diff --git a/include/haproxy/global.h b/include/haproxy/global.h
index b4a7a406b..ef6edc7f3 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/global.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/global.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ extern char **old_argv;
 extern const char *old_unixsocket;
 extern int daemon_fd[2];
 extern int devnullfd;
+extern int httpterm_mode;
+extern struct cfgfile httpterm_cfg;
 
 struct proxy;
 struct server;
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 4498367b3..42228630d 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/filters.h>
 #include <haproxy/global.h>
 #include <haproxy/hlua.h>
+#include <haproxy/hstream.h>
 #include <haproxy/http_rules.h>
 #include <haproxy/limits.h>
 #if defined(USE_LINUX_CAP)
@@ -150,6 +151,8 @@ char **init_env;		/* to keep current process env variables backup */
 int  pidfd = -1;		/* FD to keep PID */
 int daemon_fd[2] = {-1, -1};	/* pipe to communicate with parent process */
 int devnullfd = -1;
+int httpterm_mode;
+struct cfgfile httpterm_cfg;
 
 static int stopped_tgroups;
 static int stop_detected;
@@ -1439,6 +1442,7 @@ static void init_early(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
+	httpterm_mode = !strncmp(progname, "httpterm", strlen("httpterm"));
 	chunk_initlen(&global.log_tag, strdup(progname), len, len);
 }
 
@@ -1489,6 +1493,9 @@ static void init_args(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
+	if (httpterm_mode)
+		return;
+
 	/* skip program name and start */
 	argc--; argv++;
 	while (argc > 0) {
@@ -3256,6 +3263,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	RUN_INITCALLS(STG_INIT);
 
+	if (httpterm_mode)
+		init_httpterm_cfg(argc, argv, &httpterm_cfg);
 	/* Late init step: SSL crypto libs init and check, Lua lib init, ACL init,
 	 * set modes from cmdline and change dir, if this option is provided via
 	 * cmdline.
@@ -3294,11 +3303,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* backup initial process env, because parse_cfg() could modify it with
 	 * setenv/unsetenv/presetenv/resetenv keywords.
 	 */
-	if (backup_env() != 0)
+	if (!httpterm_mode && backup_env() != 0)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
-	/* parse conf in discovery mode and set modes from config */
-	read_cfg_in_discovery_mode(argc, argv);
+	if (!httpterm_mode)
+		/* parse conf in discovery mode and set modes from config */
+		read_cfg_in_discovery_mode(argc, argv);
+	else
+		parse_cfg(&httpterm_cfg);
 
 	/* From this stage all runtime modes are known. So let's do below some
 	 * preparation steps and then let's apply all discovered modes.
@@ -3341,7 +3353,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	/* Worker, daemon, foreground modes read the rest of the config */
-	if (!master) {
+	if (!master && !httpterm_mode) {
 		usermsgs_clr("config");
 		if (global.mode & MODE_MWORKER) {
 			if (clean_env() != 0) {