diff --git a/include/proto/ssl_sock.h b/include/proto/ssl_sock.h
index 61cf42005..c2156bb04 100644
--- a/include/proto/ssl_sock.h
+++ b/include/proto/ssl_sock.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ void ssl_sock_free_ca(struct bind_conf *bind_conf);
 const char *ssl_sock_get_cipher_name(struct connection *conn);
 const char *ssl_sock_get_proto_version(struct connection *conn);
 char *ssl_sock_get_version(struct connection *conn);
+void ssl_sock_set_servername(struct connection *conn, const char *hostname);
 int ssl_sock_get_cert_used_sess(struct connection *conn);
 int ssl_sock_get_cert_used_conn(struct connection *conn);
 int ssl_sock_get_remote_common_name(struct connection *conn, struct chunk *out);
diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index aeee8c3fd..7f5d2ae20 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -3292,6 +3292,16 @@ char *ssl_sock_get_version(struct connection *conn)
 	return (char *)SSL_get_version(conn->xprt_ctx);
 }
 
+void ssl_sock_set_servername(struct connection *conn, const char *hostname)
+{
+#ifdef SSL_CTRL_SET_TLSEXT_HOSTNAME
+	if (!ssl_sock_is_ssl(conn))
+		return;
+
+	SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(conn->xprt_ctx, hostname);
+#endif
+}
+
 /* Extract peer certificate's common name into the chunk dest
  * Returns
  *  the len of the extracted common name