_string(res)
+	applet:add_header("Server", "haproxy/webstats")
+	applet:add_header("Content-Length", string.len(response))
+	applet:add_header("Content-Type", "text/html")
+	applet:start_response()
+	applet:send(response)
+	core.Info("APPLET DONE")
+end)
diff --git a/reg-tests/lua/b00002.vtc b/reg-tests/lua/b00002.vtc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cb626e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reg-tests/lua/b00002.vtc
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+varnishtest "Lua: txn:get_priv() scope"
+feature ignore_unknown_macro
+
+haproxy h1 -conf {
+    global
+        nbthread 3
+        lua-load ${testdir}/b00002.lua
+        lua-load ${testdir}/b00002_print_r.lua
+
+    frontend fe1
+        mode http
+        bind "fd@${fe1}"
+        default_backend b1
+
+    frontend fe2
+        mode http
+        bind ":8443" ssl crt ${testdir}/common.pem
+        stats enable
+        stats uri /
+
+    backend b1
+        mode http
+        http-request use-service lua.fakeserv
+} -start
+
+client c0 -connect ${h1_fe1_sock} {
+    txreq -url "/"
+    rxresp
+    expect resp.status == 200
+    txreq -url "/"
+    rxresp
+    expect resp.status == 200
+} -run
diff --git a/reg-tests/lua/b00002_print_r.lua b/reg-tests/lua/b00002_print_r.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..185614fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reg-tests/lua/b00002_print_r.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+-- Copyright 2016 Thierry Fournier
+
+function color(index, str)
+	return "\x1b[" .. index .. "m" .. str .. "\x1b[00m"
+end
+
+function nocolor(index, str)
+	return str
+end
+
+function sp(count)
+	local spaces = ""
+	while count > 0 do
+		spaces = spaces .. "    "
+		count = count - 1
+	end
+	return spaces
+end
+
+function escape(str)
+	local s = ""
+	for i = 1, #str do
+		local c = str:sub(i,i)
+		local ascii = string.byte(c, 1)
+		if ascii > 126 or ascii < 20 then
+			s = s .. string.format("\\x%02x", ascii)
+		else
+			s = s .. c
+		end
+	end
+	return s
+end
+
+function print_rr(p, indent, c, wr, hist)
+	local i = 0
+	local nl = ""
+
+	if type(p) == "table" then
+		wr(c("33", "(table)") .. " " .. c("36", tostring(p)) .. " [")
+
+		for idx, value in ipairs(hist) do
+			if value == p then
+				wr(" " .. c("35", "/* recursion */") .. " ]")
+				return
+			end
+		end
+		hist[indent + 1] = p
+
+		mt = getmetatable(p)
+		if mt ~= nil then
+			wr("\n" .. sp(indent+1) .. c("31", "METATABLE") .. ": ")
+			print_rr(mt, indent+1, c, wr, hist)
+		end
+
+		for k,v in pairs(p) do
+			if i > 0 then
+				nl = "\n"
+			else
+				wr("\n")
+			end
+			wr(nl .. sp(indent+1))
+			if type(k) == "number" then
+				wr(c("32", tostring(k)))
+			else
+				wr("\"" .. c("32", escape(tostring(k))) .. "\"")
+			end
+			wr(": ")
+			print_rr(v, indent+1, c, wr, hist)
+			i = i + 1
+		end
+		if i == 0 then
+			wr(" " .. c("35", "/* empty */") .. " ]")
+		else
+			wr("\n" .. sp(indent) .. "]")
+		end
+
+		hist[indent + 1] = nil
+
+	elseif type(p) == "string" then
+		wr(c("33", "(string)") .. " \"" .. c("36", escape(p)) .. "\"")
+	else
+		wr(c("33", "(" .. type(p) .. ")") .. " " .. c("36", tostring(p)))
+	end
+end
+
+function print_r(p, col, wr)
+	if col == nil then col = true end
+	if wr == nil then wr = function(msg) io.stdout:write(msg) end end
+	local hist = {}
+	if col == true then
+		print_rr(p, 0, color, wr, hist)
+	else
+		print_rr(p, 0, nocolor, wr, hist)
+	end
+	wr("\n")
+end
diff --git a/reg-tests/lua/common.pem b/reg-tests/lua/common.pem
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..a4433d562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reg-tests/lua/common.pem
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../ssl/common.pem
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/hlua.c b/src/hlua.c
index 7bbc854d0..67bc93c6b 100644
--- a/src/hlua.c
+++ b/src/hlua.c
@@ -7519,6 +7519,17 @@ int hlua_post_init()
 		fprintf(stderr, "Lua post-init: %s.\n", error);
 		exit(1);
 	}
+
+#if USE_OPENSSL
+	/* Initialize SSL server. */
+	if (socket_ssl.xprt->prepare_srv) {
+		int saved_used_backed = global.ssl_used_backend;
+		// don't affect maxconn automatic computation
+		socket_ssl.xprt->prepare_srv(&socket_ssl);
+		global.ssl_used_backend = saved_used_backed;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	hlua_fcn_post_init(gL.T);
 	RESET_SAFE_LJMP(gL.T);
 
@@ -8144,14 +8155,6 @@ void hlua_init(void)
 			idx += kw->skip;
 		}
 	}
-
-	/* Initialize SSL server. */
-	if (socket_ssl.xprt->prepare_srv) {
-		int saved_used_backed = global.ssl_used_backend;
-		// don't affect maxconn automatic computation
-		socket_ssl.xprt->prepare_srv(&socket_ssl);
-		global.ssl_used_backend = saved_used_backed;
-	}
 #endif
 
 	RESET_SAFE_LJMP(gL.T);