diff --git a/cmd/anubis/main.go b/cmd/anubis/main.go
index 5bb9f27..c3fd4c7 100644
--- a/cmd/anubis/main.go
+++ b/cmd/anubis/main.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ var (
 	targetSNI                = flag.String("target-sni", "", "if set, the value of the TLS handshake hostname when forwarding requests to the target")
 	targetHost               = flag.String("target-host", "", "if set, the value of the Host header when forwarding requests to the target")
 	targetInsecureSkipVerify = flag.Bool("target-insecure-skip-verify", false, "if true, skips TLS validation for the backend")
+	targetDisableKeepAlive   = flag.Bool("target-disable-keepalive", false, "if true, disables HTTP keep-alive for the backend")
 	healthcheck              = flag.Bool("healthcheck", false, "run a health check against Anubis")
 	useRemoteAddress         = flag.Bool("use-remote-address", false, "read the client's IP address from the network request, useful for debugging and running Anubis on bare metal")
 	debugBenchmarkJS         = flag.Bool("debug-benchmark-js", false, "respond to every request with a challenge for benchmarking hashrate")
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ func setupListener(network string, address string) (net.Listener, string) {
 	return listener, formattedAddress
 }
 
-func makeReverseProxy(target string, targetSNI string, targetHost string, insecureSkipVerify bool) (http.Handler, error) {
+func makeReverseProxy(target string, targetSNI string, targetHost string, insecureSkipVerify bool, targetDisableKeepAlive bool) (http.Handler, error) {
 	targetUri, err := url.Parse(target)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse target URL: %w", err)
@@ -196,6 +197,10 @@ func makeReverseProxy(target string, targetSNI string, targetHost string, insecu
 
 	transport := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
 
+	if targetDisableKeepAlive {
+		transport.DisableKeepAlives = true
+	}
+
 	// https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/blob/4e2100a2879ef06aea1411790327019c1a09217c/pkg/upstream/http.go#L124
 	if targetUri.Scheme == "unix" {
 		// clean path up so we don't use the socket path in proxied requests
@@ -281,7 +286,7 @@ func main() {
 	// when using anubis via Systemd and environment variables, then it is not possible to set targe to an empty string but only to space
 	if strings.TrimSpace(*target) != "" {
 		var err error
-		rp, err = makeReverseProxy(*target, *targetSNI, *targetHost, *targetInsecureSkipVerify)
+		rp, err = makeReverseProxy(*target, *targetSNI, *targetHost, *targetInsecureSkipVerify, *targetDisableKeepAlive)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("can't make reverse proxy: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ba56bb..93ab845 100644
--- a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 <!-- This changes the project to: -->
 
+- Added possibility to disable HTTP keep-alive to support backends not properly
+  handling it
 - Added a missing link to the Caddy installation environment in the installation documentation.
 - Downstream consumers can change the default [log/slog#Logger](https://pkg.go.dev/log/slog#Logger) instance that Anubis uses by setting `opts.Logger` to your slog instance of choice ([#864](https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/issues/864)).
 - The [Thoth client](https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/thoth) is now public in the repo instead of being an internal package.