diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index e5c483c560..37c4e55a56 100755
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -832,7 +832,13 @@ static int waitconnect_getsock(struct connectdata *conn,
   for(i = 0; i<2; i++) {
     if(conn->tempsock[i] != CURL_SOCKET_BAD) {
       sock[s] = conn->tempsock[i];
-      rc |= GETSOCK_WRITESOCK(s++);
+      rc |= GETSOCK_WRITESOCK(s);
+#ifdef ENABLE_QUIC
+      if(conn->transport == TRNSPRT_QUIC)
+        /* when connecting QUIC, we want to read the socket too */
+        rc |= GETSOCK_READSOCK(s);
+#endif
+      s++;
     }
   }