diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/HttpServerImpl.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/HttpServerImpl.java
index 2662da3f289..211293683bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/HttpServerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/HttpServerImpl.java
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ protected void configurePipeline(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, String protocol) thr
                   pipeline.addLast(new Http1xOrHttp2Handler());
                 }
               }
+              HttpServerImpl.this.onChannelInitialized(ch);
             }
         });
 
@@ -340,6 +341,10 @@ protected void configurePipeline(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, String protocol) thr
     return this;
   }
 
+  // Visible for testing
+  protected void onChannelInitialized(Channel ch) {
+  }
+
   private VertxHttp2ConnectionHandler<Http2ServerConnection> createHttp2Handler(HandlerHolder<HttpHandler> holder, Channel ch) {
     return new VertxHttp2ConnectionHandlerBuilder<Http2ServerConnection>()
         .connectionMap(connectionMap2)
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/test/core/HttpConnectionEarlyResetTest.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/test/core/HttpConnectionEarlyResetTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21ed02b8ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/test/core/HttpConnectionEarlyResetTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2016 The original author or authors
+ * ------------------------------------------------------
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+ *
+ *     The Eclipse Public License is available at
+ *     http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ *     The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+ *     http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+ *
+ * You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+ */
+
+package io.vertx.test.core;
+
+import io.netty.channel.Channel;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler;
+import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServer;
+import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerOptions;
+import io.vertx.core.http.impl.HttpServerImpl;
+import io.vertx.core.impl.VertxInternal;
+import io.vertx.core.net.NetClientOptions;
+import io.vertx.core.net.NetSocket;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+/**
+ * Make sure that the Netty pipeline has a handler catching the {@link java.io.IOException} if the connection is reset
+ * before any data has been sent.
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Segismont
+ */
+public class HttpConnectionEarlyResetTest extends VertxTestBase {
+
+  private HttpServer httpServer;
+  private AtomicReference<Throwable> caught = new AtomicReference<>();
+  private CountDownLatch resetLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+  @Override
+  public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    super.setUp();
+    CountDownLatch listenLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    httpServer = new HttpServerImpl((VertxInternal) vertx, new HttpServerOptions()) {
+      @Override
+      protected void onChannelInitialized(Channel ch) {
+        ch.pipeline().addFirst(new ResetLatchCountDown()).addLast(new ThrowableRecorder());
+      }
+    }.requestHandler(request -> {}).listen(8080, onSuccess(server -> listenLatch.countDown()));
+    awaitLatch(listenLatch);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testExceptionCaught() throws Exception {
+    vertx.createNetClient(new NetClientOptions().setSoLinger(0)).connect(8080, "localhost", onSuccess(NetSocket::close));
+    awaitLatch(resetLatch);
+    assertNull(caught.get());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+    if (httpServer != null) {
+      CountDownLatch closeLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+      httpServer.close(event -> closeLatch.countDown());
+      awaitLatch(closeLatch);
+    }
+    super.tearDown();
+  }
+
+  private class ResetLatchCountDown extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<Object> {
+    @Override
+    protected void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean acceptInboundMessage(Object msg) throws Exception {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) throws Exception {
+      super.exceptionCaught(ctx, cause);
+      ctx.executor().submit(resetLatch::countDown);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private class ThrowableRecorder extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<Object> {
+    @Override
+    protected void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean acceptInboundMessage(Object msg) throws Exception {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) throws Exception {
+      super.exceptionCaught(ctx, cause);
+      caught.set(cause);
+    }
+  }
+}
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