diff --git a/ssl/ssl_lib.c b/ssl/ssl_lib.c
index 9f9dce6c1e1de..f706c27982519 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_lib.c
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ STACK_OF(SSL_CIPHER) *SSL_get1_supported_ciphers(SSL *s)
     ssl_set_client_disabled(s);
     for (i = 0; i < sk_SSL_CIPHER_num(ciphers); i++) {
         const SSL_CIPHER *c = sk_SSL_CIPHER_value(ciphers, i);
-        if (!ssl_cipher_disabled(s, c, SSL_SECOP_CIPHER_SUPPORTED)) {
+        if (!ssl_cipher_disabled(s, c, SSL_SECOP_CIPHER_SUPPORTED, 0)) {
             if (!sk)
                 sk = sk_SSL_CIPHER_new_null();
             if (!sk)
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_locl.h b/ssl/ssl_locl.h
index eb7e8c9d2b735..de4a520c2a6b1 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_locl.h
+++ b/ssl/ssl_locl.h
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ __owur size_t tls12_get_psigalgs(SSL *s, int sent, const unsigned char **psigs);
 __owur int tls12_check_peer_sigalg(const EVP_MD **pmd, SSL *s,
                                    const unsigned char *sig, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
 void ssl_set_client_disabled(SSL *s);
-__owur int ssl_cipher_disabled(SSL *s, const SSL_CIPHER *c, int op);
+__owur int ssl_cipher_disabled(SSL *s, const SSL_CIPHER *c, int op, int echde);
 
 __owur int ssl_add_clienthello_use_srtp_ext(SSL *s, unsigned char *p, int *len,
                                             int maxlen);
diff --git a/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c b/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c
index a2a6684fa975a..c4963f5767586 100644
--- a/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c
+++ b/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ MSG_PROCESS_RETURN tls_process_server_hello(SSL *s, PACKET *pkt)
      * If it is a disabled cipher we either didn't send it in client hello,
      * or it's not allowed for the selected protocol. So we return an error.
      */
-    if (ssl_cipher_disabled(s, c, SSL_SECOP_CIPHER_CHECK)) {
+    if (ssl_cipher_disabled(s, c, SSL_SECOP_CIPHER_CHECK, 1)) {
         al = SSL_AD_ILLEGAL_PARAMETER;
         SSLerr(SSL_F_TLS_PROCESS_SERVER_HELLO, SSL_R_WRONG_CIPHER_RETURNED);
         goto f_err;
@@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ int ssl_cipher_list_to_bytes(SSL *s, STACK_OF(SSL_CIPHER) *sk, unsigned char *p)
     for (i = 0; i < sk_SSL_CIPHER_num(sk); i++) {
         c = sk_SSL_CIPHER_value(sk, i);
         /* Skip disabled ciphers */
-        if (ssl_cipher_disabled(s, c, SSL_SECOP_CIPHER_SUPPORTED))
+        if (ssl_cipher_disabled(s, c, SSL_SECOP_CIPHER_SUPPORTED, 0))
             continue;
         j = s->method->put_cipher_by_char(c, p);
         p += j;
diff --git a/ssl/t1_lib.c b/ssl/t1_lib.c
index 3f9702b9c2ddb..377ed328b44d5 100644
--- a/ssl/t1_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/t1_lib.c
@@ -863,19 +863,31 @@ void ssl_set_client_disabled(SSL *s)
  * @s: SSL connection that you want to use the cipher on
  * @c: cipher to check
  * @op: Security check that you want to do
+ * @ecdhe: If set to 1 then TLSv1 ECDHE ciphers are also allowed in SSLv3
  *
  * Returns 1 when it's disabled, 0 when enabled.
  */
-int ssl_cipher_disabled(SSL *s, const SSL_CIPHER *c, int op)
+int ssl_cipher_disabled(SSL *s, const SSL_CIPHER *c, int op, int ecdhe)
 {
     if (c->algorithm_mkey & s->s3->tmp.mask_k
         || c->algorithm_auth & s->s3->tmp.mask_a)
         return 1;
     if (s->s3->tmp.max_ver == 0)
         return 1;
-    if (!SSL_IS_DTLS(s) && ((c->min_tls > s->s3->tmp.max_ver)
-                            || (c->max_tls < s->s3->tmp.min_ver)))
-        return 1;
+    if (!SSL_IS_DTLS(s)) {
+        int min_tls = c->min_tls;
+
+        /*
+         * For historical reasons we will allow ECHDE to be selected by a server
+         * in SSLv3 if we are a client
+         */
+        if (min_tls == TLS1_VERSION && ecdhe
+                && (c->algorithm_mkey & (SSL_kECDHE | SSL_kECDHEPSK)) != 0)
+            min_tls = SSL3_VERSION;
+
+        if ((min_tls > s->s3->tmp.max_ver) || (c->max_tls < s->s3->tmp.min_ver))
+            return 1;
+    }
     if (SSL_IS_DTLS(s) && (DTLS_VERSION_GT(c->min_dtls, s->s3->tmp.max_ver)
                            || DTLS_VERSION_LT(c->max_dtls, s->s3->tmp.min_ver)))
         return 1;