diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
index 70059eac..c4b91688 100644
--- a/src/client.c
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ void client_send_reportxml(client_t *client, reportxml_t *report, document_domai
 
         client_set_queue(client, NULL);
         client->refbuf = refbuf_new(buf_len);
+        client->reuse = ICECAST_REUSE_KEEPALIVE;
 
         ret = util_http_build_header(client->refbuf->data, buf_len, 0,
                 0, status, NULL,
diff --git a/src/xslt.c b/src/xslt.c
index d8fb4454..73a4eb65 100644
--- a/src/xslt.c
+++ b/src/xslt.c
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ void xslt_transform(xmlDocPtr doc, const char *xslfilename, client_t *client, in
         if (full_len < 4096)
             full_len = 4096;
         refbuf = refbuf_new (full_len);
+        client->reuse = ICECAST_REUSE_KEEPALIVE;
 
         if (string == NULL)
             string = xmlCharStrdup ("");