diff --git a/include/haproxy/server-t.h b/include/haproxy/server-t.h
index 8ee956c8e..fe13318f8 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/server-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/server-t.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ enum srv_init_state {
 /* configured server options for send-proxy (server->pp_opts) */
 #define SRV_PP_V1               0x0001   /* proxy protocol version 1 */
 #define SRV_PP_V2               0x0002   /* proxy protocol version 2 */
+#define SRV_PP_ENABLED          0x0003   /* proxy protocol version 1 or version 2 */
 #define SRV_PP_V2_SSL           0x0004   /* proxy protocol version 2 with SSL */
 #define SRV_PP_V2_SSL_CN        0x0008   /* proxy protocol version 2 with CN */
 #define SRV_PP_V2_SSL_KEY_ALG   0x0010   /* proxy protocol version 2 with cert key algorithm */
diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index 867c6a850..d8c9df812 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ int connect_server(struct stream *s)
 	hash_params.src_addr = bind_addr;
 
 	/* 5. proxy protocol */
-	if (srv && srv->pp_opts) {
+	if (srv && (srv->pp_opts & SRV_PP_ENABLED)) {
 		proxy_line_ret = make_proxy_line(trash.area, trash.size, srv, cli_conn, s, strm_sess(s));
 		if (proxy_line_ret) {
 			hash_params.proxy_prehash =
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ skip_reuse:
 		/* process the case where the server requires the PROXY protocol to be sent */
 		srv_conn->send_proxy_ofs = 0;
 
-		if (srv && srv->pp_opts) {
+		if (srv && (srv->pp_opts & SRV_PP_ENABLED)) {
 			srv_conn->flags |= CO_FL_SEND_PROXY;
 			srv_conn->send_proxy_ofs = 1; /* must compute size */
 		}
diff --git a/src/proto_rhttp.c b/src/proto_rhttp.c
index ccd56cf85..b81589936 100644
--- a/src/proto_rhttp.c
+++ b/src/proto_rhttp.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static struct connection *new_reverse_conn(struct listener *l, struct server *sr
 	set_host_port(conn->dst, srv->svc_port);
 
 	conn->send_proxy_ofs = 0;
-	if (srv->pp_opts) {
+	if (srv->pp_opts & SRV_PP_ENABLED) {
 		conn->flags |= CO_FL_SEND_PROXY;
 		conn->send_proxy_ofs = 1; /* must compute size */
 	}