diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a11cea5..2d6b743b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ The base classes on which everything else is built. They expose all possible sce
 
 ## TLS support
 Support for TLS is added using mbed TLS, for now only the client part is supported. You can enable this by adding the flag ASYNC_TCP_SSL_ENABLED to your build flags (-DASYNC_TCP_SSL_ENABLED). If you'd like to set a root certificate you can use the setRootCa function on AsyncClient. Feel free to add support for the server side as well :-)
+
+In addition to the regular certificate based cipher suites there is also support for Pre-Shared Key
+cipher suites. Use `setPsk` to define the PSK identifier and PSK itself. The PSK needs to be
+provided in the form of a hex string (and easy way to generate a PSK is to use md5sum).
diff --git a/src/AsyncTCP.cpp b/src/AsyncTCP.cpp
index 1fe71191..aaaeb512 100644
--- a/src/AsyncTCP.cpp
+++ b/src/AsyncTCP.cpp
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ AsyncClient::AsyncClient(tcp_pcb* pcb)
 , _root_ca_len(0)
 , _pcb_secure(false)
 , _handshake_done(true)
+, _psk_ident(0)
+, _psk(0)
 #endif // ASYNC_TCP_SSL_ENABLED
 , _pcb_sent_at(0)
 , _close_pcb(false)
@@ -502,6 +504,11 @@ void AsyncClient::setRootCa(const char* rootca, const size_t len) {
     _root_ca = (char*)rootca;
     _root_ca_len = len;
 }
+
+void AsyncClient::setPsk(const char* psk_ident, const char* psk) {
+    _psk_ident = psk_ident;
+    _psk = psk;
+}
 #endif // ASYNC_TCP_SSL_ENABLED
 
 AsyncClient& AsyncClient::operator=(const AsyncClient& other){
@@ -545,11 +552,17 @@ int8_t AsyncClient::_connected(void* pcb, int8_t err){
         tcp_poll(_pcb, &_tcp_poll, 1);
 #if ASYNC_TCP_SSL_ENABLED
         if(_pcb_secure){
-            if(tcp_ssl_new_client(_pcb, _hostname.empty() ? NULL : _hostname.c_str(), _root_ca, _root_ca_len) < 0){
+            bool err = false;
+            if(_root_ca) {
+              err = tcp_ssl_new_client(_pcb, _hostname.empty() ? NULL : _hostname.c_str(), _root_ca, _root_ca_len) < 0;
+            } else {
+              err = tcp_ssl_new_psk_client(_pcb, _psk_ident, _psk) < 0;
+            }
+            if (err) {
                 log_e("closing....");
                 return _close();
             }
- 
+
             tcp_ssl_arg(_pcb, this);
             tcp_ssl_data(_pcb, &_s_data);
             tcp_ssl_handshake(_pcb, &_s_handshake);
@@ -663,7 +676,7 @@ int8_t AsyncClient::_recv(tcp_pcb* pcb, pbuf* pb, int8_t err) {
                     log_e("_recv err: %d\n", read_bytes);
                     _close();
                 }
-                
+
                 //return read_bytes;
             }
             return ERR_OK;
diff --git a/src/AsyncTCP.h b/src/AsyncTCP.h
index 117f7ff6..8117a63f 100644
--- a/src/AsyncTCP.h
+++ b/src/AsyncTCP.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ class AsyncClient {
     char* _root_ca;
     bool _pcb_secure;
     bool _handshake_done;
+    const char* _psk_ident;
+    const char* _psk;
 #endif // ASYNC_TCP_SSL_ENABLED
     uint32_t _pcb_sent_at;
     bool _close_pcb;
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ class AsyncClient {
     bool connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port, bool secure = false);
     bool connect(const char* host, uint16_t port,  bool secure = false);
     void setRootCa(const char* rootca, const size_t len);
+    void setPsk(const char* psk_ident, const char* psk);
 #else
     bool connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port);
     bool connect(const char* host, uint16_t port);
diff --git a/src/tcp_mbedtls.c b/src/tcp_mbedtls.c
index 55ec9cc8..fc06d72b 100644
--- a/src/tcp_mbedtls.c
+++ b/src/tcp_mbedtls.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 // #define TCP_SSL_DEBUG(...) ets_printf(__VA_ARGS__)
-#define TCP_SSL_DEBUG(...) 
+#define TCP_SSL_DEBUG(...)
 
 static const char pers[] = "esp32-tls";
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int tcp_ssl_send(void *ctx, const unsigned char *buf, size_t len) {
   } else {
     tcp_len = len;
   }
-  
+
   if (tcp_len > 2 * tcp_ssl->tcp->mss) {
     tcp_len = 2 * tcp_ssl->tcp->mss;
   }
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int tcp_ssl_new_client(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, const char* hostname, const char* ro
     MBEDTLS_SSL_TRANSPORT_STREAM,
     MBEDTLS_SSL_PRESET_DEFAULT)) {
     TCP_SSL_DEBUG("error setting SSL config.\n");
-    
+
     tcp_ssl_free(tcp);
     return -1;
   }
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ int tcp_ssl_new_client(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, const char* hostname, const char* ro
   } else {
     mbedtls_ssl_conf_authmode(&tcp_ssl->ssl_conf, MBEDTLS_SSL_VERIFY_OPTIONAL);
   }
-  
+
   if(hostname != NULL) {
     TCP_SSL_DEBUG("setting the hostname: %s\n", hostname);
     if((ret = mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname(&tcp_ssl->ssl_ctx, hostname)) != 0){
@@ -282,7 +282,87 @@ int tcp_ssl_new_client(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, const char* hostname, const char* ro
 
   if ((ret = mbedtls_ssl_setup(&tcp_ssl->ssl_ctx, &tcp_ssl->ssl_conf)) != 0) {
     tcp_ssl_free(tcp);
-    
+
+    return handle_error(ret);
+  }
+
+  mbedtls_ssl_set_bio(&tcp_ssl->ssl_ctx, (void*)tcp_ssl, tcp_ssl_send, tcp_ssl_recv, NULL);
+
+  // Start handshake.
+  ret = mbedtls_ssl_handshake(&tcp_ssl->ssl_ctx);
+  if (ret != MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_WANT_READ && ret != MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_WANT_WRITE) {
+    TCP_SSL_DEBUG("handshake error!\n");
+    return handle_error(ret);
+  }
+
+  return ERR_OK;
+}
+
+// Open an SSL connection using a PSK (pre-shared-key) cipher suite.
+int tcp_ssl_new_psk_client(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, const char* psk_ident, const char* pskey) {
+  tcp_ssl_t* tcp_ssl;
+
+  if(tcp == NULL) return -1;
+  if(tcp_ssl_get(tcp) != NULL) return -1;
+
+  tcp_ssl = tcp_ssl_new(tcp);
+  if(tcp_ssl == NULL) return -1;
+
+  mbedtls_entropy_init(&tcp_ssl->entropy_ctx);
+  mbedtls_ctr_drbg_init(&tcp_ssl->drbg_ctx);
+  mbedtls_ssl_init(&tcp_ssl->ssl_ctx);
+  mbedtls_ssl_config_init(&tcp_ssl->ssl_conf);
+
+  mbedtls_ctr_drbg_seed(&tcp_ssl->drbg_ctx, mbedtls_entropy_func,
+                        &tcp_ssl->entropy_ctx, (const unsigned char*)pers, strlen(pers));
+
+  if(mbedtls_ssl_config_defaults(&tcp_ssl->ssl_conf,
+    MBEDTLS_SSL_IS_CLIENT,
+    MBEDTLS_SSL_TRANSPORT_STREAM,
+    MBEDTLS_SSL_PRESET_DEFAULT)) {
+    TCP_SSL_DEBUG("error setting SSL config.\n");
+
+    tcp_ssl_free(tcp);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  int ret = 0;
+
+  TCP_SSL_DEBUG("setting the pre-shared key.\n");
+  // convert PSK from hex string to binary
+  if ((strlen(pskey) & 1) != 0 || strlen(pskey) > 2*MBEDTLS_PSK_MAX_LEN) {
+      TCP_SSL_DEBUG(" failed\n  !  pre-shared key not valid hex or too long\n\n");
+      return -1;
+  }
+  unsigned char psk[MBEDTLS_PSK_MAX_LEN];
+  size_t psk_len = strlen(pskey)/2;
+  for (int j=0; j<strlen(pskey); j+= 2) {
+      char c = pskey[j];
+      if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') c -= '0';
+      else if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') c -= 'A' - 10;
+      else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') c -= 'a' - 10;
+      else return -1;
+      psk[j/2] = c<<4;
+      c = pskey[j+1];
+      if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') c -= '0';
+      else if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') c -= 'A' - 10;
+      else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') c -= 'a' - 10;
+      else return -1;
+      psk[j/2] |= c;
+  }
+  // set mbedtls config
+  ret = mbedtls_ssl_conf_psk(&tcp_ssl->ssl_conf, psk, psk_len,
+           (const unsigned char *)psk_ident, strlen(psk_ident));
+  if (ret != 0) {
+      TCP_SSL_DEBUG("  failed\n  !  mbedtls_ssl_conf_psk returned -0x%x\n\n", -ret);
+      return handle_error(ret);
+  }
+
+  mbedtls_ssl_conf_rng(&tcp_ssl->ssl_conf, mbedtls_ctr_drbg_random, &tcp_ssl->drbg_ctx);
+
+  if ((ret = mbedtls_ssl_setup(&tcp_ssl->ssl_ctx, &tcp_ssl->ssl_conf)) != 0) {
+    tcp_ssl_free(tcp);
+
     return handle_error(ret);
   }
 
@@ -302,7 +382,7 @@ int tcp_ssl_write(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   if(tcp == NULL) {
     return -1;
   }
-  
+
   tcp_ssl_t * tcp_ssl = tcp_ssl_get(tcp);
 
   if(tcp_ssl == NULL){
@@ -351,7 +431,7 @@ int tcp_ssl_read(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, struct pbuf *p) {
 
   tcp_ssl->tcp_pbuf = p;
   tcp_ssl->pbuf_offset = 0;
-  
+
   do {
     if(tcp_ssl->ssl_ctx.state != MBEDTLS_SSL_HANDSHAKE_OVER) {
       TCP_SSL_DEBUG("start handshake: %d\n", tcp_ssl->ssl_ctx.state);
@@ -467,4 +547,4 @@ void tcp_ssl_err(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, tcp_ssl_error_cb_t arg){
   }
 }
 
-#endif // ASYNC_TCP_SSL_ENABLED
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // ASYNC_TCP_SSL_ENABLED
diff --git a/src/tcp_mbedtls.h b/src/tcp_mbedtls.h
index ff0c9a87..492c70bb 100644
--- a/src/tcp_mbedtls.h
+++ b/src/tcp_mbedtls.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ typedef void (* tcp_ssl_error_cb_t)(void *arg, struct tcp_pcb *tcp, int8_t error
 
 uint8_t tcp_ssl_has_client();
 int tcp_ssl_new_client(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, const char* hostname, const char* root_ca, const size_t root_ca_len);
+int tcp_ssl_new_psk_client(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, const char* psk_ident, const char* psk);
 int tcp_ssl_write(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, uint8_t *data, size_t len);
 int tcp_ssl_read(struct tcp_pcb *tcp, struct pbuf *p);
 int tcp_ssl_handshake_step(struct tcp_pcb *tcp);