diff --git a/common.c b/common.c
index 1be58e9..a9916d9 100644
--- a/common.c
+++ b/common.c
@@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ int connect_addr(struct connection *cnx, int fd_from, connect_blocking blocking)
     res = getpeername(fd_from, from.ai_addr, &from.ai_addrlen);
     CHECK_RES_RETURN(res, "getpeername", res);
 
+    if (cnx->proto->resolve_on_forward) {
+        resolve_split_name(&(cnx->proto->saddr), cnx->proto->host,
+                           cnx->proto->port);
+    }
+
     for (a = cnx->proto->saddr; a; a = a->ai_next) {
         /* When transparent, make sure both connections use the same address family */
         if (transparent && a->ai_family != from.ai_addr->sa_family)
diff --git a/example.cfg b/example.cfg
index 2542420..6f0585f 100644
--- a/example.cfg
+++ b/example.cfg
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ listen:
 #   fork: Should a new process be forked for this protocol?
 #         (only useful for sslh-select)
 #   tfo_ok: Set to true if the server supports TCP FAST OPEN
+#   resolve_on_forward: Set to true if server address should be resolved on
+#         (every) newly incoming connection (again)
 #   transparent: Set to true to proxy this protocol
 #         transparently (server sees the remote client IP
 #         address). Same as the global option, but per-protocol
diff --git a/sslh-main.c b/sslh-main.c
index 9f326a5..05acba2 100644
--- a/sslh-main.c
+++ b/sslh-main.c
@@ -124,8 +124,13 @@ static void config_protocols()
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i < cfg.protocols_len; i++) {
         struct sslhcfg_protocols_item* p = &(cfg.protocols[i]);
-        if (resolve_split_name(&(p->saddr), p->host, p->port)) {
-            print_message(msg_config_error, "cannot resolve %s:%s\n", p->host, p->port);
+
+        if (
+            !p->resolve_on_forward &&
+            resolve_split_name(&(p->saddr), p->host, p->port)
+        ) {
+            print_message(msg_config_error, "cannot resolve %s:%s\n",
+                          p->host, p->port);
             exit(4);
         }
 
diff --git a/sslhconf.cfg b/sslhconf.cfg
index a0ad4ec..f0aca35 100644
--- a/sslhconf.cfg
+++ b/sslhconf.cfg
@@ -108,8 +108,10 @@ config: {
                     { name: "fork"; type: "bool"; default: false },
                     { name: "tfo_ok"; type: "bool"; default: false;
                         description: "Set to true if this protocol supports TCP FAST OPEN" },
-                    { name: "transparent"; type: "bool"; default: false; 
+                    { name: "transparent"; type: "bool"; default: false;
                         description: "Set to proxy this protocol transparently" },
+                    { name: "resolve_on_forward"; type: "bool"; default: false;
+                        description: "Set to true if server address should be resolved on (every) newly incoming connection (again)" },
                     { name: "log_level"; type: "int"; default: 1 },
                     { name: "keepalive"; type: "bool"; default: false },
                     { name: "sni_hostnames",