diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 17e2a78..5413114 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ corrections:
 	connections with option connect-timeout fail when the connections
 	succeeded. Thanks to Bruno De Fraine for reporting this bug.
 
+	option end-close "did not apply" to addresses PTY, SOCKET-CONNECT,
+	and most UNIX-* and ABSTRACT-*
+
 	half close of EXEC and SYSTEM addresses did not work for pipes and
 	sometimes socketpair
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b433f70..179d9ec 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"1.7.0.0+execshut+connecttimeout+segvonaccept"
+"1.7.0.0+execshut+connecttimeout+segvonaccept+endclose"
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index a9b974d..5e366b6 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -7527,6 +7527,37 @@ esac
 N=$((N+1))
 
 
+# up to 1.7.0.0 option end-close led to an error with some address types due to
+# bad internal handling. here we check it for address PTY
+NAME=PTYENDCLOSE
+case "$TESTS" in
+*%functions%*|*%bugs%*|*%pty%*|*%$NAME%*)
+TEST="$NAME: PTY handles option end-close"
+# with the bug, socat exits with error. we invoke socat in a no-op mode and
+# check its return status.
+if ! eval $NUMCOND; then :;
+ else
+tf="$td/test$N.stout"
+te="$td/test$N.stderr"
+CMD="$SOCAT $opts /dev/null pty,end-close"
+printf "test $F_n $TEST... " $N
+$CMD 2>"${te}"
+rc=$?
+if [ "$rc" = 0 ]; then
+    $PRINTF "$OK\n"
+    numOK=$((numOK+1))
+else
+    $PRINTF "$FAILED\n"
+    echo "$CMD"
+    cat "${te}"
+    numFAIL=$((numFAIL+1))
+fi
+fi # NUMCOND
+ ;;
+esac
+N=$((N+1))
+
+
 NAME=UDP6LISTENBIND
 # this tests for a bug in (up to) 1.5.0.0:
 #    with udp*-listen, the bind option supported only IPv4
diff --git a/xio-pty.c b/xio-pty.c
index 290f676..1f7d7d3 100644
--- a/xio-pty.c
+++ b/xio-pty.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xio-pty.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2002-2008 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2002-2009 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* this file contains the source for creating pty addresses */
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ static int xioopen_pty(int argc, const char *argv[], struct opt *opts, int xiofl
 
    xfd->stream.howtoend = END_CLOSE;
 
-   applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
    if (applyopts_single(&xfd->stream, opts, PH_INIT) < 0)  return -1;
+   applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
 
    retropt_bool(opts, OPT_UNLINK_CLOSE, &opt_unlink_close);
 
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ static int xioopen_pty(int argc, const char *argv[], struct opt *opts, int xiofl
    retropt_timespec(opts, OPT_PTY_INTERVALL, &pollintv);
 #endif /* HAVE_POLL */
 
-   applyopts2(-1, opts, PH_INIT, PH_EARLY);
    if (applyopts_single(&xfd->stream, opts, PH_INIT) < 0)  return -1;
+   applyopts2(-1, opts, PH_INIT, PH_EARLY);
 
    applyopts(-1, opts, PH_PREBIGEN);
 
diff --git a/xio-socket.c b/xio-socket.c
index d35a165..e8139a0 100644
--- a/xio-socket.c
+++ b/xio-socket.c
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ int xioopen_socket_connect(int argc, const char *argv[], struct opt *opts,
    /*retropt_int(opts, OPT_IP_PROTOCOL, &proto);*/
    xfd->howtoend = END_SHUTDOWN;
 
-   applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
    if (applyopts_single(xfd, opts, PH_INIT) < 0)  return -1;
+   applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
    applyopts(-1, opts, PH_EARLY);
 
    themlen = 0;
diff --git a/xio-unix.c b/xio-unix.c
index e3c7d78..e45a3fa 100644
--- a/xio-unix.c
+++ b/xio-unix.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xio-unix.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2009 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* this file contains the source for opening addresses of UNIX socket type */
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static int xioopen_unix_listen(int argc, const char *argv[], struct opt *opts, i
       }
    }
 
+   if (applyopts_single(xfd, opts, PH_INIT) < 0) return STAT_NORETRY;
    applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
    applyopts(-1, opts, PH_EARLY);
 
@@ -227,8 +228,8 @@ static int xioopen_unix_connect(int argc, const char *argv[], struct opt *opts,
       xfd->opt_unlink_close = true;
    }
 
-   applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
    if (applyopts_single(xfd, opts, PH_INIT) < 0)  return -1;
+   applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
    applyopts(-1, opts, PH_EARLY);
 
    if ((result =
@@ -290,8 +291,8 @@ static int xioopen_unix_sendto(int argc, const char *argv[], struct opt *opts, i
       xfd->opt_unlink_close = true;
    }
 
-   applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
    if (applyopts_single(xfd, opts, PH_INIT) < 0)  return -1;
+   applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
 
    return
       _xioopen_dgram_sendto(needbind?&us:NULL, uslen,
@@ -463,8 +464,8 @@ _xioopen_unix_client(xiosingle_t *xfd, int xioflags, unsigned groups,
    struct opt *opts0;
    int result;
 
-   applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
    if (applyopts_single(xfd, opts, PH_INIT) < 0)  return -1;
+   applyopts(-1, opts, PH_INIT);
 
    xfd->howtoend = END_SHUTDOWN;
    retropt_socket_pf(opts, &pf);