diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index 0a04e61..56091fa 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -1448,7 +1448,9 @@
 ngx_http_upstream_ssl_init_connection(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_upstream_t *u, ngx_connection_t *c)
 {
-    ngx_int_t   rc;
+    int                        tcp_nodelay;
+    ngx_int_t                  rc;
+    ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t  *clcf;
 
     if (ngx_http_upstream_test_connect(c) != NGX_OK) {
         ngx_http_upstream_next(r, u, NGX_HTTP_UPSTREAM_FT_ERROR);
@@ -1481,6 +1483,28 @@
                                                NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
             return;
         }
+
+        /* abbreviated SSL handshake may interact badly with Nagle */
+
+        clcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_core_module);
+
+        if (clcf->tcp_nodelay && c->tcp_nodelay == NGX_TCP_NODELAY_UNSET) {
+            ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, c->log, 0, "tcp_nodelay");
+
+            tcp_nodelay = 1;
+
+            if (setsockopt(c->fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY,
+                           (const void *) &tcp_nodelay, sizeof(int)) == -1)
+            {
+                ngx_connection_error(c, ngx_socket_errno,
+                                     "setsockopt(TCP_NODELAY) failed");
+                ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, u,
+                                               NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            c->tcp_nodelay = NGX_TCP_NODELAY_SET;
+        }
     }
 
     r->connection->log->action = "SSL handshaking to upstream";