diff --git a/tests/http/test_17_ssl_use.py b/tests/http/test_17_ssl_use.py
index 45198c236d..d741514bbe 100644
--- a/tests/http/test_17_ssl_use.py
+++ b/tests/http/test_17_ssl_use.py
@@ -175,3 +175,71 @@ class TestSSLUse:
         assert r.json, f'{r}'
         if proto != 'h3':  # we proxy h3
             assert r.json['SSL_TLS_SNI'] == domain, f'{r.json}'
+
+    # test setting cipher suites, the AES 256 ciphers are disabled in the test server
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("ciphers, succeed", [
+        [[0x1301], True],
+        [[0x1302], False],
+        [[0x1303], True],
+        [[0x1302, 0x1303], True],
+        [[0xC02B, 0xC02F], True],
+        [[0xC02C, 0xC030], False],
+        [[0xCCA9, 0xCCA8], True],
+        [[0xC02C, 0xC030, 0xCCA9, 0xCCA8], True],
+    ])
+    def test_17_07_ssl_ciphers(self, env: Env, httpd, nghttpx, ciphers, succeed, repeat):
+        cipher_table = {
+           0x1301: 'TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256',
+           0x1302: 'TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384',
+           0x1303: 'TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256',
+           0xC02B: 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256',
+           0xC02F: 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256',
+           0xC02C: 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384',
+           0xC030: 'ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384',
+           0xCCA9: 'ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305',
+           0xCCA8: 'ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305',
+        }
+        cipher_names = list(map(cipher_table.get, ciphers))
+        proto = 'http/1.1'
+        curl = CurlClient(env=env)
+        url = f'https://{env.authority_for(env.domain1, proto)}/curltest/sslinfo'
+        extra_args = []
+        if env.curl_uses_lib('gnutls'):
+            pytest.skip('gnutls does not support setting ciphers by name')
+        if env.curl_uses_lib('rustls-ffi'):
+            pytest.skip('rustls-ffi does not support setting ciphers')
+        if ciphers[0] & 0xFF00 == 0x1300:
+            # test setting TLSv1.3 ciphers
+            if env.curl_uses_lib('bearssl'):
+                pytest.skip('bearssl does not support TLSv1.3')
+            elif env.curl_uses_lib('sectransp'):
+                pytest.skip('sectransp does not support TLSv1.3')
+            elif env.curl_uses_lib('boringssl'):
+                pytest.skip('boringssl does not support setting TLSv1.3 ciphers')
+            elif env.curl_uses_lib('mbedtls'):
+                if not env.curl_lib_version_at_least('mbedtls', '3.6.0'):
+                    pytest.skip('mbedtls TLSv1.3 support requires at least 3.6.0')
+                extra_args = ['--ciphers', ':'.join(cipher_names)]
+            elif env.curl_uses_lib('wolfssl'):
+                extra_args = ['--ciphers', ':'.join(cipher_names)]
+            else:
+                extra_args = ['--tls13-ciphers', ':'.join(cipher_names)]
+        else:
+            # test setting TLSv1.2 ciphers
+            if env.curl_uses_lib('schannel'):
+                pytest.skip('schannel does not support setting TLSv1.2 ciphers by name')
+            elif env.curl_uses_lib('wolfssl'):
+                # setting tls version is botched with wolfssl: setting max (--tls-max)
+                # is not supported, setting min (--tlsv1.*) actually also sets max
+                extra_args = ['--tlsv1.2', '--ciphers', ':'.join(cipher_names)]
+            else:
+                # the server supports TLSv1.3, so to test TLSv1.2 ciphers we set tls-max
+                extra_args = ['--tls-max', '1.2', '--ciphers', ':'.join(cipher_names)]
+        r = curl.http_get(url=url, alpn_proto=proto, extra_args=extra_args)
+        if succeed:
+            assert r.exit_code == 0, f'{r}'
+            assert r.json['HTTPS'] == 'on', f'{r.json}'
+            assert 'SSL_CIPHER' in r.json, f'{r.json}'
+            assert r.json['SSL_CIPHER'] in cipher_names, f'{r.json}'
+        else:
+            assert r.exit_code != 0, f'{r}'
diff --git a/tests/http/testenv/httpd.py b/tests/http/testenv/httpd.py
index 5580c8427c..f664d32d89 100644
--- a/tests/http/testenv/httpd.py
+++ b/tests/http/testenv/httpd.py
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ class Httpd:
                 f'Listen {self.env.proxys_port}',
                 f'TypesConfig "{self._conf_dir}/mime.types',
                 f'SSLSessionCache "shmcb:ssl_gcache_data(32000)"',
+                (f'SSLCipherSuite SSL'
+                 f' ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256'
+                 f':ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305'
+                ),
+                (f'SSLCipherSuite TLSv1.3'
+                 f' TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256'
+                ),
             ]
             if 'base' in self._extra_configs:
                 conf.extend(self._extra_configs['base'])