diff --git a/tdeio/kssl/kssl.cc b/tdeio/kssl/kssl.cc
index e5f092157..0f34a55da 100644
--- a/tdeio/kssl/kssl.cc
+++ b/tdeio/kssl/kssl.cc
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ int rc;
 		d->m_ssl = 0;
 		return rc;
 	}
+#ifdef SSL_CTRL_SET_TLSEXT_HOSTNAME
+	d->kossl->SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(d->m_ssl, d->proxyPeer.ascii());
+#endif
 
 	rc = d->kossl->SSL_accept(d->m_ssl);
 	if (rc == 1) {
@@ -424,6 +427,9 @@ int rc;
 		d->m_ssl = 0;
 		return rc;
 	}
+#ifdef SSL_CTRL_SET_TLSEXT_HOSTNAME
+	d->kossl->SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(d->m_ssl, d->proxyPeer.ascii());
+#endif
 
 connect_again:
 	rc = d->kossl->SSL_connect(d->m_ssl);