diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 98310214a..030a9a660 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -11438,7 +11438,7 @@ Please refer to the table below for currently defined variables :
   |   | %pid | PID                                           | numeric     |
   | H | %r   | http_request                                  | string      |
   |   | %rc  | retries                                       | numeric     |
-  | H | %rt  | http_request_counter                          | numeric     |
+  |   | %rt  | request_counter (HTTP req or TCP session)     | numeric     |
   |   | %s   | server_name                                   | string      |
   |   | %sc  | srv_conn     (server concurrent connections)  | numeric     |
   |   | %si  | server_IP                   (target address)  | IP          |
diff --git a/include/types/global.h b/include/types/global.h
index cfc3d23bc..7d78d207d 100644
--- a/include/types/global.h
+++ b/include/types/global.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct global {
 	int rlimit_memmax;	/* default ulimit-d in megs value : 0=unset */
 	long maxzlibmem;        /* max RAM for zlib in bytes */
 	int mode;
-	unsigned int req_count; /* HTTP request counter for logs and unique_id */
+	unsigned int req_count; /* request counter (HTTP or TCP session) for logs and unique_id */
 	int last_checks;
 	int spread_checks;
 	char *chroot;
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index f2ba621c5..2a6acf429 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static const struct logformat_type logformat_keywords[] = {
 	{ "pid", LOG_FMT_PID, PR_MODE_TCP, LW_INIT, NULL }, /* log pid */
 	{ "r", LOG_FMT_REQ, PR_MODE_HTTP, LW_REQ, NULL },  /* request */
 	{ "rc", LOG_FMT_RETRIES, PR_MODE_TCP, LW_BYTES, NULL },  /* retries */
-	{ "rt", LOG_FMT_COUNTER, PR_MODE_HTTP, LW_REQ, NULL }, /* HTTP request counter */
+	{ "rt", LOG_FMT_COUNTER, PR_MODE_TCP, LW_REQ, NULL }, /* request counter (HTTP or TCP session) */
 	{ "s", LOG_FMT_SERVER, PR_MODE_TCP, LW_SVID, NULL },    /* server */
 	{ "sc", LOG_FMT_SRVCONN, PR_MODE_TCP, LW_BYTES, NULL },  /* srv_conn */
 	{ "si", LOG_FMT_SERVERIP, PR_MODE_TCP, LW_SVIP, NULL }, /* server destination ip */
@@ -1512,13 +1512,13 @@ int build_logline(struct session *s, char *dst, size_t maxsize, struct list *lis
 
 			case LOG_FMT_COUNTER: // %rt
 				if (tmp->options & LOG_OPT_HEXA) {
-					iret = snprintf(tmplog, dst + maxsize - tmplog, "%04X", global.req_count++);
+					iret = snprintf(tmplog, dst + maxsize - tmplog, "%04X", s->uniq_id);
 					if (iret < 0 || iret > dst + maxsize - tmplog)
 						goto out;
 					last_isspace = 0;
 					tmplog += iret;
 				} else {
-					ret = ltoa_o(global.req_count++, tmplog, dst + maxsize - tmplog);
+					ret = ltoa_o(s->uniq_id, tmplog, dst + maxsize - tmplog);
 					if (ret == NULL)
 						goto out;
 					tmplog = ret;
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index 7a9eaa093..cd8ceae73 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -8202,6 +8202,7 @@ void http_reset_txn(struct session *s)
 	s->target = NULL;
 	/* re-init store persistence */
 	s->store_count = 0;
+	s->uniq_id = global.req_count++;
 
 	s->pend_pos = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 9712faa3c..8241d0699 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int session_accept(struct listener *l, int cfd, struct sockaddr_storage *addr)
 
 	s->logs.accept_date = date; /* user-visible date for logging */
 	s->logs.tv_accept = now;  /* corrected date for internal use */
-	s->uniq_id = totalconn;
+	s->uniq_id = global.req_count++;
 	p->feconn++;
 	/* This session was accepted, count it now */
 	if (p->feconn > p->fe_counters.conn_max)