diff --git a/components/esp-tls/esp_tls_mbedtls.c b/components/esp-tls/esp_tls_mbedtls.c
index 8cb8d9886d..c187159e42 100644
--- a/components/esp-tls/esp_tls_mbedtls.c
+++ b/components/esp-tls/esp_tls_mbedtls.c
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ esp_err_t set_client_config(const char *hostname, size_t hostlen, esp_tls_cfg_t
         return ESP_ERR_MBEDTLS_SSL_CONFIG_DEFAULTS_FAILED;
     }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_RENEGOTIATION
+    mbedtls_ssl_conf_renegotiation(&tls->conf, MBEDTLS_SSL_RENEGOTIATION_ENABLED);
+#endif
 
     if (cfg->alpn_protos) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_ALPN