diff --git a/include/haproxy/sink.h b/include/haproxy/sink.h
index 51d507ce7..a9f809930 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/sink.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/sink.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 extern struct list sink_list;
 
+extern struct proxy *sink_proxies_list;
+
 struct sink *sink_find(const char *name);
 struct sink *sink_new_fd(const char *name, const char *desc, enum log_fmt, int fd);
 ssize_t __sink_write(struct sink *sink, const struct ist msg[], size_t nmsg,
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 4201c1354..171982c0b 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/lb_map.h>
 #include <haproxy/listener.h>
 #include <haproxy/log.h>
+#include <haproxy/sink.h>
 #include <haproxy/mailers.h>
 #include <haproxy/namespace.h>
 #include <haproxy/quic_sock.h>
@@ -3911,6 +3912,13 @@ out_uri_auth_compat:
 			goto init_proxies_list_stage1;
 	}
 
+	if (init_proxies_list == cfg_log_forward) {
+		init_proxies_list = sink_proxies_list;
+		/* check if list is not null to avoid infinite loop */
+		if (init_proxies_list)
+			goto init_proxies_list_stage1;
+	}
+
 	/***********************************************************/
 	/* At this point, target names have already been resolved. */
 	/***********************************************************/
diff --git a/src/sink.c b/src/sink.c
index 2eb050a16..29c38764d 100644
--- a/src/sink.c
+++ b/src/sink.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 
 struct list sink_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sink_list);
 
+/* sink proxies list */
+struct proxy *sink_proxies_list;
+
 struct sink *cfg_sink;
 
 struct sink *sink_find(const char *name)
@@ -287,7 +290,7 @@ static int cli_parse_show_events(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appc
 void sink_setup_proxy(struct proxy *px)
 {
 	px->last_change = now.tv_sec;
-	px->cap = PR_CAP_FE | PR_CAP_BE;
+	px->cap = PR_CAP_FE | PR_CAP_BE | PR_CAP_INT;
 	px->maxconn = 0;
 	px->conn_retries = 1;
 	px->timeout.server = TICK_ETERNITY;
@@ -295,6 +298,8 @@ void sink_setup_proxy(struct proxy *px)
 	px->timeout.connect = TICK_ETERNITY;
 	px->accept = NULL;
 	px->options2 |= PR_O2_INDEPSTR | PR_O2_SMARTCON | PR_O2_SMARTACC;
+	px->next = sink_proxies_list;
+	sink_proxies_list = px;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1223,13 +1228,6 @@ int cfg_post_parse_ring()
 			srv = cfg_sink->forward_px->srv;
 			while (srv) {
 				struct sink_forward_target *sft;
-				/* init ssl if needed */
-				if (srv->use_ssl == 1 && xprt_get(XPRT_SSL) && xprt_get(XPRT_SSL)->prepare_srv) {
-					if (xprt_get(XPRT_SSL)->prepare_srv(srv)) {
-						ha_alert("unable to prepare SSL for server '%s' in ring '%s'.\n", srv->id, cfg_sink->name);
-						err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
-					}
-				}
 
 				/* allocate sink_forward_target descriptor */
 				sft = calloc(1, sizeof(*sft));