diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 4f5e108..92cd6a3 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static int		configure_http_request_ms(char *);
 static int		configure_http_request_limit(char *);
 static int		configure_http_body_disk_offload(char *);
 static int		configure_http_body_disk_path(char *);
+static int		configure_http_server_version(char *);
 static int		configure_validator(char *);
 static int		configure_params(char *);
 static int		configure_validate(char *);
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ "http_request_limit",		configure_http_request_limit },
 	{ "http_body_disk_offload",	configure_http_body_disk_offload },
 	{ "http_body_disk_path",	configure_http_body_disk_path },
+	{ "http_server_version",	configure_http_server_version },
 	{ "websocket_maxframe",		configure_websocket_maxframe },
 	{ "websocket_timeout",		configure_websocket_timeout },
 #endif
@@ -1291,6 +1293,14 @@ configure_http_body_disk_path(char *path)
 	return (KORE_RESULT_OK);
 }
 
+static int
+configure_http_server_version(char *version)
+{
+	http_server_version(version);
+
+	return (KORE_RESULT_OK);
+}
+
 static int
 configure_http_hsts_enable(char *option)
 {
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index 78ce822..616c648 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -185,12 +185,14 @@ http_init(void)
 	header_buf = kore_buf_alloc(HTTP_HEADER_BUFSIZE);
 	ckhdr_buf = kore_buf_alloc(HTTP_COOKIE_BUFSIZE);
 
-	l = snprintf(http_version, sizeof(http_version),
-	    "server: kore (%s)\r\n", kore_version);
-	if (l == -1 || (size_t)l >= sizeof(http_version))
-		fatal("http_init(): http_version buffer too small");
+	if (!http_version_len) {
+		l = snprintf(http_version, sizeof(http_version),
+		    "server: kore (%s)\r\n", kore_version);
+		if (l == -1 || (size_t)l >= sizeof(http_version))
+			fatal("http_init(): http_version buffer too small");
 
-	http_version_len = l;
+		http_version_len = l;
+	}
 
 	prealloc = MIN((worker_max_connections / 10), 1000);
 	kore_pool_init(&http_request_pool, "http_request_pool",