diff --git a/ext/openssl/extconf.rb b/ext/openssl/extconf.rb
index f5a6d8e87c..0b93aacbb2 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/openssl/extconf.rb
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ have_func("SSL_SESSION_up_ref")
 have_func("EVP_PKEY_up_ref")
 OpenSSL.check_func_or_macro("SSL_CTX_set_tmp_ecdh_callback", "openssl/ssl.h") # removed
 OpenSSL.check_func_or_macro("SSL_CTX_set_min_proto_version", "openssl/ssl.h")
+have_func("SSL_CTX_get_security_level")
 
 Logging::message "=== Checking done. ===\n"
 
diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
index af0ab6d64e..1ee06583dd 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,68 @@ ossl_sslctx_set_ecdh_curves(VALUE self, VALUE arg)
 #define ossl_sslctx_set_ecdh_curves rb_f_notimplement
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *    ctx.security_level -> Integer
+ *
+ * Returns the security level for the context.
+ *
+ * See also OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext#security_level=.
+ */
+static VALUE
+ossl_sslctx_get_security_level(VALUE self)
+{
+    SSL_CTX *ctx;
+
+    GetSSLCTX(self, ctx);
+
+#if defined(HAVE_SSL_CTX_GET_SECURITY_LEVEL)
+    return INT2FIX(SSL_CTX_get_security_level(ctx));
+#else
+    (void)ctx;
+    return INT2FIX(0);
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *    ctx.security_level=(integer) -> Integer
+ *
+ * Sets the security level for the context. OpenSSL limits parameters according
+ * to the level. The "parameters" include: ciphersuites, curves, key sizes,
+ * certificate signature algorithms, protocol version and so on. For example,
+ * level 1 rejects parameters offering below 80 bits of security, such as
+ * ciphersuites using MD5 for the MAC or RSA keys shorter than 1024 bits.
+ *
+ * Note that attempts to set such parameters with insufficient security are
+ * also blocked. You need to lower the level first.
+ *
+ * This feature is not supported in OpenSSL < 1.1.0, and setting the level to
+ * other than 0 will raise NotImplementedError. Level 0 means everything is
+ * permitted, the same behavior as previous versions of OpenSSL.
+ *
+ * See the manpage of SSL_CTX_set_security_level(3) for details.
+ */
+static VALUE
+ossl_sslctx_set_security_level(VALUE self, VALUE value)
+{
+    SSL_CTX *ctx;
+
+    rb_check_frozen(self);
+    GetSSLCTX(self, ctx);
+
+#if defined(HAVE_SSL_CTX_GET_SECURITY_LEVEL)
+    SSL_CTX_set_security_level(ctx, NUM2INT(value));
+#else
+    (void)ctx;
+    if (NUM2INT(value) != 0)
+	ossl_raise(rb_eNotImpError, "setting security level to other than 0 is "
+		   "not supported in this version of OpenSSL");
+#endif
+
+    return value;
+}
+
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *     ctx.session_add(session) -> true | false
@@ -2387,6 +2449,8 @@ Init_ossl_ssl(void)
     rb_define_method(cSSLContext, "ciphers",     ossl_sslctx_get_ciphers, 0);
     rb_define_method(cSSLContext, "ciphers=",    ossl_sslctx_set_ciphers, 1);
     rb_define_method(cSSLContext, "ecdh_curves=", ossl_sslctx_set_ecdh_curves, 1);
+    rb_define_method(cSSLContext, "security_level", ossl_sslctx_get_security_level, 0);
+    rb_define_method(cSSLContext, "security_level=", ossl_sslctx_set_security_level, 1);
 
     rb_define_method(cSSLContext, "setup", ossl_sslctx_setup, 0);
 
diff --git a/test/openssl/test_ssl.rb b/test/openssl/test_ssl.rb
index 9a717a4256..65cc30e71e 100644
--- a/test/openssl/test_ssl.rb
+++ b/test/openssl/test_ssl.rb
@@ -1218,6 +1218,22 @@ end
     end
   end
 
+  def test_security_level
+    ctx = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
+    begin
+      ctx.security_level = 1
+    rescue NotImplementedError
+      assert_equal(0, ctx.security_level)
+      return
+    end
+    assert_equal(1, ctx.security_level)
+    # assert_raise(OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError) { ctx.key = OpenSSL::TestUtils::TEST_KEY_DSA512 }
+    # ctx.key = OpenSSL::TestUtils::TEST_KEY_RSA1024
+    # ctx.security_level = 2
+    # assert_raise(OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError) { ctx.key = OpenSSL::TestUtils::TEST_KEY_RSA1024 }
+    skip "FIXME: SSLContext#key= currently does not raise because SSL_CTX_use_certificate() is delayed"
+  end
+
   private
 
   def start_server_version(version, ctx_proc=nil, server_proc=nil, &blk)