diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi
index 118fce9..3bd8dd7 100644
--- a/doc/wget.texi
+++ b/doc/wget.texi
@@ -1555,16 +1555,17 @@ without SSL support, none of these options are available.
 @cindex SSL protocol, choose
 @item --secure-protocol=@var{protocol}
 Choose the secure protocol to be used.  Legal values are @samp{auto},
-@samp{SSLv2}, @samp{SSLv3}, and @samp{TLSv1}.  If @samp{auto} is used,
-the SSL library is given the liberty of choosing the appropriate
-protocol automatically, which is achieved by sending an SSLv2 greeting
-and announcing support for SSLv3 and TLSv1.  This is the default.
-
-Specifying @samp{SSLv2}, @samp{SSLv3}, or @samp{TLSv1} forces the use
-of the corresponding protocol.  This is useful when talking to old and
-buggy SSL server implementations that make it hard for OpenSSL to
-choose the correct protocol version.  Fortunately, such servers are
-quite rare.
+@samp{SSLv2}, @samp{SSLv3}, @samp{TLSv1}, @samp{TLSv1_1} and
+@samp{TLSv1_2}.  If @samp{auto} is used, the SSL library is given the
+liberty of choosing the appropriate protocol automatically, which is
+achieved by sending a SSLv2 greeting and announcing support for SSLv3
+and TLSv1.  This is the default.
+
+Specifying @samp{SSLv2}, @samp{SSLv3}, @samp{TLSv1}, @samp{TLSv1_1} or
+@samp{TLSv1_2} forces the use of the corresponding protocol.  This is
+useful when talking to old and buggy SSL server implementations that
+make it hard for the underlying SSL library to choose the correct
+protocol version.  Fortunately, such servers are quite rare.
 
 @cindex SSL certificate, check
 @item --no-check-certificate
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 4cee677..f160bec 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -1488,6 +1488,8 @@ cmd_spec_secure_protocol (const char *com, const char *val, void *place)
     { "sslv2", secure_protocol_sslv2 },
     { "sslv3", secure_protocol_sslv3 },
     { "tlsv1", secure_protocol_tlsv1 },
+    { "tlsv1_1", secure_protocol_tlsv1_1 },
+    { "tlsv1_2", secure_protocol_tlsv1_2 },
   };
   int ok = decode_string (val, choices, countof (choices), place);
   if (!ok)
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 9cbad9f..3d50dad 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ HTTP options:\n"),
 HTTPS (SSL/TLS) options:\n"),
     N_("\
        --secure-protocol=PR     choose secure protocol, one of auto, SSLv2,\n\
-                                SSLv3, and TLSv1.\n"),
+                                SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1_1 and TLSv1_2.\n"),
     N_("\
        --no-check-certificate   don't validate the server's certificate.\n"),
     N_("\
diff --git a/src/openssl.c b/src/openssl.c
index b3c31ce..141a8a3 100644
--- a/src/openssl.c
+++ b/src/openssl.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ as that of the covered work.  */
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00907000
+#include <openssl/conf.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "connect.h"
@@ -176,6 +179,12 @@ ssl_init (void)
       goto error;
     }
 
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00907000
+  OPENSSL_load_builtin_modules();
+  ENGINE_load_builtin_engines();
+  CONF_modules_load_file(NULL, NULL,
+      CONF_MFLAGS_DEFAULT_SECTION|CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE);
+#endif
   SSL_library_init ();
   SSL_load_error_strings ();
   SSLeay_add_all_algorithms ();
@@ -197,6 +206,21 @@ ssl_init (void)
     case secure_protocol_tlsv1:
       meth = TLSv1_client_method ();
       break;
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10001000
+    case secure_protocol_tlsv1_1:
+      meth = TLSv1_1_client_method ();
+      break;
+    case secure_protocol_tlsv1_2:
+      meth = TLSv1_2_client_method ();
+      break;
+#else
+    case secure_protocol_tlsv1_1:
+      logprintf (LOG_NOTQUIET, _("Your OpenSSL version is too old to support TLSv1.1\n"));
+      goto error;
+    case secure_protocol_tlsv1_2:
+      logprintf (LOG_NOTQUIET, _("Your OpenSSL version is too old to support TLSv1.2\n"));
+      goto error;
+#endif
     default:
       abort ();
     }
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index 326123a..575e647 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ struct options
     secure_protocol_auto,
     secure_protocol_sslv2,
     secure_protocol_sslv3,
-    secure_protocol_tlsv1
+    secure_protocol_tlsv1,
+    secure_protocol_tlsv1_1,
+    secure_protocol_tlsv1_2
   } secure_protocol;		/* type of secure protocol to use. */
   bool check_cert;		/* whether to validate the server's cert */
   char *cert_file;		/* external client certificate to use. */