diff --git a/src/restic/backend/http_transport.go b/src/restic/backend/http_transport.go
index 1f65ac7c3..6d7bef7e6 100644
--- a/src/restic/backend/http_transport.go
+++ b/src/restic/backend/http_transport.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func Transport() http.RoundTripper {
 			DualStack: true,
 		}).DialContext,
 		MaxIdleConns:          100,
+		MaxIdleConnsPerHost:   100,
 		IdleConnTimeout:       90 * time.Second,
 		TLSHandshakeTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
 		ExpectContinueTimeout: 1 * time.Second,