--- a/src/base.h
+++ b/src/base.h
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ typedef enum {
 	CON_STATE_WRITE,
 	CON_STATE_RESPONSE_END,
 	CON_STATE_ERROR,
-	CON_STATE_CLOSE
+	CON_STATE_CLOSE,
+	CON_STATE_READ_CONTINUOUS,
 } connection_state_t;
 
 typedef enum { COND_RESULT_UNSET, COND_RESULT_FALSE, COND_RESULT_TRUE } cond_result_t;
--- a/src/connections.c
+++ b/src/connections.c
@@ -1145,6 +1145,8 @@ static int connection_handle_read_state(server *srv, connection *con)  {
 		}
 
 		break;
+	case CON_STATE_READ_CONTINUOUS:
+		break;
 	default: break;
 	}
 
@@ -1214,7 +1216,8 @@ static handler_t connection_handle_fdevent(void *s, void *context, int revents)
 	}
 
 	if (con->state == CON_STATE_READ ||
-	    con->state == CON_STATE_READ_POST) {
+	    con->state == CON_STATE_READ_POST ||
+	    con->state == CON_STATE_READ_CONTINUOUS) {
 		connection_handle_read_state(srv, con);
 	}
 
@@ -1627,6 +1630,7 @@ int connection_state_machine(server *srv, connection *con) {
 			break;
 		case CON_STATE_READ_POST:
 		case CON_STATE_READ:
+		case CON_STATE_READ_CONTINUOUS:
 			if (srv->srvconf.log_state_handling) {
 				log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "sds",
 						"state for fd", con->fd, connection_get_state(con->state));