diff --git a/src/Native/Unix/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/pal_ssl.cpp b/src/Native/Unix/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/pal_ssl.cpp
index fda1f4da9537..67e8a0ffeb3d 100644
--- a/src/Native/Unix/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/pal_ssl.cpp
+++ b/src/Native/Unix/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/pal_ssl.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,28 @@ extern "C" SSL_CTX* CryptoNative_SslCtxCreate(SSL_METHOD* method)
     return ctx;
 }
 
+/*
+Openssl supports setting ecdh curves by default from version 1.1.0.
+For lower versions, this is the recommended approach.
+Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.
+*/
+static long TrySetECDHNamedCurve(SSL_CTX* ctx)
+{
+	long result = 0;
+#ifdef SSL_CTX_set_ecdh_auto
+	result = SSL_CTX_set_ecdh_auto(ctx, 1);
+#else
+	EC_KEY *ecdh = EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name(NID_X9_62_prime256v1);
+	if (ecdh != nullptr)
+	{
+		result = SSL_CTX_set_tmp_ecdh(ctx, ecdh);
+		EC_KEY_free(ecdh);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	return result;
+}
+
 extern "C" void CryptoNative_SetProtocolOptions(SSL_CTX* ctx, SslProtocols protocols)
 {
     // protocols may be 0, meaning system default, in which case let OpenSSL do what OpenSSL wants.
@@ -82,6 +104,7 @@ extern "C" void CryptoNative_SetProtocolOptions(SSL_CTX* ctx, SslProtocols proto
 #endif
 
     SSL_CTX_set_options(ctx, protocolOptions);
+    TrySetECDHNamedCurve(ctx);
 }
 
 extern "C" SSL* CryptoNative_SslCreate(SSL_CTX* ctx)
@@ -524,3 +547,4 @@ extern "C" int32_t CryptoNative_SslAddExtraChainCert(SSL* ssl, X509* x509)
 
     return 0;
 }
+