diff --git a/api/envoy/api/v2/auth/cert.proto b/api/envoy/api/v2/auth/cert.proto
index 297d3bbe73c86..8c7fef4cba78c 100644
--- a/api/envoy/api/v2/auth/cert.proto
+++ b/api/envoy/api/v2/auth/cert.proto
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ message UpstreamTlsContext {
   //
   //   TLS renegotiation is considered insecure and shouldn't be used unless absolutely necessary.
   bool allow_renegotiation = 3;
+
+  // If true, clients will resume TLS sessions
+  bool allow_session_resumption = 4;
 }
 
 message DownstreamTlsContext {
diff --git a/include/envoy/ssl/context_config.h b/include/envoy/ssl/context_config.h
index 7b30b50c82837..321aa4c716670 100644
--- a/include/envoy/ssl/context_config.h
+++ b/include/envoy/ssl/context_config.h
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ class ClientContextConfig : public virtual ContextConfig {
    * @return true if server-initiated TLS renegotiation will be allowed.
    */
   virtual bool allowRenegotiation() const PURE;
+  /**
+   * @return true if client should resume TLS sessions
+   */
+  virtual bool allowSessionResumption() const PURE;
 };
 
 typedef std::unique_ptr<ClientContextConfig> ClientContextConfigPtr;
diff --git a/source/common/ssl/context_config_impl.cc b/source/common/ssl/context_config_impl.cc
index 8c80ecdb426c7..3a3e9c4f512eb 100644
--- a/source/common/ssl/context_config_impl.cc
+++ b/source/common/ssl/context_config_impl.cc
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ ClientContextConfigImpl::ClientContextConfigImpl(
     const envoy::api::v2::auth::UpstreamTlsContext& config,
     Server::Configuration::TransportSocketFactoryContext& factory_context)
     : ContextConfigImpl(config.common_tls_context(), factory_context),
-      server_name_indication_(config.sni()), allow_renegotiation_(config.allow_renegotiation()) {
+      server_name_indication_(config.sni()), allow_renegotiation_(config.allow_renegotiation()),
+      allow_session_resumption_(config.allow_session_resumption()) {
   // BoringSSL treats this as a C string, so embedded NULL characters will not
   // be handled correctly.
   if (server_name_indication_.find('\0') != std::string::npos) {
diff --git a/source/common/ssl/context_config_impl.h b/source/common/ssl/context_config_impl.h
index 7304108ff3aac..0e723d818fea6 100644
--- a/source/common/ssl/context_config_impl.h
+++ b/source/common/ssl/context_config_impl.h
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@ class ClientContextConfigImpl : public ContextConfigImpl, public ClientContextCo
   // Ssl::ClientContextConfig
   const std::string& serverNameIndication() const override { return server_name_indication_; }
   bool allowRenegotiation() const override { return allow_renegotiation_; }
+  bool allowSessionResumption() const override { return allow_session_resumption_; }
 
 private:
   const std::string server_name_indication_;
   const bool allow_renegotiation_;
+  const bool allow_session_resumption_;
 };
 
 class ServerContextConfigImpl : public ContextConfigImpl, public ServerContextConfig {
diff --git a/source/common/ssl/context_impl.cc b/source/common/ssl/context_impl.cc
index 29f6937f3a5f2..a7c21c763a2a6 100644
--- a/source/common/ssl/context_impl.cc
+++ b/source/common/ssl/context_impl.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "openssl/hmac.h"
 #include "openssl/rand.h"
 #include "openssl/x509v3.h"
+#include <openssl/ssl.h>
 
 namespace Envoy {
 namespace Ssl {
@@ -483,17 +484,41 @@ CertificateDetailsPtr ContextImpl::certificateDetails(X509* cert, const std::str
 
 ClientContextImpl::ClientContextImpl(Stats::Scope& scope, const ClientContextConfig& config)
     : ContextImpl(scope, config), server_name_indication_(config.serverNameIndication()),
-      allow_renegotiation_(config.allowRenegotiation()) {
+      allow_renegotiation_(config.allowRenegotiation()), allow_session_resumption_(config.allowSessionResumption()) {
   if (!parsed_alpn_protocols_.empty()) {
     int rc = SSL_CTX_set_alpn_protos(ctx_.get(), &parsed_alpn_protocols_[0],
                                      parsed_alpn_protocols_.size());
     RELEASE_ASSERT(rc == 0, "");
   }
+
+  if (allow_session_resumption_) {
+    SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(ctx_.get(), SSL_SESS_CACHE_CLIENT|SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL);
+    SSL_CTX_sess_set_new_cb(
+      ctx_.get(),
+      [](SSL * ssl, SSL_SESSION *session) {
+        ContextImpl* context_impl = static_cast<ContextImpl*>(
+                SSL_CTX_get_ex_data(SSL_get_SSL_CTX(ssl), sslContextIndex()));
+        ClientContextImpl* client_context_impl = dynamic_cast<ClientContextImpl*>(context_impl);
+        int len = i2d_SSL_SESSION(session, NULL);
+        if (len <= ENVOY_MAX_SESSION_SIZE) {
+            client_context_impl->session_.resize(len);
+            unsigned char* temp = client_context_impl->session_.data();
+            i2d_SSL_SESSION(session, &temp);
+        }
+        return 0;
+      });
+  }
 }
 
 bssl::UniquePtr<SSL> ClientContextImpl::newSsl() const {
   bssl::UniquePtr<SSL> ssl_con(ContextImpl::newSsl());
 
+  if (allow_session_resumption_ && !session_.empty()) {
+      const unsigned char* temp = session_.data();
+      SSL_SESSION *session = d2i_SSL_SESSION(NULL, &temp, session_.size());
+      SSL_set_session(ssl_con.get(), session);
+  }
+
   if (!server_name_indication_.empty()) {
     int rc = SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(ssl_con.get(), server_name_indication_.c_str());
     RELEASE_ASSERT(rc, "");
diff --git a/source/common/ssl/context_impl.h b/source/common/ssl/context_impl.h
index 2096045222328..da5a724795852 100644
--- a/source/common/ssl/context_impl.h
+++ b/source/common/ssl/context_impl.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ namespace Envoy {
 #error Envoy requires BoringSSL
 #endif
 
+#define ENVOY_MAX_SESSION_SIZE 4096
+
 namespace Ssl {
 
 // clang-format off
@@ -146,6 +148,8 @@ class ClientContextImpl : public ContextImpl, public ClientContext {
 private:
   const std::string server_name_indication_;
   const bool allow_renegotiation_;
+  const bool allow_session_resumption_;
+  std::vector<uint8_t> session_;
 };
 
 class ServerContextImpl : public ContextImpl, public ServerContext {