diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ecef2b9e..0d1a0606 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(
      [enable_port_share="yes"]
  )

+AC_ARG_ENABLE(
+    [sni-passthrough],
+    [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-sni-passthrough], [disable SNI 
passthrough support 
(--sni-passthrough-hostname/--sni-passthrough-server) 
@<:@default=yes@:>@])],
+    ,
+    [enable_sni_passthrough="yes"]
+)
+
  AC_ARG_ENABLE(
      [debug],
      [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-debug], [disable debugging support 
(disable gremlin and verb 7+ messages) @<:@default=yes@:>@])],
@@ -1164,6 +1171,7 @@ test "${enable_small}" = "yes" && 
AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_SMALL], [1], [Enable smaller
  test "${enable_fragment}" = "yes" && AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_FRAGMENT], [1], 
[Enable internal fragmentation support])
  test "${enable_port_share}" = "yes" && AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_PORT_SHARE], 
[1], [Enable TCP Server port sharing])
  test "${enable_dns_updown_by_default}" = "yes" && 
AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_DNS_UPDOWN_BY_DEFAULT], [1], [Enable dns-updown hook 
by default])
+test "${enable_sni_passthrough}" = "yes" && 
AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_SNI_PASSTHROUGH], [1], [Enable SNI passthrough support])
  test "${enable_crypto_ofb_cfb}" = "yes" && 
AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_OFB_CFB_MODE], [1], [Enable OFB and CFB cipher modes])
  OPTIONAL_CRYPTO_CFLAGS="${OPTIONAL_CRYPTO_CFLAGS} ${CRYPTO_CFLAGS}"
  OPTIONAL_CRYPTO_LIBS="${OPTIONAL_CRYPTO_LIBS} ${CRYPTO_LIBS}"
diff --git a/src/openvpn/options.c b/src/openvpn/options.c
index 1db781d8..41b62f68 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/options.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/options.c
@@ -641,6 +641,20 @@ static const char usage_message[] =
      "                  client-supplied tls-crypt-v2 client key\n"
      "--tls-crypt-v2-max-age n : Only accept tls-crypt-v2 client keys 
that have a\n"
      "                  timestamp which is at most n days old.\n"
+#if SNI_PASSTHROUGH
+    "--sni-passthrough-hostname name : (Client) Prepend an SNI routing\n"
+    "                  header to every TCP connection so that SNI-aware 
proxies\n"
+    "                  (e.g. Traefik passthrough) route the stream to 
the right\n"
+    "                  backend by hostname.  name is the hostname the 
proxy must\n"
+    "                  route to this OpenVPN server.  No extra 
encryption is\n"
+    "                  added.  The server must have 
--sni-passthrough-server\n"
+    "                  set.\n"
+    "--sni-passthrough-server : (Server) Detect and discard the SNI 
routing\n"
+    "                  header sent by clients using 
--sni-passthrough-hostname,\n"
+    "                  then proceed with the OpenVPN protocol. Legacy 
clients\n"
+    "                  (no routing header) are detected by peeking the 
first\n"
+    "                  byte and handled normally.\n"
+#endif
      "--askpass [file]: Get PEM password from controlling tty before we 
daemonize.\n"
      "--auth-nocache  : Don't cache --askpass or --auth-user-pass 
passwords.\n"
      "--crl-verify crl ['dir']: Check peer certificate against a CRL.\n"
@@ -9039,6 +9053,18 @@ add_option(struct options *options, char *p[], 
bool is_inline, const char *file,
              goto err;
          }
      }
+#if SNI_PASSTHROUGH
+    else if (streq(p[0], "sni-passthrough-hostname") && p[1] && !p[2])
+    {
+        VERIFY_PERMISSION(OPT_P_GENERAL);
+        options->sni_passthrough_hostname = p[1];
+    }
+    else if (streq(p[0], "sni-passthrough-server") && !p[1])
+    {
+        VERIFY_PERMISSION(OPT_P_GENERAL);
+        options->sni_passthrough_server = true;
+    }
+#endif
      else if (streq(p[0], "x509-track") && p[1] && !p[2])
      {
          VERIFY_PERMISSION(OPT_P_GENERAL);
diff --git a/src/openvpn/options.h b/src/openvpn/options.h
index 3d8b5059..94e9060e 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/options.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/options.h
@@ -672,6 +672,22 @@ struct options

      int tls_crypt_v2_max_age;

+#if SNI_PASSTHROUGH
+    /** Hostname to embed in the SNI routing header 
(--sni-passthrough-hostname).
+     *  When set, the client prepends an SNI routing header before the 
OpenVPN
+     *  protocol so that SNI-aware TCP proxies (e.g. Traefik 
passthrough) can
+     *  route the connection to the right backend by hostname. Works 
for both
+     *  direct and proxied connections as long as the server also has
+     *  --sni-passthrough-server set. */
+    const char *sni_passthrough_hostname;
+
+    /** Enable server-side detection and discarding of the SNI routing 
header
+     *  sent by clients using --sni-passthrough-hostname 
(--sni-passthrough-server).
+     *  Peeks the first byte: 0x16 = routing header present (discard it);
+     *  anything else = legacy client (proceed normally, full backwards 
compat). */
+    bool sni_passthrough_server;
+#endif
+
      /* Allow only one session */
      bool single_session;

diff --git a/src/openvpn/socket.c b/src/openvpn/socket.c
index 5df07924..27ffaba2 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/socket.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/socket.c
@@ -1400,6 +1400,12 @@ link_socket_init_phase1(struct context *c, int 
sock_index, int mode)
          sock->sockflags |= SF_PORT_SHARE;
      }
  #endif
+#if SNI_PASSTHROUGH
+    if (o->sni_passthrough_server)
+    {
+        sock->sockflags |= SF_SNI_PASSTHROUGH;
+    }
+#endif

      sock->mark = o->mark;
      sock->bind_dev = o->bind_dev;
@@ -1681,6 +1687,12 @@ create_socket_dco_win(struct context *c, struct 
link_socket *sock, struct signal
  }
  #endif /* if defined(_WIN32) */

+#if SNI_PASSTHROUGH
+/* Forward declaration for SNI passthrough helper defined later in this 
file. */
+static bool sni_passthrough_send_client_hello(socket_descriptor_t sd,
+                                              const char *sni);
+#endif
+
  /* finalize socket initialization */
  void
  link_socket_init_phase2(struct context *c, struct link_socket *sock)
@@ -1774,6 +1786,19 @@ link_socket_init_phase2(struct context *c, struct 
link_socket *sock)
          goto done;
      }

+#if SNI_PASSTHROUGH
+    if (proto_is_tcp(sock->info.proto)
+        && sock->info.proto == PROTO_TCP_CLIENT
+        && c->options.sni_passthrough_hostname)
+    {
+        if (!sni_passthrough_send_client_hello(sock->sd, 
c->options.sni_passthrough_hostname))
+        {
+            register_signal(sig_info, SIGUSR1, 
"sni-passthrough-send-error");
+            goto done;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
      phase2_set_socket_flags(sock);
      linksock_print_addr(sock);

@@ -1792,6 +1817,210 @@ done:
      }
  }

+#if SNI_PASSTHROUGH
+/*
+ * SNI passthrough support
+ * (--sni-passthrough-hostname / --sni-passthrough-server).
+ *
+ * Allows OpenVPN TCP connections to pass through SNI-aware TCP proxies 
such
+ * as Traefik (passthrough mode) on any port, without any double 
encryption.
+ *
+ * SNI-aware proxies read the hostname from the first bytes of the TCP 
stream
+ * and route the connection accordingly.  They expect those bytes to be
+ * formatted as a ClientHello record (the standard carrier for SNI in TCP).
+ *
+ *   Client (--sni-passthrough-hostname <hostname>):
+ *     Prepends a single SNI routing header — a minimal ClientHello record
+ *     carrying the given hostname — before the OpenVPN protocol bytes.
+ *     The proxy reads the hostname, routes the stream to the right 
backend,
+ *     and forwards all bytes (including the header) unchanged.
+ *
+ *   Server (--sni-passthrough-server):
+ *     Receives the routed stream, reads and discards the SNI routing 
header,
+ *     then proceeds with the normal OpenVPN protocol.  Legacy clients that
+ *     do not send the header are detected automatically and handled 
normally.
+ *
+ * No session of any kind is established by the routing header — it is
+ * discarded immediately.  No encryption layer is added; OpenVPN's own
+ * control-channel and data-channel security are used unchanged.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Build a minimal SNI routing header into buf.
+ * Returns the number of bytes written, or 0 on failure (missing 
hostname or
+ * buffer too small).
+ *
+ * The header is formatted as a ClientHello record because that is what
+ * SNI-aware proxies expect.  It carries:
+ *   - SNI extension with the hostname (the only field the proxy reads)
+ *   - supported_versions extension (values 0x0304, 0x0303)
+ *   - supported_groups extension (x25519)
+ *   - Two cipher suite entries
+ * This is enough for any SNI-routing proxy to extract the hostname and
+ * forward the stream without attempting a real handshake.
+ */
+static size_t
+sni_passthrough_build_client_hello(uint8_t *buf, size_t bufsz, const 
char *sni)
+{
+    size_t sni_len;
+    size_t sni_body_len;
+    size_t sni_ext_wire;
+    size_t sv_ext_wire;
+    size_t sg_ext_wire;
+    size_t exts_total;
+    size_t hello_body;
+    size_t handshake_len;
+    size_t record_len;
+    size_t name_entry;
+    uint8_t *p;
+    int i;
+
+    if (!sni || !*sni)
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    sni_len = strlen(sni);
+
+    /* Extension sizes (all big-endian, calculated bottom-up): */
+
+    /* SNI extension body: list_len(2) + name_type(1) + name_len(2) + 
name */
+    sni_body_len   = 2 + 1 + 2 + sni_len;
+    /* SNI extension wire: type(2) + ext_data_len(2) + body */
+    sni_ext_wire   = 4 + sni_body_len;
+
+    /* supported_versions: type(2)+len(2)+list_len(1)+v1.3(2)+v1.2(2) = 
9 */
+    sv_ext_wire    = 9;
+
+    /* supported_groups: type(2)+len(2)+groups_len(2)+x25519(2) = 8 */
+    sg_ext_wire    = 8;
+
+    exts_total     = sni_ext_wire + sv_ext_wire + sg_ext_wire;
+
+    /* ClientHello body: version(2)+random(32)+sess_id_len(1)+
+     * cipher_suites_len(2)+2 ciphers(4)+comp_len(1)+null_comp(1)+
+     * exts_len(2)+extensions */
+    hello_body     = 2 + 32 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + exts_total;
+
+    /* Handshake message: type(1)+length(3)+body */
+    handshake_len  = 1 + 3 + hello_body;
+
+    /* Record envelope: content_type(1)+version(2)+length(2)+handshake */
+    record_len     = 5 + handshake_len;
+
+    if (record_len > bufsz)
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    p = buf;
+
+    /* --- Record envelope header --- */
+    *p++ = 0x16;                            /* Content-Type: Handshake   */
+    *p++ = 0x03; *p++ = 0x01;              /* Legacy record version      */
+    *p++ = (handshake_len >> 8) & 0xff;
+    *p++ =  handshake_len       & 0xff;
+
+    /* --- Handshake header --- */
+    *p++ = 0x01;                            /* HandshakeType: 
ClientHello */
+    *p++ = (hello_body >> 16) & 0xff;
+    *p++ = (hello_body >>  8) & 0xff;
+    *p++ =  hello_body        & 0xff;
+
+    /* --- ClientHello body --- */
+    *p++ = 0x03; *p++ = 0x03;              /* client_version field      */
+
+    /* Random: 32 pseudo-random bytes (not cryptographically sensitive) */
+    for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
+    {
+        *p++ = (uint8_t)(rand() & 0xff);
+    }
+
+    *p++ = 0x00;                            /* session_id: empty      */
+
+    /* cipher_suites: two plausible entries (never negotiated) */
+    *p++ = 0x00; *p++ = 0x04;
+    *p++ = 0x13; *p++ = 0x01;              /* 0x1301     */
+    *p++ = 0x13; *p++ = 0x02;              /* 0x1302     */
+
+    /* compression_methods: null only */
+    *p++ = 0x01; *p++ = 0x00;
+
+    /* extensions length */
+    *p++ = (exts_total >> 8) & 0xff;
+    *p++ =  exts_total       & 0xff;
+
+    /* --- SNI extension (type 0x0000) --- */
+    name_entry = 1 + 2 + sni_len;          /* name_type + name_len + 
name */
+    *p++ = 0x00; *p++ = 0x00;              /* extension type: 
server_name */
+    *p++ = (sni_body_len >> 8) & 0xff;
+    *p++ =  sni_body_len       & 0xff;
+    *p++ = (name_entry   >> 8) & 0xff;       /* server_name_list 
length     */
+    *p++ =  name_entry         & 0xff;
+    *p++ = 0x00;                              /* name_type: host_name  
       */
+    *p++ = (sni_len      >> 8) & 0xff;
+    *p++ =  sni_len            & 0xff;
+    memcpy(p, sni, sni_len);
+    p += sni_len;
+
+    /* --- supported_versions extension (type 0x002b) --- */
+    *p++ = 0x00; *p++ = 0x2b;
+    *p++ = 0x00; *p++ = 0x05;              /* extension data length: 5  
   */
+    *p++ = 0x04;                            /* versions list length: 4  
    */
+    *p++ = 0x03; *p++ = 0x04;              /* version 0x0304       */
+    *p++ = 0x03; *p++ = 0x03;              /* version 0x0303       */
+
+    /* --- supported_groups extension (type 0x000a) --- */
+    *p++ = 0x00; *p++ = 0x0a;
+    *p++ = 0x00; *p++ = 0x04;              /* extension data length: 4  
   */
+    *p++ = 0x00; *p++ = 0x02;             /* groups list length: 2      */
+    *p++ = 0x00; *p++ = 0x1d;             /* x25519       */
+
+    return (size_t)(p - buf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Client side (--sni-passthrough-hostname): send the SNI routing header,
+ * then return.  The OpenVPN protocol follows immediately after.
+ * The socket must be in blocking mode (before phase2_set_socket_flags).
+ */
+static bool
+sni_passthrough_send_client_hello(socket_descriptor_t sd, const char *sni)
+{
+    uint8_t buf[512];
+    size_t len;
+    ssize_t sent;
+
+    len = sni_passthrough_build_client_hello(buf, sizeof(buf), sni);
+
+    if (!len)
+    {
+        msg(M_NONFATAL,
+            "--sni-passthrough-hostname: failed to build SNI routing 
header");
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    sent = 0;
+    while (sent < (ssize_t)len)
+    {
+        ssize_t n = send(sd, buf + sent, len - sent, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
+        if (n <= 0)
+        {
+            msg(D_LINK_ERRORS | M_ERRNO,
+                "--sni-passthrough-hostname: send() failed");
+            goto error;
+        }
+        sent += n;
+    }
+
+    msg(M_INFO, "--sni-passthrough-hostname: sent SNI routing header"
+        " (hostname: %s)", sni);
+    return true;
+
+error:
+    return false;
+}
+#endif /* if SNI_PASSTHROUGH */
+
  void
  link_socket_close(struct link_socket *sock)
  {
@@ -2079,6 +2308,12 @@ stream_buf_init(struct stream_buf *sb, struct 
buffer *buf, const unsigned int so
  #if PORT_SHARE
      sb->port_share_state =
          ((sockflags & SF_PORT_SHARE) && (proto == PROTO_TCP_SERVER)) ? 
PS_ENABLED : PS_DISABLED;
+#endif
+#if SNI_PASSTHROUGH
+    sb->sni_passthrough_state = ((sockflags & SF_SNI_PASSTHROUGH) && 
(proto == PROTO_TCP_SERVER))
+                                ? SNI_PT_PENDING
+                                : SNI_PT_DISABLED;
+    sb->sni_passthrough_total = -1;
  #endif
      stream_buf_reset(sb);

@@ -2167,6 +2402,77 @@ stream_buf_added(struct stream_buf *sb, int 
length_added)
          sb->buf.len += length_added;
      }

+#if SNI_PASSTHROUGH
+    /* SNI passthrough: detect and consume the SNI routing header sent by
+     * --sni-passthrough-hostname clients before the OpenVPN stream begins.
+     * After the first packet sni_passthrough_state is SNI_PT_DISABLED (0),
+     * so the entire block costs one always-not-taken branch per 
fragment. */
+    if (sb->sni_passthrough_state != SNI_PT_DISABLED)
+    {
+        if (sb->sni_passthrough_state == SNI_PT_PENDING && sb->buf.len 
 >= 1)
+        {
+            if (BPTR(&sb->buf)[0] != 0x16)
+            {
+                /* Legacy client without --sni-passthrough-hostname. */
+                msg(M_INFO, "--sni-passthrough-server: legacy client"
+                    " (no routing header)");
+                sb->sni_passthrough_state = SNI_PT_DISABLED;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                sb->sni_passthrough_state = SNI_PT_CONSUMING;
+            }
+        }
+        if (sb->sni_passthrough_state == SNI_PT_CONSUMING)
+        {
+            int total;
+            int remaining;
+            uint8_t *src;
+
+            /* Wait for the 5-byte TLS record envelope header. */
+            if (sb->sni_passthrough_total < 0 && sb->buf.len >= 5)
+            {
+                const uint8_t *hdr = BPTR(&sb->buf);
+                uint16_t payload = ((uint16_t)hdr[3] << 8) | hdr[4];
+                sb->sni_passthrough_total = 5 + (int)payload;
+
+                if (sb->sni_passthrough_total > sb->maxlen)
+                {
+                    msg(M_WARN,
+                        "--sni-passthrough-server: routing header too 
large"
+                        " (%d bytes)", sb->sni_passthrough_total);
+                    sb->error = true;
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            if (sb->sni_passthrough_total < 0
+                || sb->buf.len < sb->sni_passthrough_total)
+            {
+                /* Not enough data yet; wait for more. */
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            /* Full routing header received; discard it and reset the 
buffer so
+             * normal OpenVPN stream parsing sees a clean slate. */
+            total = sb->sni_passthrough_total;
+            remaining = sb->buf.len - total;
+            msg(M_INFO,
+                "--sni-passthrough-server: discarded SNI routing header"
+                " (%d bytes), switching to OpenVPN protocol", total);
+
+            src = BPTR(&sb->buf) + total;
+            sb->buf.len = 0;
+            if (remaining > 0)
+            {
+                memmove(BPTR(&sb->buf), src, remaining);
+                sb->buf.len = remaining;
+            }
+            sb->sni_passthrough_state = SNI_PT_DISABLED;
+            /* Fall through to normal OpenVPN stream parsing. */
+        }
+    }
+#endif /* if SNI_PASSTHROUGH */
+
      /* if length unknown, see if we can get the length prefix from
       * the head of the buffer */
      if (sb->len < 0 && sb->buf.len >= (int)sizeof(packet_size_type))
diff --git a/src/openvpn/socket.h b/src/openvpn/socket.h
index cd4e8ed7..814fdca6 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/socket.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/socket.h
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ struct stream_buf
  #define PS_FOREIGN  2
      int port_share_state;
  #endif
+#if SNI_PASSTHROUGH
+#define SNI_PT_DISABLED  0  /* not active */
+#define SNI_PT_PENDING   1  /* waiting to inspect first byte */
+#define SNI_PT_CONSUMING 2  /* first byte was 0x16, consuming the 
routing header */
+    int sni_passthrough_state;
+    int sni_passthrough_total; /* total bytes to discard (5 + payload); 
-1 until known */
+#endif
  };

  /*
@@ -214,6 +221,7 @@ struct link_socket
  #define SF_DCO_WIN           (1 << 5)
  #define SF_PREPEND_SA        (1 << 6)
  #define SF_PKTINFO_COPY_IIF  (1 << 7)
+#define SF_SNI_PASSTHROUGH   (1 << 8)
      unsigned int sockflags;
      int mark;
      const char *bind_dev;
diff --git a/src/openvpn/syshead.h b/src/openvpn/syshead.h
index 1d6cdc2b..2b270d25 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/syshead.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/syshead.h
@@ -474,6 +474,15 @@ socket_defined(const socket_descriptor_t sd)
  #define PORT_SHARE 0
  #endif

+/*
+ * SNI passthrough capability (--sni-passthrough-hostname / 
--sni-passthrough-server)
+ */
+#if defined(ENABLE_SNI_PASSTHROUGH)
+#define SNI_PASSTHROUGH 1
+#else
+#define SNI_PASSTHROUGH 0
+#endif
+
  /*
   * Do we support Unix domain sockets?
   */