diff --git a/include/types/global.h b/include/types/global.h
index 22490b06b..ab80c72e0 100644
--- a/include/types/global.h
+++ b/include/types/global.h
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ struct global {
 	int external_check;
 	int nbproc;
 	int maxconn, hardmaxconn;
-#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
 	int maxsslconn;
+	int ssl_used_frontend;      /* non-zero if SSL is used in a frontend */
+	int ssl_used_backend;       /* non-zero if SSL is used in a backend */
+#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
 	char *listen_default_ciphers;
 	char *connect_default_ciphers;
 	int listen_default_ssloptions;
@@ -138,8 +140,8 @@ struct global {
 		int pipesize;      /* pipe size in bytes, system defaults if zero */
 		int max_http_hdr;  /* max number of HTTP headers, use MAX_HTTP_HDR if zero */
 		int cookie_len;    /* max length of cookie captures */
-#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
 		int sslcachesize;  /* SSL cache size in session, defaults to 20000 */
+#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
 		int sslprivatecache; /* Force to use a private session cache even if nbproc > 1 */
 		unsigned int ssllifetime;   /* SSL session lifetime in seconds */
 		unsigned int ssl_max_record; /* SSL max record size */
diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index 6edc14950..3bf71cf35 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -1820,7 +1820,10 @@ int ssl_sock_prepare_srv_ctx(struct server *srv, struct proxy *curproxy)
 		cfgerr++;
 	}
 
-	 /* Initiate SSL context for current server */
+	/* Automatic memory computations need to know we use SSL there */
+	global.ssl_used_backend = 1;
+
+	/* Initiate SSL context for current server */
 	srv->ssl_ctx.reused_sess = NULL;
 	if (srv->use_ssl)
 		srv->xprt = &ssl_sock;
@@ -1962,6 +1965,9 @@ int ssl_sock_prepare_all_ctx(struct bind_conf *bind_conf, struct proxy *px)
 	if (!bind_conf || !bind_conf->is_ssl)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Automatic memory computations need to know we use SSL there */
+	global.ssl_used_frontend = 1;
+
 	if (bind_conf->default_ctx)
 		err += ssl_sock_prepare_ctx(bind_conf, bind_conf->default_ctx, px);