diff --git a/include/haproxy/connection-t.h b/include/haproxy/connection-t.h
index 7cac07a69..857963264 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/connection-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/connection-t.h
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ enum {
 	CO_RFL_BUF_WET     = 0x0001,    /* Buffer still has some output data present */
 	CO_RFL_BUF_FLUSH   = 0x0002,    /* Flush mux's buffers but don't read more data */
 	CO_RFL_READ_ONCE   = 0x0004,    /* don't loop even if the request/response is small */
+	CO_RFL_KEEP_RECV   = 0x0008,    /* Instruct the mux to still wait for read events  */
 };
 
 /* flags that can be passed to xprt->snd_buf() and mux->snd_buf() */
diff --git a/src/stream_interface.c b/src/stream_interface.c
index 0f01d0b67..43f1a8863 100644
--- a/src/stream_interface.c
+++ b/src/stream_interface.c
@@ -1321,6 +1321,7 @@ int si_cs_recv(struct conn_stream *cs)
 		 * CS_FL_RCV_MORE on the CS if more space is needed.
 		 */
 		max = channel_recv_max(ic);
+		flags |= ((!conn_is_back(conn) && (si_strm(si)->be->options & PR_O_ABRT_CLOSE)) ? CO_RFL_KEEP_RECV : 0);
 		ret = cs->conn->mux->rcv_buf(cs, &ic->buf, max, flags | (co_data(ic) ? CO_RFL_BUF_WET : 0));
 
 		if (cs->flags & CS_FL_WANT_ROOM)