diff --git a/include/io/channel.h b/include/io/channel.h
index 58940eead5..62b657109c 100644
--- a/include/io/channel.h
+++ b/include/io/channel.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE(QIOChannel, QIOChannelClass,
 #define QIO_CHANNEL_WRITE_FLAG_ZERO_COPY 0x1
 
 #define QIO_CHANNEL_READ_FLAG_MSG_PEEK 0x1
+#define QIO_CHANNEL_READ_FLAG_RELAXED_EOF 0x2
 
 typedef enum QIOChannelFeature QIOChannelFeature;
 
diff --git a/io/channel-tls.c b/io/channel-tls.c
index ecde6b57bf..caf8301a9e 100644
--- a/io/channel-tls.c
+++ b/io/channel-tls.c
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ static ssize_t qio_channel_tls_readv(QIOChannel *ioc,
             tioc->session,
             iov[i].iov_base,
             iov[i].iov_len,
+            flags & QIO_CHANNEL_READ_FLAG_RELAXED_EOF ||
             qatomic_load_acquire(&tioc->shutdown) & QIO_CHANNEL_SHUTDOWN_READ,
             errp);
         if (ret == QCRYPTO_TLS_SESSION_ERR_BLOCK) {