diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 990d2a488..8c231bbbd 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -3918,6 +3918,8 @@ out_uri_auth_compat:
 
 			if ((curproxy->mode != PR_MODE_HTTP) && (curproxy->options & PR_O_REUSE_MASK) != PR_O_REUSE_NEVR)
 				curproxy->options &= ~PR_O_REUSE_MASK;
+			if (curproxy->mode == PR_MODE_SPOP)
+				curproxy->options |= PR_O_REUSE_ALWS;
 
 			if ((curproxy->mode != PR_MODE_HTTP) && newsrv->flags & SRV_F_RHTTP) {
 				ha_alert("%s '%s' : server %s uses reverse HTTP addressing which can only be used with HTTP mode.\n",