diff --git a/apps/s_server.c b/apps/s_server.c
index 2fd2ec0738279ad4db0d3f7ac9061b5c64616804..6813fb794b6f00ec7076e6a500f8e781c62bd8cb 100644
--- a/apps/s_server.c
+++ b/apps/s_server.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,7 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!cctx)
 		goto end;
 	SSL_CONF_CTX_set_flags(cctx, SSL_CONF_FLAG_SERVER);
+	SSL_CONF_CTX_set_flags(cctx, SSL_CONF_FLAG_CMDLINE);
 
 	verify_depth=0;
 #ifdef FIONBIO