diff --git a/src/sink.c b/src/sink.c
index f85f43e55..a801f697d 100644
--- a/src/sink.c
+++ b/src/sink.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,19 @@ int cfg_parse_ring(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 
 		err_code |= parse_server(file, linenum, args, cfg_sink->forward_px, NULL,
 		                         SRV_PARSE_PARSE_ADDR|SRV_PARSE_INITIAL_RESOLVE);
+
+		if (err_code & ERR_CODE)
+			goto err;
+
+		/* FIXME: ideally this check should be performed during server postparsing
+		 * for all proxies where this option is unsupported, but for now we lack
+		 * server postparsing rules for sinks so let's put that here
+		 */
+		if (cfg_sink->forward_px->srv && cfg_sink->forward_px->srv->pp_opts) {
+			cfg_sink->forward_px->srv->pp_opts = 0;
+			ha_warning("parsing [%s:%d] : 'send-proxy*' server option is unsupported there, ignoring it\n", file, linenum);
+			err_code |= ERR_WARN;
+		}
 	}
 	else if (strcmp(args[0],"timeout") == 0) {
 		if (!cfg_sink || !cfg_sink->forward_px) {