1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/open-uri.rb b/lib/open-uri.rb
index 36bc3e7266..2bcbec5110 100644
--- a/lib/open-uri.rb
+++ b/lib/open-uri.rb
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ module OpenURI
     :open_timeout => true,
     :ssl_ca_cert => nil,
     :ssl_verify_mode => nil,
+    :ssl_version => nil,
     :ftp_active_mode => false,
     :redirect => true,
     :encoding => nil,
@@ -298,6 +299,8 @@ module OpenURI
       require 'net/https'
       http.use_ssl = true
       http.verify_mode = options[:ssl_verify_mode] || OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
+      http.ssl_version = options[:ssl_version] if options[:ssl_version] && 
+                                    OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::METHODS.include?(options[:ssl_version])
       store = OpenSSL::X509::Store.new
       if options[:ssl_ca_cert]
         Array(options[:ssl_ca_cert]).each do |cert|