diff --git a/src/httperf.c b/src/httperf.c
index 16013b7..eda1b09 100755
--- a/src/httperf.c
+++ b/src/httperf.c
@@ -1076,6 +1076,18 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		    SSL_CTX_set_options(ssl_ctx, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3 | SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1 | SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2); break;
 #endif
 
+		    /* 6/TLSv1.2 */
+                    case 6:
+#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L)
+                    ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new (TLS_client_method ());
+                    SSL_CTX_set_min_proto_version(ssl_ctx, TLS1_2_VERSION);
+		    SSL_CTX_set_max_proto_version(ssl_ctx, TLS1_2_VERSION);
+		    break;
+#else
+                    ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new (TLSv1_client_method ()); break;
+		    SSL_CTX_set_options(ssl_ctx, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3 | SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1 | SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1); break;
+#endif
+
                 }
       
 		if (!ssl_ctx) {