diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 58037ebbf..4307982cd 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@ The following keywords are supported in the "global" section :
    - tune.buffers.limit
    - tune.buffers.reserve
    - tune.bufsize
+   - tune.bufsize.small
    - tune.comp.maxlevel
    - tune.disable-fast-forward
    - tune.disable-zero-copy-forwarding
@@ -3340,6 +3341,17 @@ tune.bufsize <number>
   value set using this parameter will automatically be rounded up to the next
   multiple of 8 on 32-bit machines and 16 on 64-bit machines.
 
+tune.bufsize.small <number>
+  Sets the size in bytes for small buffers. The defaults value is 1024.
+
+  These buffers are designed to be used in some specific contexts where memory
+  consumption is restrained but it seems unnecessary to allocate a full buffer.
+  If however a small buffer is not sufficient, a reallocation is automatically
+  done to switch to a standard size buffer.
+
+  For the moment, it is used only by HTTP/3 protocol to emit the response
+  headers.
+
 tune.comp.maxlevel <number>
   Sets the maximum compression level. The compression level affects CPU
   usage during compression. This value affects CPU usage during compression.
diff --git a/include/haproxy/defaults.h b/include/haproxy/defaults.h
index f19db2ceb..baafe219c 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/defaults.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/defaults.h
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
 #define BUFSIZE	        16384
 #endif
 
+#ifndef BUFSIZE_SMALL
+#define BUFSIZE_SMALL   1024
+#endif
+
 // number of per-thread emergency buffers for low-memory conditions
 #ifndef RESERVED_BUFS
 #define RESERVED_BUFS   4
diff --git a/include/haproxy/global-t.h b/include/haproxy/global-t.h
index abafd4597..bdc2d3548 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/global-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/global-t.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ struct global {
 		int runqueue_depth;/* max number of tasks to run at once */
 		int recv_enough;   /* how many input bytes at once are "enough" */
 		int bufsize;       /* buffer size in bytes, defaults to BUFSIZE */
+		int bufsize_small; /* small buffer size in bytes */
 		int maxrewrite;    /* buffer max rewrite size in bytes, defaults to MAXREWRITE */
 		int reserved_bufs; /* how many buffers can only be allocated for response */
 		int buf_limit;     /* if not null, how many total buffers may only be allocated */
diff --git a/src/dynbuf.c b/src/dynbuf.c
index aec966701..f5ae52ee2 100644
--- a/src/dynbuf.c
+++ b/src/dynbuf.c
@@ -188,6 +188,34 @@ static int cfg_parse_tune_buffers_reserve(char **args, int section_type, struct
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* config parse for global "tune.bufsize.small" */
+static int cfg_parse_tune_bufsize_small(char **args, int section_type,
+                                        struct proxy *curpx, const struct proxy *defpx,
+                                        const char *file, int line, char **err)
+{
+	int size;
+
+	if (too_many_args(1, args, err, NULL))
+		goto err;
+
+	if (*(args[1]) == 0) {
+		memprintf(err, "'%s' expects an integer argument.\n", args[0]);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	size = atol(args[1]);
+	if (size <= 0) {
+		memprintf(err, "'%s' expects a positive integer argument.\n", args[0]);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	global.tune.bufsize_small = size;
+	return 0;
+
+ err:
+	return -1;
+}
+
 /* allocate emergency buffers for the thread */
 static int alloc_emergency_buffers_per_thread(void)
 {
@@ -227,6 +255,7 @@ static void free_emergency_buffers_per_thread(void)
 static struct cfg_kw_list cfg_kws = {ILH, {
 	{ CFG_GLOBAL, "tune.buffers.limit", cfg_parse_tune_buffers_limit },
 	{ CFG_GLOBAL, "tune.buffers.reserve", cfg_parse_tune_buffers_reserve },
+	{ CFG_GLOBAL, "tune.bufsize.small", cfg_parse_tune_bufsize_small },
 	{ 0, NULL, NULL }
 }};
 
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index a2bd2a446..daae45335 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ struct global global = {
 	.tune = {
 		.options = GTUNE_LISTENER_MQ_OPT,
 		.bufsize = (BUFSIZE + 2*sizeof(void *) - 1) & -(2*sizeof(void *)),
+		.bufsize_small = BUFSIZE_SMALL,
 		.maxrewrite = MAXREWRITE,
 		.reserved_bufs = RESERVED_BUFS,
 		.pattern_cache = DEFAULT_PAT_LRU_SIZE,
diff --git a/src/quic_stream.c b/src/quic_stream.c
index 131296bd6..b0ad776ff 100644
--- a/src/quic_stream.c
+++ b/src/quic_stream.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/api.h>
 #include <haproxy/buf.h>
 #include <haproxy/dynbuf.h>
+#include <haproxy/errors.h>
 #include <haproxy/list.h>
 #include <haproxy/mux_quic.h>
 #include <haproxy/pool.h>
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_POOL(pool_head_quic_stream_desc, "qc_stream_desc",
 DECLARE_STATIC_POOL(pool_head_quic_stream_buf, "qc_stream_buf",
                     sizeof(struct qc_stream_buf));
 
+static struct pool_head *pool_head_sbuf;
 
 /* Returns true if nothing to ack yet for stream <s> including FIN bit. */
 static inline int qc_stream_desc_done(const struct qc_stream_desc *s)
@@ -300,3 +302,23 @@ void qc_stream_buf_release(struct qc_stream_desc *stream)
 	stream->buf = NULL;
 	stream->buf_offset = 0;
 }
+
+static int create_sbuf_pool(void)
+{
+	if (global.tune.bufsize_small > global.tune.bufsize) {
+		ha_warning("invalid small buffer size %d bytes which is greater to default bufsize %d bytes.\n",
+		           global.tune.bufsize_small, global.tune.bufsize);
+		return ERR_FATAL|ERR_ABORT;
+	}
+
+	pool_head_sbuf = create_pool("sbuf", global.tune.bufsize_small,
+	                             MEM_F_SHARED|MEM_F_EXACT);
+	if (!pool_head_sbuf) {
+		ha_warning("error on small buffer pool allocation.\n");
+		return ERR_FATAL|ERR_ABORT;
+	}
+
+	return ERR_NONE;
+}
+
+REGISTER_POST_CHECK(create_sbuf_pool);