diff --git a/control/beaconing/connect/BUILD.bazel b/control/beaconing/connect/BUILD.bazel
index 6227377850..8d6268aff2 100644
--- a/control/beaconing/connect/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/control/beaconing/connect/BUILD.bazel
@@ -2,12 +2,22 @@ load("//tools/lint:go.bzl", "go_library")
 
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
-    srcs = ["server.go"],
+    srcs = [
+        "sender.go",
+        "server.go",
+    ],
     importpath = "github.com/scionproto/scion/control/beaconing/connect",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
+        "//bufgen/proto/control_plane/v1/control_planeconnect:go_default_library",
+        "//control/beaconing:go_default_library",
         "//control/beaconing/grpc:go_default_library",
+        "//control/onehop:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/addr:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/proto/control_plane:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/segment:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/snet/squic:go_default_library",
         "@com_connectrpc_connect//:go_default_library",
+        "@com_github_quic_go_quic_go//http3:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/control/beaconing/connect/sender.go b/control/beaconing/connect/sender.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3ada995e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/control/beaconing/connect/sender.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package connect
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"connectrpc.com/connect"
+	"github.com/quic-go/quic-go/http3"
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/bufgen/proto/control_plane/v1/control_planeconnect"
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/control/beaconing"
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/control/onehop"
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/pkg/addr"
+	control_plane "github.com/scionproto/scion/pkg/proto/control_plane"
+	seg "github.com/scionproto/scion/pkg/segment"
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/pkg/snet/squic"
+)
+
+type BeaconSenderFactory struct {
+	Dialer func(net.Addr) squic.EarlyDialer
+}
+
+func (f *BeaconSenderFactory) NewSender(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	dstIA addr.IA,
+	egIfId uint16,
+	nextHop *net.UDPAddr,
+) (beaconing.Sender, error) {
+	addr := &onehop.Addr{
+		IA:      dstIA,
+		Egress:  egIfId,
+		SVC:     addr.SvcCS,
+		NextHop: nextHop,
+	}
+	dialer := f.Dialer(addr)
+	return &BeaconSender{
+		Addr: addr.String(),
+		Client: &HTTPClient{
+			RoundTripper: &http3.RoundTripper{
+				Dial: dialer.DialEarly,
+			},
+		},
+	}, nil
+
+}
+
+type BeaconSender struct {
+	Addr   string
+	Client *HTTPClient
+}
+
+func (s BeaconSender) Send(ctx context.Context, b *seg.PathSegment) error {
+	client := control_planeconnect.NewSegmentCreationServiceClient(s.Client, s.Addr)
+	_, err := client.Beacon(ctx, connect.NewRequest(&control_plane.BeaconRequest{
+		Segment: seg.PathSegmentToPB(b),
+	}))
+	return err
+}
+
+// Close closes the BeaconSender and releases all underlying resources.
+func (s BeaconSender) Close() error {
+	return s.Client.RoundTripper.Close()
+}
+
+type HTTPClient struct {
+	RoundTripper *http3.RoundTripper
+}
+
+func (c HTTPClient) Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	return c.RoundTripper.RoundTrip(req)
+}
diff --git a/control/beaconing/happy/BUILD.bazel b/control/beaconing/happy/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8607fb8404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/control/beaconing/happy/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+load("//tools/lint:go.bzl", "go_library")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = ["sender.go"],
+    importpath = "github.com/scionproto/scion/control/beaconing/happy",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [
+        "//control/beaconing:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/addr:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/log:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/private/serrors:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/segment:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/control/beaconing/happy/sender.go b/control/beaconing/happy/sender.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff7e1d2926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/control/beaconing/happy/sender.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package happy
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/control/beaconing"
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/pkg/addr"
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/pkg/private/serrors"
+	seg "github.com/scionproto/scion/pkg/segment"
+)
+
+// BeaconSenderFactory can be used to create beacon senders.
+type BeaconSenderFactory struct {
+	Connect beaconing.SenderFactory
+	Grpc    beaconing.SenderFactory
+}
+
+// NewSender returns a beacon sender that can be used to send beacons to a remote CS.
+func (f *BeaconSenderFactory) NewSender(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	dstIA addr.IA,
+	egIfId uint16,
+	nextHop *net.UDPAddr,
+) (beaconing.Sender, error) {
+	connectSender, err := f.Connect.NewSender(ctx, dstIA, egIfId, nextHop)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	grpcSender, err := f.Grpc.NewSender(ctx, dstIA, egIfId, nextHop)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return BeaconSender{
+		Connect: connectSender,
+		Grpc:    grpcSender,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+type BeaconSender struct {
+	Connect beaconing.Sender
+	Grpc    beaconing.Sender
+}
+
+func (s BeaconSender) Send(ctx context.Context, b *seg.PathSegment) error {
+	abortCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	connectCh := make(chan error, 1)
+	grpcCh := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	go func() {
+		defer log.HandlePanic()
+		err := s.Connect.Send(abortCtx, b)
+		if abortCtx.Err() == nil {
+			log.Debug("Sent beacon via connect")
+		}
+		connectCh <- err
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		defer log.HandlePanic()
+		time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
+		err := s.Grpc.Send(abortCtx, b)
+		if abortCtx.Err() == nil {
+			log.Debug("Sent beacon via gRPC")
+		}
+		grpcCh <- err
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-connectCh:
+		return err
+	case err := <-grpcCh:
+		return err
+	}
+}
+
+func (s BeaconSender) Close() error {
+	var errs serrors.List
+	if err := s.Connect.Close(); err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+	}
+	if err := s.Grpc.Close(); err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+	}
+	return errs.ToError()
+}
diff --git a/control/cmd/control/BUILD.bazel b/control/cmd/control/BUILD.bazel
index f9e7a77846..6d11bcd232 100644
--- a/control/cmd/control/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/control/cmd/control/BUILD.bazel
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ go_library(
         "//control/beaconing:go_default_library",
         "//control/beaconing/connect:go_default_library",
         "//control/beaconing/grpc:go_default_library",
+        "//control/beaconing/happy:go_default_library",
         "//control/config:go_default_library",
         "//control/drkey:go_default_library",
         "//control/drkey/grpc:go_default_library",
diff --git a/control/cmd/control/main.go b/control/cmd/control/main.go
index 63ae5e0ec8..dc08bb30d7 100644
--- a/control/cmd/control/main.go
+++ b/control/cmd/control/main.go
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ import (
 	cs "github.com/scionproto/scion/control"
 	"github.com/scionproto/scion/control/beacon"
 	"github.com/scionproto/scion/control/beaconing"
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/control/beaconing/connect"
 	beaconingconnect "github.com/scionproto/scion/control/beaconing/connect"
 	beaconinggrpc "github.com/scionproto/scion/control/beaconing/grpc"
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/control/beaconing/happy"
 	"github.com/scionproto/scion/control/config"
 	"github.com/scionproto/scion/control/drkey"
 	drkeygrpc "github.com/scionproto/scion/control/drkey/grpc"
@@ -825,8 +827,15 @@ func realMain(ctx context.Context) error {
 		TrustDB:  trustDB,
 		PathDB:   pathDB,
 		RevCache: revCache,
-		BeaconSenderFactory: &beaconinggrpc.BeaconSenderFactory{
-			Dialer: dialer,
+		BeaconSenderFactory: &happy.BeaconSenderFactory{
+			Connect: &connect.BeaconSenderFactory{
+				Dialer: (&squic.EarlyDialerFactory{
+					Transport: quicStack.InsecureDialer.Transport,
+				}).NewDialer,
+			},
+			Grpc: &beaconinggrpc.BeaconSenderFactory{
+				Dialer: dialer,
+			},
 		},
 		SegmentRegister: beaconinggrpc.Registrar{Dialer: dialer},
 		BeaconStore:     beaconStore,
diff --git a/pkg/snet/squic/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/snet/squic/BUILD.bazel
index b05803f897..600d0667c5 100644
--- a/pkg/snet/squic/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/snet/squic/BUILD.bazel
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ load("//tools/lint:go.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
 
 go_library(
     name = "go_default_library",
-    srcs = ["net.go"],
+    srcs = [
+        "early.go",
+        "net.go",
+    ],
     importpath = "github.com/scionproto/scion/pkg/snet/squic",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
diff --git a/pkg/snet/squic/early.go b/pkg/snet/squic/early.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c34108a8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/snet/squic/early.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Copyright 2020 Anapaya Systems
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package squic
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"errors"
+	mrand "math/rand"
+	"net"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/quic-go/quic-go"
+
+	"github.com/scionproto/scion/pkg/private/serrors"
+)
+
+type EarlyDialerFactory struct {
+	Transport *quic.Transport
+}
+
+func (f *EarlyDialerFactory) NewDialer(a net.Addr) EarlyDialer {
+	return EarlyDialer{
+		Transport: f.Transport,
+		Addr:      a,
+	}
+}
+
+type EarlyDialer struct {
+	Transport *quic.Transport
+	Addr      net.Addr
+}
+
+func (d *EarlyDialer) DialEarly(ctx context.Context, _ string, tlsCfg *tls.Config, cfg *quic.Config) (quic.EarlyConnection, error) {
+	serverName := tlsCfg.ServerName
+	if serverName == "" {
+		serverName = computeServerName(d.Addr)
+	}
+
+	var session quic.EarlyConnection
+	for sleep := 2 * time.Millisecond; ctx.Err() == nil; sleep = sleep * 2 {
+		// Clone TLS config to avoid data races.
+		tlsConfig := tlsCfg.Clone()
+		tlsConfig.ServerName = serverName
+		// Clone QUIC config to avoid data races, if it exists.
+		var quicConfig *quic.Config
+		if cfg != nil {
+			quicConfig = cfg.Clone()
+		}
+
+		var err error
+		session, err = d.Transport.DialEarly(ctx, d.Addr, tlsConfig, quicConfig)
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		var transportErr *quic.TransportError
+		if !errors.As(err, &transportErr) || transportErr.ErrorCode != quic.ConnectionRefused {
+			return nil, serrors.WrapStr("dialing QUIC/SCION", err)
+		}
+
+		jitter := time.Duration(mrand.Int63n(int64(5 * time.Millisecond)))
+		select {
+		case <-time.After(sleep + jitter):
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return nil, serrors.WrapStr("timed out connecting to busy server", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, serrors.WrapStr("dialing QUIC/SCION, after loop", err)
+	}
+	return session, nil
+}