diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index c7d2c28ffa..d54558ec16 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -691,6 +691,11 @@ static bool init_common_tcp_transport(esp_http_client_handle_t client, const esp
         }
         esp_transport_tcp_set_interface_name(transport, client->if_name);
     }
+#if CONFIG_ESP_HTTP_CLIENT_ENABLE_HTTPS
+    if (config->alpn_protos) {
+        esp_transport_ssl_set_alpn_protocol(transport, config->alpn_protos);
+    }
+#endif
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 510b09889f..f5c4b69c83 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ typedef struct {
     int                         keep_alive_interval; /*!< Keep-alive interval time. Default is 5 (second) */
     int                         keep_alive_count;    /*!< Keep-alive packet retry send count. Default is 3 counts */
     struct ifreq                *if_name;            /*!< The name of interface for data to go through. Use the default interface without setting */
+#if CONFIG_ESP_HTTP_CLIENT_ENABLE_HTTPS
+    const char                  **alpn_protos;       /*!< Application protocols required for HTTP2. If HTTP2/ALPN support is required, a list of protocols that should be negotiated. The format is length followed by protocol
+                                                     name. For the most common cases the following is ok: const char **alpn_protos = { "h2", NULL }; - where 'h2' is the protocol name */
+#endif
 #if CONFIG_ESP_TLS_USE_SECURE_ELEMENT
     bool use_secure_element;                /*!< Enable this option to use secure element */
 #endif