diff --git a/src/opts.c b/src/opts.c
index 98223f4..314927e 100644
--- a/src/opts.c
+++ b/src/opts.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ conn_opts_str(conn_opts_t *conn_opts)
 #ifndef WITHOUT_USERAUTH
 				 "%s|%s|%d"
 #endif /* !WITHOUT_USERAUTH */
-				 "%s|%d",
+				 "%s%s|%d",
 #if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || (defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) && LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x20702000L)
 #ifdef HAVE_SSLV2
 	               (conn_opts->sslmethod == SSLv2_method) ? "ssl2" :
@@ -1184,6 +1184,7 @@ conn_opts_str(conn_opts_t *conn_opts)
 	             conn_opts->user_timeout,
 #endif /* !WITHOUT_USERAUTH */
 	             (conn_opts->validate_proto ? "|validate_proto" : ""),
+	             (conn_opts->reconnect_ssl ? "|reconnect_ssl" : ""),
 	             conn_opts->max_http_header_size
 	               ) < 0) {
 		return oom_return_na_null();
diff --git a/tests/check/filterstruct.t.c b/tests/check/filterstruct.t.c
index bc6156c..70d5df1 100644
--- a/tests/check/filterstruct.t.c
+++ b/tests/check/filterstruct.t.c
@@ -4179,12 +4179,12 @@ START_TEST(set_filter_struct_16)
 #ifndef WITHOUT_USERAUTH
 	fail_unless(!strcmp(s,
 		"filter rule 0: site=192.168.0.2, port=, ip=192.168.0.1, user=, desc=, exact=site||ip||, all=|||, action=||||match, log=connect|||||, apply to=dstip||||, precedence=3\n"
-		"  conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|http://example1.com/example1.crl|allow_wrong_host|https://192.168.0.12/userdblogin1.php|1200|2048"),
+		"  conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|http://example1.com/example1.crl|allow_wrong_host|https://192.168.0.12/userdblogin1.php|1200|reconnect_ssl|2048"),
 		"failed to parse rule: %s", s);
 #else /* WITHOUT_USERAUTH */
 	fail_unless(!strcmp(s,
 		"filter rule 0: site=192.168.0.2, port=, ip=192.168.0.1, exact=site||ip, all=||, action=||||match, log=connect|||||, apply to=dstip||||, precedence=3\n"
-		"  conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|http://example1.com/example1.crl|allow_wrong_host|2048"),
+		"  conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|http://example1.com/example1.crl|allow_wrong_host|reconnect_ssl|2048"),
 		"failed to parse rule: %s", s);
 #endif /* WITHOUT_USERAUTH */
 	free(s);
@@ -4205,7 +4205,7 @@ START_TEST(set_filter_struct_16)
 "  ip 0 192.168.0.1 (exact)=\n"
 "    ip exact:\n"
 "      0: 192.168.0.2 (exact, action=||||match, log=connect|||||, precedence=3\n"
-"        conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|no leafcrlurl|allow_wrong_host|https://192.168.0.12/userdblogin1.php|1200|2048)\n"
+"        conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|no leafcrlurl|allow_wrong_host|https://192.168.0.12/userdblogin1.php|1200|reconnect_ssl|2048)\n"
 "ip_filter_substring->\n"
 "filter_all->\n"), "failed to translate rule: %s", s);
 #else /* WITHOUT_USERAUTH */
@@ -4214,7 +4214,7 @@ START_TEST(set_filter_struct_16)
 "  ip 0 192.168.0.1 (exact)=\n"
 "    ip exact:\n"
 "      0: 192.168.0.2 (exact, action=||||match, log=connect|||||, precedence=3\n"
-"        conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|no leafcrlurl|allow_wrong_host|2048)\n"
+"        conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|no leafcrlurl|allow_wrong_host|reconnect_ssl|2048)\n"
 "ip_filter_substring->\n"
 "filter_all->\n"), "failed to translate rule: %s", s);
 #endif /* WITHOUT_USERAUTH */
diff --git a/tests/check/opts.t.c b/tests/check/opts.t.c
index dadb8b8..fea7c0f 100644
--- a/tests/check/opts.t.c
+++ b/tests/check/opts.t.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ START_TEST(proxyspec_struct_parse_01)
 "filter rule 4: site=127.0.0.1, port=9191, ip=127.0.0.1, user=, desc=, exact=site|port|ip||, all=|||, action=|split|||, log=|||content||, apply to=dstip||||, precedence=4\n"
 "filter rule 5: site=127.0.0.1, port=9191, ip=127.0.0.1, user=, desc=, exact=site|port|ip||, all=|||, action=divert||||, log=|||content||, apply to=dstip||||, precedence=4\n"
 "filter rule 6: site=192.168.0.2, port=, ip=192.168.0.1, user=, desc=, exact=site||ip||, all=|||, action=||||match, log=connect|||||, apply to=dstip||||, precedence=3\n"
-"  conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|http://example1.com/example1.crl|allow_wrong_host|https://192.168.0.12/userdblogin1.php|1200|2048\n"
+"  conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|http://example1.com/example1.crl|allow_wrong_host|https://192.168.0.12/userdblogin1.php|1200|reconnect_ssl|2048\n"
 "filter=>\n"
 "userdesc_filter_exact->\n"
 "userdesc_filter_substring->\n"
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ START_TEST(proxyspec_struct_parse_01)
 "  ip 1 192.168.0.1 (exact)=\n"
 "    ip exact:\n"
 "      0: 192.168.0.2 (exact, action=||||match, log=connect|||||, precedence=3\n"
-"        conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|no leafcrlurl|allow_wrong_host|https://192.168.0.12/userdblogin1.php|1200|2048)\n"
+"        conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|no leafcrlurl|allow_wrong_host|https://192.168.0.12/userdblogin1.php|1200|reconnect_ssl|2048)\n"
 "ip_filter_substring->\n"
 "filter_all->\n"
 "    sni exact:\n"
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ START_TEST(proxyspec_struct_parse_01)
 "filter rule 4: site=127.0.0.1, port=9191, ip=127.0.0.1, exact=site|port|ip, all=||, action=|split|||, log=|||content||, apply to=dstip||||, precedence=4\n"
 "filter rule 5: site=127.0.0.1, port=9191, ip=127.0.0.1, exact=site|port|ip, all=||, action=divert||||, log=|||content||, apply to=dstip||||, precedence=4\n"
 "filter rule 6: site=192.168.0.2, port=, ip=192.168.0.1, exact=site||ip, all=||, action=||||match, log=connect|||||, apply to=dstip||||, precedence=3\n"
-"  conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|http://example1.com/example1.crl|allow_wrong_host|2048\n"
+"  conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|http://example1.com/example1.crl|allow_wrong_host|reconnect_ssl|2048\n"
 "filter=>\n"
 "ip_filter_exact->\n"
 "  ip 0 127.0.0.1 (exact)=\n"
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ START_TEST(proxyspec_struct_parse_01)
 "  ip 1 192.168.0.1 (exact)=\n"
 "    ip exact:\n"
 "      0: 192.168.0.2 (exact, action=||||match, log=connect|||||, precedence=3\n"
-"        conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|no leafcrlurl|allow_wrong_host|2048)\n"
+"        conn opts: tls11 -tls13>=tls10<=tls11|no_tls13|passthrough|LOW|TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256|prime192v1|no leafcrlurl|allow_wrong_host|reconnect_ssl|2048)\n"
 "ip_filter_substring->\n"
 "filter_all->\n"
 "    sni exact:\n"