diff --git a/zuul-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/zuul/netty/ssl/OpenSslTest.java b/zuul-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/zuul/netty/ssl/OpenSslTest.java
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+package com.netflix.zuul.netty.ssl;
+
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.OpenSsl;
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslProvider;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+public class OpenSslTest {
+    @BeforeEach
+    void beforeEach() {
+        OpenSsl.ensureAvailability();
+        assertTrue(OpenSsl.isAvailable());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBoringSsl() {
+        assertThat(OpenSsl.versionString()).isEqualTo("BoringSSL");
+        assertTrue(SslProvider.isAlpnSupported(SslProvider.OPENSSL));
+        assertTrue(SslProvider.isTlsv13Supported(SslProvider.OPENSSL));
+    }
+}