diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 8caace22..7e9fc9e4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ src += $(common_src)
 common_libadd = 
 endif
 
+lib_LTLIBRARIES += mod_evasive.la
+mod_evasive_la_SOURCES = mod_evasive.c
+mod_evasive_la_LDFLAGS = -module -export-dynamic -avoid-version -no-undefined
+mod_evasive_la_LIBADD = $(common_libadd)
+
+
 lib_LTLIBRARIES += mod_webdav.la
 mod_webdav_la_SOURCES = mod_webdav.c
 mod_webdav_la_CFLAGS = $(XML_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/mod_evasive.c b/src/mod_evasive.c
index 128540ce..b9d19ca3 100644
--- a/src/mod_evasive.c
+++ b/src/mod_evasive.c
@@ -141,7 +141,11 @@ URIHANDLER_FUNC(mod_evasive_uri_handler) {
 	for (j = 0; j < srv->conns->used; j++) {
 		connection *c = srv->conns->ptr[j];
 
-		if (c->dst_addr.ipv4.sin_addr.s_addr == con->dst_addr.ipv4.sin_addr.s_addr) {
+		/* check if other connections are already actively serving data for the same IP
+		 * we can only ban connections which are already behind the 'read request' state
+		 * */
+		if (c->dst_addr.ipv4.sin_addr.s_addr == con->dst_addr.ipv4.sin_addr.s_addr &&
+		    c->state > CON_STATE_REQUEST_END) {
 			conns_by_ip++;
 	
 			if (conns_by_ip > p->conf.max_conns) {