diff --git a/sniproxy.conf b/sniproxy.conf
index ac3cfa21..c1a8882a 100644
--- a/sniproxy.conf
+++ b/sniproxy.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ group nogroup
 # PID file, needs to be placed in directory writable by user
 pidfile /var/run/sniproxy.pid
 
+# This will return a list of connections that aren't in the access_log yet.
+# It doesn't matter what request you send, it will always repond with a http ok
+# header followed by the list
+statuslistener 8080
+
 # The DNS resolver is required for tables configured using wildcard or hostname
 # targets. If no resolver is specified, the nameserver and search domain are
 # loaded from /etc/resolv.conf.
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 4ff23127..e003c9a1 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ static struct Keyword global_grammar[] = {
         .block_grammar=table_stanza_grammar,
         .finalize=(int(*)(void *, void *))end_table_stanza,
     },
+    {
+        .keyword="statuslistener",
+        .create=(void *(*)())new_statuslistener,
+        .parse_arg=(int(*)(void *, const char *))accept_listener_arg,
+        .finalize=(int(*)(void *, void *))end_listener_stanza,
+    },
     {
         .keyword = NULL,
     },
@@ -378,8 +384,6 @@ accept_pidfile(struct Config *config, const char *pidfile) {
 
 static int
 end_listener_stanza(struct Config *config, struct Listener *listener) {
-    listener->accept_cb = &accept_connection;
-
     if (valid_listener(listener) <= 0) {
         err("Invalid listener");
         print_listener_config(stderr, listener);
diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index c10a1090..e63dace6 100644
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static struct Connection *new_connection(struct ev_loop *);
 static void log_connection(struct Connection *);
 static void log_bad_request(struct Connection *, const char *, size_t, int);
 static void free_connection(struct Connection *);
-static void print_connection(FILE *, const struct Connection *);
+static void print_connection(int, const struct Connection *);
 static void free_resolv_cb_data(struct resolv_cb_data *);
 
 
@@ -161,6 +161,42 @@ accept_connection(struct Listener *listener, struct ev_loop *loop) {
     return 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Accept a new incoming connection that will report the status
+ *
+ * Returns 1 on success or 0 on error;
+ */
+int
+accept_statusconnection(struct Listener *listener, struct ev_loop * loop) {
+    (void)loop;
+    struct sockaddr_storage addr;
+    socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(addr);
+
+    #ifdef HAVE_ACCEPT4
+        int sockfd = accept4(listener->watcher.fd,
+                        (struct sockaddr *)&addr,
+                        &addr_len,
+                        SOCK_NONBLOCK);
+    #else
+        int sockfd = accept(listener->watcher.fd,
+                        (struct sockaddr *)&addr,
+                        &addr_len);
+    #endif
+    if (sockfd < 0) {
+        int saved_errno = errno;
+
+        warn("accept failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+
+        errno = saved_errno;
+        return 0;
+    }
+    const char *header = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n\n";
+    write(sockfd , header , strlen(header));
+    print_connections(sockfd);
+    close(sockfd);
+    return 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Close and free all connections
  */
@@ -174,9 +210,18 @@ free_connections(struct ev_loop *loop) {
     }
 }
 
-/* dumps a list of all connections for debugging */
+/* dumps a list of all connections to the file descriptor*/
+void
+print_connections(int fd) {
+    struct Connection *iter;
+    TAILQ_FOREACH(iter, &connections, entries)
+        print_connection(fd, iter);
+    return;
+}
+
+/* dumps a list of all connections for debugging to a temporary file */
 void
-print_connections() {
+print_connections_file() {
     char filename[] = "/tmp/sniproxy-connections-XXXXXX";
 
     int fd = mkstemp(filename);
@@ -185,19 +230,11 @@ print_connections() {
         return;
     }
 
-    FILE *temp = fdopen(fd, "w");
-    if (temp == NULL) {
-        warn("fdopen failed: %s", strerror(errno));
-        return;
-    }
+    dprintf(fd, "Running connections:\n");
+    print_connections(fd);
 
-    fprintf(temp, "Running connections:\n");
-    struct Connection *iter;
-    TAILQ_FOREACH(iter, &connections, entries)
-        print_connection(temp, iter);
-
-    if (fclose(temp) < 0)
-        warn("fclose failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+    if (close(fd) < 0)
+        warn("close failed: %s", strerror(errno));
 
     notice("Dumped connections to %s", filename);
 }
@@ -896,53 +933,54 @@ free_connection(struct Connection *con) {
 }
 
 static void
-print_connection(FILE *file, const struct Connection *con) {
+print_connection(int file, const struct Connection *con) {
     char client[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN + 8];
     char server[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN + 8];
 
     switch (con->state) {
         case NEW:
-            fprintf(file, "NEW           -\t-\n");
+            dprintf(file, "NEW\t-\t-\n");
             break;
         case ACCEPTED:
-            fprintf(file, "ACCEPTED      %s %zu/%zu\t-\n",
+            dprintf(file, "ACCEPTED\t%s %zu/%zu\t-\n",
                     display_sockaddr(&con->client.addr, client, sizeof(client)),
                     buffer_len(con->client.buffer), buffer_size(con->client.buffer));
             break;
         case PARSED:
-            fprintf(file, "PARSED        %s %zu/%zu\t-\n",
+            dprintf(file, "PARSED\t%s %zu/%zu\t-\n",
                     display_sockaddr(&con->client.addr, client, sizeof(client)),
                     buffer_len(con->client.buffer), buffer_size(con->client.buffer));
             break;
         case RESOLVING:
-            fprintf(file, "RESOLVING      %s %zu/%zu\t-\n",
+            dprintf(file, "RESOLVING\t%s %zu/%zu\t-\n",
                     display_sockaddr(&con->client.addr, client, sizeof(client)),
                     buffer_len(con->client.buffer), buffer_size(con->client.buffer));
             break;
         case RESOLVED:
-            fprintf(file, "RESOLVED      %s %zu/%zu\t-\n",
+            dprintf(file, "RESOLVED\t%s %zu/%zu\t-\n",
                     display_sockaddr(&con->client.addr, client, sizeof(client)),
                     buffer_len(con->client.buffer), buffer_size(con->client.buffer));
             break;
         case CONNECTED:
-            fprintf(file, "CONNECTED     %s %zu/%zu\t%s %zu/%zu\n",
+            dprintf(file, "CONNECTED\t%s %zu/%zu\t%s %zu/%zu\t%s\n",
                     display_sockaddr(&con->client.addr, client, sizeof(client)),
                     buffer_len(con->client.buffer), buffer_size(con->client.buffer),
                     display_sockaddr(&con->server.addr, server, sizeof(server)),
-                    buffer_len(con->server.buffer), buffer_size(con->server.buffer));
+                    buffer_len(con->server.buffer), buffer_size(con->server.buffer),
+                    con->hostname);
             break;
         case SERVER_CLOSED:
-            fprintf(file, "SERVER_CLOSED %s %zu/%zu\t-\n",
+            dprintf(file, "SERVER_CLOSED\t%s %zu/%zu\t-\n",
                     display_sockaddr(&con->client.addr, client, sizeof(client)),
                     buffer_len(con->client.buffer), buffer_size(con->client.buffer));
             break;
         case CLIENT_CLOSED:
-            fprintf(file, "CLIENT_CLOSED -\t%s %zu/%zu\n",
+            dprintf(file, "CLIENT_CLOSED\t-\t%s %zu/%zu\n",
                     display_sockaddr(&con->server.addr, server, sizeof(server)),
                     buffer_len(con->server.buffer), buffer_size(con->server.buffer));
             break;
         case CLOSED:
-            fprintf(file, "CLOSED        -\t-\n");
+            dprintf(file, "CLOSED\t-\t-\n");
             break;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/connection.h b/src/connection.h
index 013f046f..0f167661 100644
--- a/src/connection.h
+++ b/src/connection.h
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ struct Connection {
 
 void init_connections();
 int accept_connection(struct Listener *, struct ev_loop *);
+int accept_statusconnection(struct Listener *, struct ev_loop *);
 void free_connections(struct ev_loop *);
-void print_connections();
+void print_connections_file();
+void print_connections(int);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/listener.c b/src/listener.c
index ce5956da..54ea963c 100644
--- a/src/listener.c
+++ b/src/listener.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "tls.h"
 #include "http.h"
+#include "connection.h"
 
 static void close_listener(struct ev_loop *, struct Listener *);
 static void accept_cb(struct ev_loop *, struct ev_io *, int);
@@ -226,10 +227,18 @@ new_listener() {
     ev_io_init(&listener->watcher, accept_cb, -1, EV_READ);
     ev_timer_init(&listener->backoff_timer, backoff_timer_cb, 0.0, 0.0);
     listener->table = NULL;
+    listener->accept_cb = &accept_connection;
 
     return listener;
 }
 
+struct Listener *
+new_statuslistener() {
+    struct Listener * listener = new_listener();
+    listener->accept_cb = &accept_statusconnection;
+    return listener;
+}
+
 int
 accept_listener_arg(struct Listener *listener, const char *arg) {
     if (listener->address == NULL && !is_numeric(arg)) {
@@ -493,13 +502,17 @@ static int
 init_listener(struct Listener *listener, const struct Table_head *tables,
         struct ev_loop *loop) {
     char address[ADDRESS_BUFFER_SIZE];
-    struct Table *table = table_lookup(tables, listener->table_name);
-    if (table == NULL) {
-        err("Table \"%s\" not defined", listener->table_name);
-        return -1;
+
+    if (listener->accept_cb != &accept_statusconnection) {
+        struct Table *table = table_lookup(tables, listener->table_name);
+        if (table == NULL) {
+            err("Table \"%s\" not defined", listener->table_name);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        init_table(table);
+        listener->table = table_ref_get(table);
     }
-    init_table(table);
-    listener->table = table_ref_get(table);
 
     /* If no port was specified on the fallback address, inherit the address
      * from the listening address */
diff --git a/src/listener.h b/src/listener.h
index c6fb5514..617a2e00 100644
--- a/src/listener.h
+++ b/src/listener.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct Listener {
 
 
 struct Listener *new_listener();
+struct Listener *new_statuslistener();
 int accept_listener_arg(struct Listener *, const char *);
 int accept_listener_table_name(struct Listener *, const char *);
 int accept_listener_fallback_address(struct Listener *, const char *);
diff --git a/src/sniproxy.c b/src/sniproxy.c
index 9484294b..a946403a 100644
--- a/src/sniproxy.c
+++ b/src/sniproxy.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ signal_cb(struct ev_loop *loop, struct ev_signal *w, int revents) {
                 reload_config(config, loop);
                 break;
             case SIGUSR1:
-                print_connections();
+                print_connections_file();
                 break;
             case SIGINT:
             case SIGTERM: