A gland (1) for an electrical cable inside a threaded protective conduit, the gland includes a tubular body (2) enclosing a sealing ring (3), an annular nut (4) screwed on to the body to compress the sealing ring, a tubular connecting sleeve connected to the nut, an end portion of the nut (4) opposed to the body (5) having a threaded part (51) for connection to the threaded conduit, the sleeve having a connecting bore (52) mounted by force-fitting on an outer surface (42) of the end portion of the nut, the connecting sleeve having an annular groove (54) on an inner surface (53) of the connecting bore; the outer surface of the nut (4) having a relief surface (43) which engages in the groove (54) during the force-fitting, so as to retain the sleeve on the end portion of the nut while allowing the sleeve to rotate freely around the nut.