diff --git a/src/aleph/http.clj b/src/aleph/http.clj
index 08efc6a4..08ad8cf4 100644
--- a/src/aleph/http.clj
+++ b/src/aleph/http.clj
@@ -229,7 +229,10 @@
     (when (and force-h2c? (not-any? #{:http2} http-versions))
       (throw (IllegalArgumentException. "force-h2c? may only be true when HTTP/2 is enabled."))))
 
-  (let [log-activity (:log-activity connection-options)
+  (let [{:keys [log-activity
+                ssl-context
+                http-versions]
+         :or   {http-versions [:http1]}} connection-options
         dns-options' (if-not (and (some? dns-options)
                                   (not (or (contains? dns-options :transport)
                                            (contains? dns-options :epoll?))))
@@ -242,7 +245,13 @@
                               (assoc :name-resolver (netty/dns-resolver-group dns-options'))
 
                               (some? log-activity)
-                              (assoc :log-activity (netty/activity-logger "aleph-client" log-activity)))
+                              (assoc :log-activity (netty/activity-logger "aleph-client" log-activity))
+
+                              (some? ssl-context)
+                              (update :ssl-context
+                                      #(-> %
+                                           (common/ensure-consistent-alpn-config http-versions)
+                                           (netty/coerce-ssl-client-context))))
         p (promise)
         create-pool-fn (or pool-builder-fn
                            flow/instrumented-pool)
diff --git a/test/aleph/http_test.clj b/test/aleph/http_test.clj
index f04b6d2a..bf14361b 100644
--- a/test/aleph/http_test.clj
+++ b/test/aleph/http_test.clj
@@ -452,6 +452,37 @@
                  :body
                  bs/to-string))))))
 
+(deftest using-input-stream-as-ssl-context-trust-store
+  (let [num-requests 2
+        file-name "test/ca_cert.pem"
+        client-options (fn [stream]
+                         {:connection-options {:ssl-context {:private-key test-ssl/client-key
+                                                             :certificate-chain [test-ssl/client-cert]
+                                                             :trust-store stream}}})
+        requests (fn [pool]
+                   (repeatedly num-requests #(http-post "/"
+                                                        {:body "hello!"
+                                                         :pool pool})))]
+    (testing "multiple serial requests without connection reuse"
+      (with-open [stream (io/input-stream file-name)]
+        (let [client-pool (http/connection-pool (-> (client-options stream)
+                                                    (assoc-in [:connection-options :keep-alive?] false)))]
+          (with-http-ssl-servers echo-handler {}
+            (is (every?
+                  #{"hello!"}
+                  (->> (requests client-pool)
+                       (mapv (comp bs/to-string :body deref)))))))))
+
+    (testing "multiple concurrent requests"
+      (with-open [stream (io/input-stream file-name)]
+        (let [client-pool (http/connection-pool (client-options stream))]
+          (with-http-ssl-servers echo-handler {}
+            (is (every?
+                  #{"hello!"}
+                  (->> (requests client-pool)
+                       (doall)
+                       (mapv (comp bs/to-string :body deref)))))))))))
+
 (defn ssl-session-capture-handler [ssl-session-atom]
   (fn [req]
     (reset! ssl-session-atom (http.core/ring-request-ssl-session req))
diff --git a/test/ca_cert.pem b/test/ca_cert.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..798fa173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ca_cert.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----