--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ static char *ngx_http_upstream_init_main
 static void ngx_http_upstream_ssl_init_connection(ngx_http_request_t *,
     ngx_http_upstream_t *u, ngx_connection_t *c);
 static void ngx_http_upstream_ssl_handshake(ngx_connection_t *c);
+static ngx_int_t ngx_http_upstream_ssl_name(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+    ngx_http_upstream_t *u, ngx_connection_t *c);
 #endif
 
 
@@ -581,9 +583,16 @@ ngx_http_upstream_init_request(ngx_http_
     if (u->resolved == NULL) {
 
         uscf = u->conf->upstream;
+#if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
+        u->ssl_name = uscf->host;
+#endif
 
     } else {
 
+#if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
+        u->ssl_name = u->resolved->host;
+#endif
+
         if (u->resolved->sockaddr) {
 
             if (ngx_http_upstream_create_round_robin_peer(r, u->resolved)
@@ -1355,6 +1364,14 @@ ngx_http_upstream_ssl_init_connection(ng
     c->sendfile = 0;
     u->output.sendfile = 0;
 
+    if (u->conf->ssl_server_name) {
+        if (ngx_http_upstream_ssl_name(r, u, c) != NGX_OK) {
+            ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, u,
+                                               NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (u->conf->ssl_session_reuse) {
         if (u->peer.set_session(&u->peer, u->peer.data) != NGX_OK) {
             ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, u,
@@ -1409,6 +1426,93 @@ ngx_http_upstream_ssl_handshake(ngx_conn
     ngx_http_run_posted_requests(c);
 }
 
+
+static ngx_int_t
+ngx_http_upstream_ssl_name(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u,
+    ngx_connection_t *c)
+{
+    u_char     *p, *last;
+    ngx_str_t   name;
+
+    if (u->conf->ssl_name) {
+        if (ngx_http_complex_value(r, u->conf->ssl_name, &name) != NGX_OK) {
+            return NGX_ERROR;
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        name = u->ssl_name;
+    }
+
+    if (name.len == 0) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * ssl name here may contain port, notably if derived from $proxy_host
+     * or $http_host; we have to strip it
+     */
+
+    p = name.data;
+    last = name.data + name.len;
+
+    if (*p == '[') {
+        p = ngx_strlchr(p, last, ']');
+
+        if (p == NULL) {
+            p = name.data;
+        }
+    }
+
+    p = ngx_strlchr(p, last, ':');
+
+    if (p != NULL) {
+        name.len = p - name.data;
+    }
+
+#ifdef SSL_CTRL_SET_TLSEXT_HOSTNAME
+
+    /* as per RFC 6066, literal IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are not permitted */
+
+    if (name.len == 0 || *name.data == '[') {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    if (ngx_inet_addr(name.data, name.len) != INADDR_NONE) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * SSL_set_tlsext_host_name() needs a null-terminated string,
+     * hence we explicitly null-terminate name here
+     */
+
+    p = ngx_palloc(r->pool, name.len + 1);
+    if (p == NULL) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    (void) ngx_cpystrn(p, name.data, name.len + 1);
+
+    name.data = p;
+
+    ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
+                   "upstream SSL server name: \"%s\"", name.data);
+
+    if (SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(c->ssl->connection, name.data) == 0) {
+        ngx_ssl_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+                      "SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(\"%s\") failed", name.data);
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+#endif
+
+done:
+
+    u->ssl_name = name;
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+}
+
 #endif