diff --git a/lib/secure-streams/protocols/ss-h1.c b/lib/secure-streams/protocols/ss-h1.c
index 9a73a6aa9..5f1c29287 100644
--- a/lib/secure-streams/protocols/ss-h1.c
+++ b/lib/secure-streams/protocols/ss-h1.c
@@ -505,6 +505,12 @@ secstream_h1(struct lws *wsi, enum lws_callback_reasons reason, void *user,
 		lws_ss_assert_extant(wsi->a.context, wsi->tsi, h);
 
 #if defined(LWS_WITH_CONMON)
+		if (wsi->conmon.pcol == LWSCONMON_PCOL_NONE) {
+			wsi->conmon.pcol = LWSCONMON_PCOL_HTTP;
+			wsi->conmon.protocol_specific.http.response =
+					(int)lws_http_client_http_response(wsi);
+		}
+
 		lws_conmon_ss_json(h);
 #endif