diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32d1c2eb..034a8991 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Version 131:
 
 * basic_fields returns const values
+* Set SNI hostname in example SSL clients
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/example/http/client/async-ssl/http_client_async_ssl.cpp b/example/http/client/async-ssl/http_client_async_ssl.cpp
index fc5791ee..76b26cb0 100644
--- a/example/http/client/async-ssl/http_client_async_ssl.cpp
+++ b/example/http/client/async-ssl/http_client_async_ssl.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <boost/beast/version.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/connect.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio/ssl/error.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/ssl/stream.hpp>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <functional>
@@ -66,6 +67,14 @@ public:
         char const* target,
         int version)
     {
+        // Set SNI Hostname (many hosts need this to handshake successfully)
+        if(! SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(stream_.native_handle(), host))
+        {
+            boost::system::error_code ec{static_cast<int>(::ERR_get_error()), boost::asio::error::get_ssl_category()};
+            std::cerr << ec.message() << "\n";
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Set up an HTTP GET request message
         req_.version(version);
         req_.method(http::verb::get);
diff --git a/example/http/client/coro-ssl/http_client_coro_ssl.cpp b/example/http/client/coro-ssl/http_client_coro_ssl.cpp
index 2e796704..8b4ff8c6 100644
--- a/example/http/client/coro-ssl/http_client_coro_ssl.cpp
+++ b/example/http/client/coro-ssl/http_client_coro_ssl.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <boost/asio/connect.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/spawn.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio/ssl/error.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/ssl/stream.hpp>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <functional>
@@ -57,6 +58,14 @@ do_session(
     tcp::resolver resolver{ioc};
     ssl::stream<tcp::socket> stream{ioc, ctx};
 
+    // Set SNI Hostname (many hosts need this to handshake successfully)
+    if(! SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(stream.native_handle(), host.c_str()))
+    {
+        ec.assign(static_cast<int>(::ERR_get_error()), boost::asio::error::get_ssl_category());
+        std::cerr << ec.message() << "\n";
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Look up the domain name
     auto const results = resolver.async_resolve(host, port, yield[ec]);
     if(ec)
diff --git a/example/http/client/sync-ssl/http_client_sync_ssl.cpp b/example/http/client/sync-ssl/http_client_sync_ssl.cpp
index 86c9f9e8..db4de566 100644
--- a/example/http/client/sync-ssl/http_client_sync_ssl.cpp
+++ b/example/http/client/sync-ssl/http_client_sync_ssl.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <boost/beast/version.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/connect.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio/ssl/error.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/ssl/stream.hpp>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         tcp::resolver resolver{ioc};
         ssl::stream<tcp::socket> stream{ioc, ctx};
 
+        // Set SNI Hostname (many hosts need this to handshake successfully)
+        if(! SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(stream.native_handle(), host))
+        {
+            boost::system::error_code ec{static_cast<int>(::ERR_get_error()), boost::asio::error::get_ssl_category()};
+            throw boost::system::system_error{ec};
+        }
+
         // Look up the domain name
         auto const results = resolver.resolve(host, port);