diff --git a/ctaocrypt/src/asn.c b/ctaocrypt/src/asn.c
index 56b420298..c30263be2 100644
--- a/ctaocrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/ctaocrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -4240,7 +4240,8 @@ static int DecodeSingleResponse(byte* source,
     if (GetBasicDate(source, &idx, cs->thisDate,
                                                 &cs->thisDateFormat, size) < 0)
         return ASN_PARSE_E;
-    if (!ValidateDate(cs->thisDate, cs->thisDateFormat, BEFORE))
+    /* Check thisDate <= now, or treat thisDate > now as a failure */
+    if (ValidateDate(cs->thisDate, cs->thisDateFormat, AFTER))
         return ASN_BEFORE_DATE_E;
     
     /* The following items are optional. Only check for them if there is more
@@ -4374,8 +4375,6 @@ static int DecodeResponseData(byte* source,
     if (GetBasicDate(source, &idx, resp->producedDate,
                                         &resp->producedDateFormat, size) < 0)
         return ASN_PARSE_E;
-    if (!ValidateDate(resp->producedDate, resp->producedDateFormat, BEFORE))
-        return ASN_BEFORE_DATE_E;
 
     if (DecodeSingleResponse(source, &idx, resp, size) < 0)
         return ASN_PARSE_E;
@@ -4635,7 +4634,6 @@ int EncodeOcspRequest(OcspRequest* req)
     byte snArray[MAX_SN_SZ];
     byte extArray[MAX_OCSP_EXT_SZ];
     byte* output = req->dest;
-    RNG rng;
     word32 seqSz[5], algoSz, issuerSz, issuerKeySz, snSz, extSz, totalSz;
     int i;
 
@@ -4653,14 +4651,17 @@ int EncodeOcspRequest(OcspRequest* req)
     req->serialSz = req->cert->serialSz;
     snSz = SetSerialNumber(req->cert->serial, req->cert->serialSz, snArray);
 
-    if (InitRng(&rng) != 0) {
-        CYASSL_MSG("\tCannot initialize RNG. Skipping the OSCP Nonce.");
-        extSz = 0;
-    } else {
-        req->nonceSz = MAX_OCSP_NONCE_SZ;
-        RNG_GenerateBlock(&rng, req->nonce, req->nonceSz);
-        extSz = SetOcspReqExtensions(MAX_OCSP_EXT_SZ, extArray,
-                                                    req->nonce, req->nonceSz);
+    extSz = 0;
+    if (req->useNonce) {
+        RNG rng;
+        if (InitRng(&rng) != 0) {
+            CYASSL_MSG("\tCannot initialize RNG. Skipping the OSCP Nonce.");
+        } else {
+            req->nonceSz = MAX_OCSP_NONCE_SZ;
+            RNG_GenerateBlock(&rng, req->nonce, req->nonceSz);
+            extSz = SetOcspReqExtensions(MAX_OCSP_EXT_SZ, extArray,
+                                                      req->nonce, req->nonceSz);
+        }
     }
 
     totalSz = algoSz + issuerSz + issuerKeySz + snSz;
@@ -4692,12 +4693,13 @@ int EncodeOcspRequest(OcspRequest* req)
 }
 
 
-void InitOcspRequest(OcspRequest* req, DecodedCert* cert,
+void InitOcspRequest(OcspRequest* req, DecodedCert* cert, byte useNonce,
                                                     byte* dest, word32 destSz)
 {
     CYASSL_ENTER("InitOcspRequest");
 
     req->cert = cert;
+    req->useNonce = useNonce;
     req->nonceSz = 0;
     req->issuerHash = NULL;
     req->issuerKeyHash = NULL;
@@ -4725,18 +4727,20 @@ int CompareOcspReqResp(OcspRequest* req, OcspResponse* resp)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    cmp = req->nonceSz - resp->nonceSz;
-    if (cmp != 0)
-    {
-        CYASSL_MSG("\tnonceSz mismatch");
-        return cmp;
-    }
-
-    cmp = XMEMCMP(req->nonce, resp->nonce, req->nonceSz);
-    if (cmp != 0)
-    {
-        CYASSL_MSG("\tnonce mismatch");
-        return cmp;
+    if (req->useNonce) {
+        cmp = req->nonceSz - resp->nonceSz;
+        if (cmp != 0)
+        {
+            CYASSL_MSG("\tnonceSz mismatch");
+            return cmp;
+        }
+    
+        cmp = XMEMCMP(req->nonce, resp->nonce, req->nonceSz);
+        if (cmp != 0)
+        {
+            CYASSL_MSG("\tnonce mismatch");
+            return cmp;
+        }
     }
 
     cmp = XMEMCMP(req->issuerHash, resp->issuerHash, SHA_DIGEST_SIZE);
diff --git a/cyassl/ctaocrypt/asn.h b/cyassl/ctaocrypt/asn.h
index eab0dd2e3..cc3d8a4f0 100644
--- a/cyassl/ctaocrypt/asn.h
+++ b/cyassl/ctaocrypt/asn.h
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ struct OcspResponse {
 struct OcspRequest {
     DecodedCert* cert;
 
+    byte    useNonce;
     byte    nonce[MAX_OCSP_NONCE_SZ];
     int     nonceSz;
 
@@ -433,7 +434,8 @@ struct OcspRequest {
 CYASSL_LOCAL void InitOcspResponse(OcspResponse*, CertStatus*, byte*, word32);
 CYASSL_LOCAL int  OcspResponseDecode(OcspResponse*);
 
-CYASSL_LOCAL void InitOcspRequest(OcspRequest*, DecodedCert*, byte*, word32);
+CYASSL_LOCAL void InitOcspRequest(OcspRequest*, DecodedCert*,
+                                                          byte, byte*, word32);
 CYASSL_LOCAL int  EncodeOcspRequest(OcspRequest*);
 
 CYASSL_LOCAL int  CompareOcspReqResp(OcspRequest*, OcspResponse*);
diff --git a/cyassl/internal.h b/cyassl/internal.h
index bf740eadd..fbdf4825e 100644
--- a/cyassl/internal.h
+++ b/cyassl/internal.h
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ struct OCSP_Entry {
 struct CYASSL_OCSP {
     byte enabled;
     byte useOverrideUrl;
+    byte useNonce;
     char overrideName[80];
     char overridePath[80];
     int  overridePort;
diff --git a/cyassl/ssl.h b/cyassl/ssl.h
index 2bbbfa054..0035e1341 100644
--- a/cyassl/ssl.h
+++ b/cyassl/ssl.h
@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ CYASSL_API int  CyaSSL_CTX_OCSP_set_override_url(CYASSL_CTX*, const char*);
 #define CYASSL_OCSP_ENABLE       0x0001 /* Enable OCSP lookups */
 #define CYASSL_OCSP_URL_OVERRIDE 0x0002 /* Use the override URL instead of URL
                                          * in certificate */
+#define CYASSL_OCSP_NO_NONCE     0x0004 /* Disables the request nonce. */
 
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/ocsp.c b/src/ocsp.c
index 343b98c5b..c012f27e5 100644
--- a/src/ocsp.c
+++ b/src/ocsp.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int CyaSSL_OCSP_Init(CYASSL_OCSP* ocsp)
 {
     if (ocsp != NULL) {
         XMEMSET(ocsp, 0, sizeof(*ocsp));
+        ocsp->useNonce = 1;
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ static int xstat2err(int stat)
 
 int CyaSSL_OCSP_Lookup_Cert(CYASSL_OCSP* ocsp, DecodedCert* cert)
 {
-    byte ocspReqBuf[SCRATCH_BUFFER_SIZE];
+    byte* ocspReqBuf = NULL;
     int ocspReqSz = SCRATCH_BUFFER_SIZE;
     byte* ocspRespBuf = NULL;
     OcspRequest ocspRequest;
@@ -501,30 +502,37 @@ int CyaSSL_OCSP_Lookup_Cert(CYASSL_OCSP* ocsp, DecodedCert* cert)
         }
     }
     
-    InitOcspRequest(&ocspRequest, cert, ocspReqBuf, ocspReqSz);
+    ocspReqBuf = (byte*)XMALLOC(ocspReqSz, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_IN_BUFFER);
+    if (ocspReqBuf == NULL) {
+        CYASSL_MSG("\talloc OCSP request buffer failed");
+        return MEMORY_ERROR;
+    }
+    InitOcspRequest(&ocspRequest, cert, ocsp->useNonce, ocspReqBuf, ocspReqSz);
     ocspReqSz = EncodeOcspRequest(&ocspRequest);
     result = http_ocsp_transaction(ocsp, cert,
                                         ocspReqBuf, ocspReqSz, &ocspRespBuf);
-    if (result < 0) return result;
-        /* If the transaction failed, return that result. */
-
-    InitOcspResponse(&ocspResponse, certStatus, ocspRespBuf, result);
-    OcspResponseDecode(&ocspResponse);
-
-    if (ocspResponse.responseStatus != OCSP_SUCCESSFUL) {
-        CYASSL_MSG("OCSP Responder failure");
-        result = OCSP_LOOKUP_FAIL;
-    } else {
-        if (CompareOcspReqResp(&ocspRequest, &ocspResponse) == 0)
-        {
-            result = xstat2err(ocspResponse.status->status);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            CYASSL_MSG("OCSP Response incorrect for Request");
+    if (result >= 0) {
+        InitOcspResponse(&ocspResponse, certStatus, ocspRespBuf, result);
+        OcspResponseDecode(&ocspResponse);
+    
+        if (ocspResponse.responseStatus != OCSP_SUCCESSFUL) {
+            CYASSL_MSG("OCSP Responder failure");
             result = OCSP_LOOKUP_FAIL;
+        } else {
+            if (CompareOcspReqResp(&ocspRequest, &ocspResponse) == 0)
+            {
+                result = xstat2err(ocspResponse.status->status);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                CYASSL_MSG("OCSP Response incorrect for Request");
+                result = OCSP_LOOKUP_FAIL;
+            }
         }
     }
+    if (ocspReqBuf != NULL) {
+        XFREE(ocspReqBuf, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_IN_BUFFER);
+    }
     if (ocspRespBuf != NULL) {
         XFREE(ocspRespBuf, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_IN_BUFFER);
     }
diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 1baa80dab..ef110da2a 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -8220,6 +8220,7 @@ long CyaSSL_CTX_OCSP_set_options(CYASSL_CTX* ctx, long options)
     if (ctx != NULL) {
         ctx->ocsp.enabled = (options & CYASSL_OCSP_ENABLE) != 0;
         ctx->ocsp.useOverrideUrl = (options & CYASSL_OCSP_URL_OVERRIDE) != 0;
+        ctx->ocsp.useNonce = (options & CYASSL_OCSP_NO_NONCE) == 0;
         return 1;
     }
     return 0;