diff --git a/h2_ssl.t b/h2_ssl.t
index a4b2a2b..3a65aaf 100644
--- a/h2_ssl.t
+++ b/h2_ssl.t
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 select STDERR; $| = 1;
 select STDOUT; $| = 1;
 
-eval { require IO::Socket::SSL; };
-plan(skip_all => 'IO::Socket::SSL not installed') if $@;
-
 my $t = Test::Nginx->new()->has(qw/http http_ssl http_v2/)
 	->has_daemon('openssl');
 
@@ -56,6 +53,15 @@
 
 EOF
 
+eval { require IO::Socket::SSL; die if $IO::Socket::SSL::VERSION < 1.56; };
+plan(skip_all => 'IO::Socket::SSL version >= 1.56 required') if $@;
+
+eval { IO::Socket::SSL->can_alpn() or die; };
+plan(skip_all => 'IO::Socket::SSL with OpenSSL ALPN support required') if $@;
+
+eval { exists &Net::SSLeay::P_alpn_selected or die; };
+plan(skip_all => 'Net::SSLeay with OpenSSL ALPN support required') if $@;
+
 $t->write_file('openssl.conf', <<EOF);
 [ req ]
 default_bits = 2048
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@
 		or die "Can't create certificate for $name: $!\n";
 }
 
+$t->write_file('index.html', '');
 $t->write_file('tbig.html',
 	join('', map { sprintf "XX%06dXX", $_ } (1 .. 500000)));
 
@@ -81,19 +88,25 @@
 $t->run();
 open STDERR, ">&", \*OLDERR;
 
-plan(skip_all => 'no ALPN/NPN negotiation') unless defined getconn(port(8080));
-$t->plan(1);
+plan(skip_all => 'no ALPN negotiation') unless defined getconn();
+$t->plan(2);
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-# client cancels 2nd stream after HEADERS has been created
+like(http_get('/', socket => get_ssl_socket(['http/1.1'])),
+	qr/200 OK/, 'alpn to HTTP/1.1 fallback');
+
+my $s = getconn(['http/1.1', 'h2']);
+my $sid = $s->new_stream();
+my $frames = $s->read(all => [{ sid => $sid, fin => 1 }]);
+my ($frame) = grep { $_->{type} eq "HEADERS" } @$frames;
+is($frame->{headers}->{':status'}, 200, 'alpn to HTTP/2');
+
+# client cancels last stream after HEADERS has been created,
 # while some unsent data was left in the SSL buffer
 # HEADERS frame may stuck in SSL buffer and won't be sent producing alert
 
-my $s = getconn(port(8080));
-ok($s, 'ssl connection');
-
-my $sid = $s->new_stream({ path => '/tbig.html' });
+$sid = $s->new_stream({ path => '/tbig.html' });
 
 select undef, undef, undef, 0.2;
 $s->h2_rst($sid, 8);
@@ -108,24 +121,38 @@
 ###############################################################################
 
 sub getconn {
-	my ($port) = @_;
+	my ($alpn) = @_;
+	$alpn = ['h2'] if !defined $alpn;
+
+	my $sock = get_ssl_socket($alpn);
+	my $s = Test::Nginx::HTTP2->new(undef, socket => $sock)
+		if $sock->alpn_selected();
+}
+
+sub get_ssl_socket {
+	my ($alpn) = @_;
 	my $s;
 
 	eval {
-		my $sock = Test::Nginx::HTTP2::new_socket($port, SSL => 1,
-			alpn => 'h2');
-		$s = Test::Nginx::HTTP2->new($port, socket => $sock)
-			if $sock->alpn_selected();
+		local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "timeout\n" };
+		local $SIG{PIPE} = sub { die "sigpipe\n" };
+		alarm(8);
+		$s = IO::Socket::SSL->new(
+			Proto => 'tcp',
+			PeerAddr => '127.0.0.1',
+			PeerPort => port(8080),
+			SSL_verify_mode => IO::Socket::SSL::SSL_VERIFY_NONE(),
+			SSL_alpn_protocols => $alpn,
+			SSL_error_trap => sub { die $_[1] }
+		);
+		alarm(0);
 	};
+	alarm(0);
 
-	return $s if defined $s;
-
-	eval {
-		my $sock = Test::Nginx::HTTP2::new_socket($port, SSL => 1,
-			npn => 'h2');
-		$s = Test::Nginx::HTTP2->new($port, socket => $sock)
-			if $sock->next_proto_negotiated();
-	};
+	if ($@) {
+		log_in("died: $@");
+		return undef;
+	}
 
 	return $s;
 }