diff --git a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslContext.java b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslContext.java
index 1f010f21b0..a4b2961141 100644
--- a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslContext.java
+++ b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslContext.java
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ public abstract class ReferenceCountedOpenSslContext extends SslContext implemen
             int options = SSLContext.getOptions(ctx) |
                           SSL.SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 |
                           SSL.SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3 |
+                          // Disable TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 by default as these are not considered secure anymore
+                          // and the JDK is doing the same:
+                          // https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/8u291-relnotes.html
+                          SSL.SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1 |
+                          SSL.SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 |
 
                           SSL.SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE |
 
diff --git a/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/OpenSslEngineTest.java b/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/OpenSslEngineTest.java
index a87f2a61fe..71849042cc 100644
--- a/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/OpenSslEngineTest.java
+++ b/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/OpenSslEngineTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngineResult;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngineResult.HandshakeStatus;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLParameters;
 import javax.net.ssl.X509ExtendedKeyManager;
 import java.net.Socket;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
@@ -1388,6 +1390,59 @@ public class OpenSslEngineTest extends SSLEngineTest {
         super.testSessionLocalWhenNonMutualWithoutKeyManager();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDefaultTLS1NotAcceptedByDefaultServer() throws Exception {
+        testDefaultTLS1NotAcceptedByDefault(null, PROTOCOL_TLS_V1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDefaultTLS11NotAcceptedByDefaultServer() throws Exception {
+        testDefaultTLS1NotAcceptedByDefault(null, PROTOCOL_TLS_V1_1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDefaultTLS1NotAcceptedByDefaultClient() throws Exception {
+        testDefaultTLS1NotAcceptedByDefault(PROTOCOL_TLS_V1, null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDefaultTLS11NotAcceptedByDefaultClient() throws Exception {
+        testDefaultTLS1NotAcceptedByDefault(PROTOCOL_TLS_V1_1, null);
+    }
+
+    private void testDefaultTLS1NotAcceptedByDefault(String clientProtocol, String serverProtocol) throws Exception {
+        SslContextBuilder clientCtxBuilder = SslContextBuilder.forClient()
+                .trustManager(InsecureTrustManagerFactory.INSTANCE)
+                .sslProvider(sslClientProvider())
+                .sslContextProvider(clientSslContextProvider());
+        if (clientProtocol != null) {
+            clientCtxBuilder.protocols(clientProtocol);
+        }
+        clientSslCtx = wrapContext(clientCtxBuilder.build());
+        SelfSignedCertificate ssc = new SelfSignedCertificate();
+
+        SslContextBuilder serverCtxBuilder = SslContextBuilder.forServer(ssc.certificate(), ssc.privateKey())
+                .sslProvider(sslServerProvider())
+                .sslContextProvider(serverSslContextProvider());
+        if (serverProtocol != null) {
+            serverCtxBuilder.protocols(serverProtocol);
+        }
+        serverSslCtx = wrapContext(serverCtxBuilder.build());
+        SSLEngine client = wrapEngine(clientSslCtx.newEngine(UnpooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT));
+        SSLEngine server = wrapEngine(serverSslCtx.newEngine(UnpooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT));
+
+        try {
+            handshake(client, server);
+            fail();
+        } catch (SSLHandshakeException expected) {
+            // expected
+        } finally {
+            cleanupClientSslEngine(client);
+            cleanupServerSslEngine(server);
+            ssc.delete();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected SslProvider sslClientProvider() {
         return SslProvider.OPENSSL;