diff --git a/CHANGES/10156.feature.rst b/CHANGES/10156.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ff6b6b8bd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/10156.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Enabled ALPN on default SSL contexts. This improves compatibility with some
+proxies which don't work without this extension.
+-- by :user:`Cycloctane`.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index ded6c463e40..5acc4de44fc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ William S.
 Wilson Ong
 wouter bolsterlee
 Xavier Halloran
+Xi Rui
 Xiang Li
 Yang Zhou
 Yannick Koechlin
diff --git a/aiohttp/connector.py b/aiohttp/connector.py
index a9123f82bc0..7e0986df657 100644
--- a/aiohttp/connector.py
+++ b/aiohttp/connector.py
@@ -780,14 +780,16 @@ def _make_ssl_context(verified: bool) -> SSLContext:
         # No ssl support
         return None
     if verified:
-        return ssl.create_default_context()
-    sslcontext = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
-    sslcontext.options |= ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2
-    sslcontext.options |= ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3
-    sslcontext.check_hostname = False
-    sslcontext.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
-    sslcontext.options |= ssl.OP_NO_COMPRESSION
-    sslcontext.set_default_verify_paths()
+        sslcontext = ssl.create_default_context()
+    else:
+        sslcontext = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
+        sslcontext.options |= ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2
+        sslcontext.options |= ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3
+        sslcontext.check_hostname = False
+        sslcontext.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+        sslcontext.options |= ssl.OP_NO_COMPRESSION
+        sslcontext.set_default_verify_paths()
+    sslcontext.set_alpn_protocols(("http/1.1",))
     return sslcontext
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client_functional.py b/tests/test_client_functional.py
index b34ccdb600d..05af9ae25ad 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_functional.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_functional.py
@@ -603,6 +603,30 @@ async def handler(request):
     assert txt == "Test message"
 
 
+async def test_ssl_client_alpn(
+    aiohttp_server: AiohttpServer,
+    aiohttp_client: AiohttpClient,
+    ssl_ctx: ssl.SSLContext,
+) -> None:
+
+    async def handler(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+        assert request.transport is not None
+        sslobj = request.transport.get_extra_info("ssl_object")
+        return web.Response(text=sslobj.selected_alpn_protocol())
+
+    app = web.Application()
+    app.router.add_route("GET", "/", handler)
+    ssl_ctx.set_alpn_protocols(("http/1.1",))
+    server = await aiohttp_server(app, ssl=ssl_ctx)
+
+    connector = aiohttp.TCPConnector(ssl=False)
+    client = await aiohttp_client(server, connector=connector)
+    resp = await client.get("/")
+    assert resp.status == 200
+    txt = await resp.text()
+    assert txt == "http/1.1"
+
+
 async def test_tcp_connector_fingerprint_ok(
     aiohttp_server,
     aiohttp_client,