diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
index a7b389444..2b5c3ab93 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static time_t ngx_ssl_parse_time(
 
 static void *ngx_openssl_create_conf(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static char *ngx_openssl_engine(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf);
+static char *ngx_openssl_provider(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf);
 static void ngx_openssl_exit(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 
 
@@ -94,6 +95,13 @@ static ngx_command_t  ngx_openssl_commands[] = {
       0,
       NULL },
 
+    { ngx_string("ssl_provider"),
+      NGX_MAIN_CONF|NGX_DIRECT_CONF|NGX_CONF_1MORE,
+      ngx_openssl_provider,
+      0,
+      0,
+      NULL },
+
       ngx_null_command
 };
 
@@ -5982,6 +5990,84 @@ ngx_openssl_engine(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf)
 }
 
 
+static char *
+ngx_openssl_provider(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf)
+{
+#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x30200000L)
+
+    u_char       *p;
+    ngx_uint_t    i;
+    ngx_str_t    *value;
+    OSSL_PARAM   *param;
+    ngx_array_t   params;
+
+    if (cf->cycle->modules_used) {
+        return "is specified too late";
+    }
+
+    value = cf->args->elts;
+
+    if (OSSL_PROVIDER_available(NULL, (char *) value[1].data)) {
+        ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, cf, 0,
+                           "ssl_provider \"%V\" is already loaded", &value[1]);
+        return NGX_CONF_OK;
+    }
+
+    if (ngx_array_init(&params, cf->pool, cf->args->nelts - 1,
+                       sizeof(OSSL_PARAM))
+        != NGX_OK)
+    {
+        return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    ngx_memzero(params.elts, (cf->args->nelts - 1) * sizeof(OSSL_PARAM));
+
+    for (i = 2; i < cf->args->nelts; i++) {
+        p = (u_char *) ngx_strchr(value[i].data, '=');
+
+        if (p == NULL) {
+            ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf, 0,
+                               "invalid parameter \"%V\"", &value[i]);
+            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        param = ngx_array_push(&params);
+        if (param == NULL) {
+            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        *p++ = '\0';
+
+        param->key = (char *) value[i].data;
+        param->data_type = OSSL_PARAM_UTF8_STRING;
+        param->data = p;
+        param->data_size = value[i].data + value[i].len - p;
+    }
+
+    param = ngx_array_push(&params);
+    if (param == NULL) {
+        return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (OSSL_PROVIDER_load_ex(NULL, (char* ) value[1].data,
+                              (params.nelts > 1) ? params.elts : NULL)
+        == NULL)
+    {
+        ngx_ssl_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf->log, 0,
+                      "OSSL_PROVIDER_load_ex(\"%V\") failed", &value[1]);
+        return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    return NGX_CONF_OK;
+
+#else
+
+    return "is not supported";
+
+#endif
+}
+
+
 static void
 ngx_openssl_exit(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
 {
diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
index 9e68deb44..7c2a0f6dd 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_OCSP
 #include <openssl/ocsp.h>
 #endif
+#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x30200000L)
+#include <openssl/provider.h>
+#endif
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
 #include <openssl/x509.h>
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
diff --git a/t/ssl_provider.t b/t/ssl_provider.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b817db3a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/ssl_provider.t
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# (C) Sergey Kandaurov
+# (C) Aleksei Bavshin
+# (C) Nginx, Inc.
+
+# Tests for "ssl_provider" directive.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Test::More;
+
+BEGIN { use FindBin; chdir($FindBin::Bin); }
+
+use lib 'lib';
+use Test::Nginx;
+
+###############################################################################
+
+select STDERR; $| = 1;
+select STDOUT; $| = 1;
+
+plan(skip_all => 'win32') if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
+
+plan(skip_all => 'may not work, incompatible with sanitizers')
+	unless $ENV{TEST_NGINX_UNSAFE};
+
+my $t = Test::Nginx->new()->has(qw/http proxy http_ssl openssl:3.2.0/)
+	->has_daemon('openssl')->has_daemon('softhsm2-util');
+
+my $libsofthsm2_path;
+my @so_paths = (
+	'/usr/lib/softhsm',		# Debian-based
+	'/usr/local/lib/softhsm',	# FreeBSD
+	'/opt/local/lib/softhsm',	# MacPorts
+	'/lib64',			# RHEL-based
+	split /:/, $ENV{TEST_NGINX_SOFTHSM} || ''
+);
+
+for my $so_path (@so_paths) {
+	$so_path .= '/libsofthsm2.so';
+	if (-e $so_path) {
+		$libsofthsm2_path = $so_path;
+		last;
+	}
+};
+
+plan(skip_all => "libsofthsm2.so not found") unless $libsofthsm2_path;
+
+$t->write_file_expand('nginx.conf', <<EOF);
+
+%%TEST_GLOBALS%%
+
+daemon off;
+
+env SOFTHSM2_CONF;
+
+ssl_provider default;
+ssl_provider pkcs11
+             pkcs11-module-path=$libsofthsm2_path
+             pkcs11-module-cache-pins=cache
+             "pkcs11-module-quirks=no-deinit no-operation-state";
+
+events {
+}
+
+http {
+    %%TEST_GLOBALS_HTTP%%
+
+    server {
+        listen       127.0.0.1:8081 ssl;
+        listen       127.0.0.1:8080;
+        server_name  localhost;
+
+        ssl_certificate localhost.crt;
+        ssl_certificate_key "store:pkcs11:token=NginxZero;object=nx_key_0";
+
+        ssl_password_file pin.txt;
+
+        location / {
+            # index index.html by default
+        }
+
+        location /proxy {
+            proxy_pass https://127.0.0.1:8081/;
+        }
+
+        location /var {
+            proxy_pass https://127.0.0.1:8082/;
+            proxy_ssl_name localhost;
+            proxy_ssl_server_name on;
+        }
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen       127.0.0.1:8082 ssl;
+        server_name  localhost;
+
+        ssl_certificate \$ssl_server_name.crt;
+        ssl_certificate_key "store:pkcs11:token=NginxZero;object=nx_key_0";
+
+        ssl_password_file pin.txt;
+
+        location / {
+            # index index.html by default
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+EOF
+
+my $openssl_conf = <<EOF;
+openssl_conf = openssl_def
+
+[openssl_def]
+providers = provider_sect
+
+[provider_sect]
+default = default_sect
+pkcs11 = pkcs11_sect
+
+[default_sect]
+activate = 1
+
+[pkcs11_sect]
+pkcs11-module-path = $libsofthsm2_path
+pkcs11-module-cache-pins = cache
+# https://github.com/latchset/pkcs11-provider/commit/ab6370fd
+pkcs11-module-quirks = no-deinit no-operation-state
+module = /usr/local/lib/ossl-modules/pkcs11.so
+activate = 1
+
+[ req ]
+default_bits = 2048
+encrypt_key = no
+distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name
+[ req_distinguished_name ]
+EOF
+
+$openssl_conf =~ s|^(?=module)|# |m if $^O ne 'freebsd';
+$t->write_file('openssl.conf', $openssl_conf);
+
+my $d = $t->testdir();
+
+$t->write_file('softhsm2.conf', <<EOF);
+directories.tokendir = $d/tokens/
+objectstore.backend = file
+EOF
+
+mkdir($d . '/tokens');
+
+$ENV{SOFTHSM2_CONF} = "$d/softhsm2.conf";
+
+foreach my $name ('localhost') {
+	system('softhsm2-util --init-token --slot 0 --label NginxZero '
+		. '--pin 1234 --so-pin 1234 '
+		. ">>$d/openssl.out 2>&1");
+
+	system("openssl genrsa -out $d/$name.key 2048 "
+		. ">>$d/openssl.out 2>&1") == 0
+		or die "Can't create private key: $!\n";
+
+	system("softhsm2-util --import $d/$name.key --id 00 --label nx_key_0 "
+		. '--token NginxZero --pin 1234 '
+		. ">>$d/openssl.out 2>&1") == 0
+		or die "Can't import private key: $!\n";
+
+	system("openssl req -x509 -new -config $d/openssl.conf "
+		. "-subj /CN=$name/ -out $d/$name.crt -text -passin pass:1234 "
+		. '-key "pkcs11:token=NginxZero;object=nx_key_0" '
+		. ">>$d/openssl.out 2>&1") == 0
+		or plan(skip_all => "missing pkcs11-provider");
+}
+
+$t->write_file('pin.txt', '1234');
+$t->write_file('index.html', '');
+
+$t->run()->plan(2);
+
+###############################################################################
+
+like(http_get('/proxy'), qr/200 OK/, 'ssl provider keys');
+like(http_get('/var'), qr/200 OK/, 'ssl_certificate with variable');
+
+###############################################################################