diff --git a/src/crypto/openssl.c b/src/crypto/openssl.c
index 6f9b0cf8..3df96e05 100644
--- a/src/crypto/openssl.c
+++ b/src/crypto/openssl.c
@@ -431,6 +431,78 @@ void free_ssl_context(SSL_CTX *ssl_context) {
     SSL_CTX_free(ssl_context);
 }
 
+int number_of_digits(int number) {
+    if (number < 0) number = (number == INT_MIN) ? INT_MAX : -number;
+    if (number < 10) return 1;
+    if (number < 100) return 2;
+    if (number < 1000) return 3;
+    if (number < 10000) return 4;
+    if (number < 100000) return 5;
+    if (number < 1000000) return 6;
+    if (number < 10000000) return 7;
+    if (number < 100000000) return 8;
+    if (number < 1000000000) return 9;
+    return 10;
+}
+
+int add_alpn(const char *alpn, char* out)
+{
+    unsigned int alpn_len, all_len;
+
+    alpn_len = strlen(alpn);
+    if (alpn_len > 255 || alpn_len == 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    all_len = strlen(out);
+    out[all_len] = alpn_len;
+    memcpy(&out[all_len + 1], alpn, alpn_len);
+    out[all_len + 1 + alpn_len] = '\0';
+    return 0;
+}
+
+char* build_alpn(const char **alpn, const unsigned int alpn_count)
+{
+    unsigned int length_letters = 0;
+    unsigned int total_length = 0;
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < alpn_count; i++) {
+        int cur_length = strlen(alpn[i]);
+        total_length += cur_length + number_of_digits(cur_length);
+    }
+
+    char * alpn_wire_string = (char *) malloc(total_length + 1);
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < alpn_count; i++) {
+        int res = add_alpn(alpn[i], alpn_wire_string);
+        if (res == -1) {
+            free(alpn_wire_string);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return alpn_wire_string;
+}
+
+void free_alpn(void *parent, void *ptr, CRYPTO_EX_DATA *ad, int idx, long argl, void *argp)
+{
+   if (ptr != NULL) {
+     char* alpn_wire_string = (char*)ptr;
+     free(alpn_wire_string);
+   }
+}
+
+int alpn_cb(SSL *ssl, const unsigned char **out, unsigned char *outlen, const unsigned char *in, unsigned int inlen, void *arg) {
+    int r;
+    char* alpn_wire_string = (char*)arg;
+    if (arg == NULL || strlen(alpn_wire_string) == 0) {
+        return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK;
+    }
+    r = SSL_select_next_proto((unsigned char **) out, outlen, in, inlen, (unsigned char *)alpn_wire_string, strlen(alpn_wire_string));
+    if (r == OPENSSL_NPN_NO_OVERLAP) {
+        return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_ALERT_FATAL;
+    } else {
+        return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_OK;
+    }
+}
+
 /* This function should take any options and return SSL_CTX - which has to be free'd with
  * our destructor function - free_ssl_context() */
 SSL_CTX *create_ssl_context_from_options(struct us_socket_context_options_t options) {
@@ -530,6 +602,20 @@ SSL_CTX *create_ssl_context_from_options(struct us_socket_context_options_t opti
         }
     }
 
+    if (options.alpn_protocols) {
+        static int alpn_index = -1;
+        if (alpn_index == -1) {
+            alpn_index = SSL_CTX_get_ex_new_index(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, free_alpn);
+        }
+        char *alpn_wire_string = build_alpn(options.alpn_protocols, options.alpn_protocols_length);
+        if (alpn_wire_string == NULL) {
+            free_ssl_context(ssl_context);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        SSL_CTX_set_ex_data(ssl_context, alpn_index, alpn_wire_string);
+        SSL_CTX_set_alpn_select_cb(ssl_context, alpn_cb, alpn_wire_string);
+    }
+
     /* This must be free'd with free_ssl_context, not SSL_CTX_free */
     return ssl_context;
 }
diff --git a/src/libusockets.h b/src/libusockets.h
index dde4bb67..3a5fc367 100644
--- a/src/libusockets.h
+++ b/src/libusockets.h
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ struct us_socket_context_options_t {
     const char *dh_params_file_name;
     const char *ca_file_name;
     const char *ssl_ciphers;
+    const char **alpn_protocols;
+    unsigned int alpn_protocols_length;
     int ssl_prefer_low_memory_usage; /* Todo: rename to prefer_low_memory_usage and apply for TCP as well */
 };