diff --git a/include/haproxy/connection-t.h b/include/haproxy/connection-t.h
index 132733392..634452b1f 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/connection-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/connection-t.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ enum {
 	CO_FL_ERROR         = 0x00100000,  /* a fatal error was reported     */
 	CO_FL_NOTIFY_DONE   = 0x001C0000,  /* any xprt shut/error flags above needs to be reported */
 
+	CO_FL_FDLESS        = 0x00200000,  /* this connection doesn't use any FD (e.g. QUIC) */
+
 	/* flags used to report connection status updates */
 	CO_FL_WAIT_L4_CONN  = 0x00400000,  /* waiting for L4 to be connected */
 	CO_FL_WAIT_L6_CONN  = 0x00800000,  /* waiting for L6 to be connected (eg: SSL) */
diff --git a/src/quic_sock.c b/src/quic_sock.c
index f3faa64f5..8086ff65a 100644
--- a/src/quic_sock.c
+++ b/src/quic_sock.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int new_quic_cli_conn(struct quic_conn *qc, struct listener *l,
 	if (!sockaddr_alloc(&cli_conn->src, saddr, sizeof *saddr))
 		goto out_free_conn;
 
-	cli_conn->flags |= CO_FL_ADDR_FROM_SET;
+	cli_conn->flags |= CO_FL_ADDR_FROM_SET | CO_FL_FDLESS;
 	qc->conn = cli_conn;
 	cli_conn->qc = qc;