diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c596c35e452c320559d896a619ad3e7538053f11..6bd5420d2ca75b18b3954706fbb92fd6c1218e0f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -291,6 +291,19 @@
   
  Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.1a [xx XXX xxxx]
 
+  *) Workarounds for some broken servers that "hang" if a client hello
+     record length exceeds 255 bytes:
+ 
+     1. Do not use record version number > TLS 1.0 in initial client
+        hello: some (but not all) hanging servers will now work.
+     2. If we set OPENSSL_MAX_TLS1_2_CIPHER_LENGTH this will truncate
+        the number of ciphers sent in the client hello. This should be
+        set to an even number, such as 50, for example by passing:
+        -DOPENSSL_MAX_TLS1_2_CIPHER_LENGTH=50 to config or Configure.
+        Most broken servers should now work.
+     3. If all else fails setting OPENSSL_NO_TLS1_2_CLIENT will disable
+        TLS 1.2 client support entirely.
+
   *) Fix SEGV in Vector Permutation AES module observed in OpenSSH.
      [Andy Polyakov]
 
diff --git a/ssl/s23_clnt.c b/ssl/s23_clnt.c
index 299af0f03a85095f99b0a16c9a4f3424ee89d096..a76eb469083beb54bf003b6c6fccbf6cea8a1707 100644
--- a/ssl/s23_clnt.c
+++ b/ssl/s23_clnt.c
@@ -467,6 +467,15 @@ static int ssl23_client_hello(SSL *s)
 				SSLerr(SSL_F_SSL23_CLIENT_HELLO,SSL_R_NO_CIPHERS_AVAILABLE);
 				return -1;
 				}
+#ifdef OPENSSL_MAX_TLS1_2_CIPHER_LENGTH
+			/* Some servers hang if client hello > 256 bytes
+			 * as hack workaround chop number of supported ciphers
+			 * to keep it well below this if we use TLS v1.2
+			 */
+			if (TLS1_get_version(s) >= TLS1_2_VERSION
+				&& i > OPENSSL_MAX_TLS1_2_CIPHER_LENGTH)
+				i = OPENSSL_MAX_TLS1_2_CIPHER_LENGTH & ~1;
+#endif
 			s2n(i,p);
 			p+=i;
 
diff --git a/ssl/s3_clnt.c b/ssl/s3_clnt.c
index 323a73277515be80f00f051aff8e97c998690ed5..ee8aeb05f8cc15d5d84e513a7ae2b55cdbe9f81a 100644
--- a/ssl/s3_clnt.c
+++ b/ssl/s3_clnt.c
@@ -755,6 +755,15 @@ int ssl3_client_hello(SSL *s)
 			SSLerr(SSL_F_SSL3_CLIENT_HELLO,SSL_R_NO_CIPHERS_AVAILABLE);
 			goto err;
 			}
+#ifdef OPENSSL_MAX_TLS1_2_CIPHER_LENGTH
+			/* Some servers hang if client hello > 256 bytes
+			 * as hack workaround chop number of supported ciphers
+			 * to keep it well below this if we use TLS v1.2
+			 */
+			if (TLS1_get_version(s) >= TLS1_2_VERSION
+				&& i > OPENSSL_MAX_TLS1_2_CIPHER_LENGTH)
+				i = OPENSSL_MAX_TLS1_2_CIPHER_LENGTH & ~1;
+#endif
 		s2n(i,p);
 		p+=i;