diff --git a/SOURCES/Net-SSLeay-1.55-Add-support-for-the-basic-operations-necessary-to-su.patch b/SOURCES/Net-SSLeay-1.55-Add-support-for-the-basic-operations-necessary-to-su.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adc2bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/Net-SSLeay-1.55-Add-support-for-the-basic-operations-necessary-to-su.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+This patch adds EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name(), EC_KEY_free*() and
+SSL_CTX_set_tmp_ecdh().
+
+This is ported from Net-SSLeay-1.56 to version 1.55.
+
+diff -up Net-SSLeay-1.55/SSLeay.xs.orig Net-SSLeay-1.55/SSLeay.xs
+--- Net-SSLeay-1.55/SSLeay.xs.orig	2016-03-10 10:42:52.267612772 +0100
++++ Net-SSLeay-1.55/SSLeay.xs	2016-03-10 09:56:18.846933771 +0100
+@@ -4127,6 +4127,23 @@ SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa(ctx,rsa)
+      SSL_CTX *	ctx
+      RSA *	rsa
+ 
++#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER > 0x10000000L
++
++EC_KEY *
++EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name(nid)
++    int nid
++
++void
++EC_KEY_free(key)
++    EC_KEY * key
++
++long
++SSL_CTX_set_tmp_ecdh(ctx,ecdh);
++     SSL_CTX * ctx
++     EC_KEY  * ecdh
++
++#endif
++
+ void *
+ SSL_get_app_data(s)
+      SSL *	s
+diff -up Net-SSLeay-1.55/typemap.orig Net-SSLeay-1.55/typemap
+--- Net-SSLeay-1.55/typemap.orig	2016-03-10 10:40:49.886151370 +0100
++++ Net-SSLeay-1.55/typemap	2016-03-10 10:41:37.640941202 +0100
+@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SSL_SESSION *	T_PTR
+ SSL *		T_PTR
+ RSA *		T_PTR
+ DH *		T_PTR
++EC_KEY *	T_PTR
+ const X509 *        T_PTR
+ const X509_CRL *    T_PTR
+ const X509_REQ *    T_PTR
+diff -up Net-SSLeay-1.55/lib/Net/SSLeay.pod.orig Net-SSLeay-1.55/lib/Net/SSLeay.pod
+--- Net-SSLeay-1.55/lib/Net/SSLeay.pod.orig	2016-03-10 12:23:38.706870006 +0100
++++ Net-SSLeay-1.55/lib/Net/SSLeay.pod	2016-03-10 12:28:04.280365357 +0100
+@@ -7500,6 +7500,25 @@ Enable or disable FIPS mode in a FIPS ca
+ 
+ =back
+ 
++=head3 Low level API: EC related functions
++ 
++=over 
++ 
++=item * CTX_set_tmp_ecdh
++ 
++TBA
++ 
++=item * EC_KEY_free
++ 
++TBA
++ 
++=item * EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name
++ 
++TBA
++ 
++=back
++
++
+ =head2 Constants
+ 
+ There are many openssl constants available in L<Net::SSLeay>. You can use them like this:
diff --git a/SPECS/perl-Net-SSLeay.spec b/SPECS/perl-Net-SSLeay.spec
index 403e73c..2962e48 100644
--- a/SPECS/perl-Net-SSLeay.spec
+++ b/SPECS/perl-Net-SSLeay.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 Name:		perl-Net-SSLeay
 Version:	1.55
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Release:	4%{?dist}
 Summary:	Perl extension for using OpenSSL
 Group:		Development/Libraries
 License:	OpenSSL
 URL:		http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SSLeay/
 Source0:	http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/M/MI/MIKEM/Net-SSLeay-%{version}.tar.gz
+# Add ECDHE support, in upstream 1.56, bug #1316379
+Patch0:         Net-SSLeay-1.55-Add-support-for-the-basic-operations-necessary-to-su.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(id -nu)
 BuildRequires:	openssl, openssl-devel
 # =========== Module Build ===========================
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ so you can write servers or clients for more complicated applications.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n Net-SSLeay-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 # Fix permissions in examples to avoid bogus doc-file dependencies
 chmod -c 644 examples/*
@@ -92,6 +95,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man3/Net::SSLeay::Handle.3pm*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 10 2016 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 1.55-4
+- Add ECDHE support (bug #1316379)
+
 * Fri Jan 24 2014 Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com> - 1.55-3
 - Mass rebuild 2014-01-24