The invention relates to a housing for a plug-in connection, comprising a lower
shell element (100) and an upper
shell element (200) that is identical to the lower
shell element (100), each shell element (100, 200) containing a retaining element (2), by means of which a plug-in connector (1) can be secured to the housing. Each shell element (100, 200) contains a receptacle (3), in which a cable
mount (9) can be received and each shell element (100, 200) has at least one
detent element (11, 12, 13, 14) that cooperates with a
mating detent element (21, 22, 23, 24) of the other shell element (200, 100). The
detent elements (11, 12, 13, 14) and the
mating detent elements (21, 22, 23, 24) have a multi-step design and the entire border regions between the shell elements (100, 200) forming the housing, with the exception of openings for the plug-in connector (1) and the cable
mount (9), have a multi-step design.