diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 1afa361f9..95592d240 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -24267,7 +24267,7 @@ int SetCipherList(WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx, Suites* suites, const char* list)
         char   name[MAX_SUITE_NAME + 1];
         int    i;
         word32 length;
-    #ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
+    #if defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) || defined(OPENSSL_ALL)
         int    allowing = 1;
     #endif
 
@@ -24280,7 +24280,7 @@ int SetCipherList(WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx, Suites* suites, const char* list)
             }
         }
 
-    #ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
+    #if defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) || defined(OPENSSL_ALL)
         if (length > 1) {
             if (*current == '!') {
                 allowing = 0;
@@ -24293,7 +24293,42 @@ int SetCipherList(WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx, Suites* suites, const char* list)
         XSTRNCPY(name, current, length);
         name[(length == sizeof(name)) ? length - 1 : length] = 0;
 
-    #ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
+
+    #if defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) || defined(OPENSSL_ALL)
+        if (length > 1) {
+            char* substr = NULL;
+            char* substrCurrent = name;
+
+            /* extract first public key type from a string like ECDHE+AESGCM */
+            substr = XSTRSTR(substrCurrent, "+");
+            if (substr != NULL) {
+                do {
+                    if (substr) {
+                        length = (word32)(substr - substrCurrent);
+                        substrCurrent[length] = '\0';
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        length = (int)XSTRLEN(substrCurrent);
+                    }
+
+                    /* check if is a public key type */
+                    if (XSTRCMP(substrCurrent, "ECDHE") == 0 ||
+                        XSTRCMP(substrCurrent, "RSA")   == 0 ||
+                        XSTRCMP(substrCurrent, "DHE")   == 0) {
+                        XMEMCPY(name, substrCurrent, length);
+                        name[length] = '\0';
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    substrCurrent = substr;
+                    if (substr) {
+                        substrCurrent = substrCurrent + 1; /* +1 to skip over '+' */
+                        substr  = XSTRSTR(substrCurrent, "+");
+                    }
+                } while (substrCurrent != NULL);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (XSTRCMP(name, "DEFAULT") == 0 || XSTRCMP(name, "ALL") == 0) {
             if (XSTRCMP(name, "ALL") == 0)
                 haveAnon = 1;
@@ -24383,6 +24418,16 @@ int SetCipherList(WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx, Suites* suites, const char* list)
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (XSTRCMP(name, "ECDHE") == 0) {
+            if (allowing) {
+                haveECC = 1;
+                haveECDSAsig = 1;
+                callInitSuites = 1;
+                ret = 1;
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
         if (XSTRCMP(name, "kRSA") == 0 || XSTRCMP(name, "RSA") == 0) {
             haveStaticRSA = allowing;
             if (allowing) {
diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 9a8a13987..a4559bc48 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -11775,6 +11775,28 @@ static int CheckcipherList(const char* list)
                 break;
             }
         }
+
+    #if defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) || defined(OPENSSL_ALL)
+        /* check if mixed due to names like RSA:ECDHE+AESGCM etc. */
+        if (ret != 0) {
+            char* subStr = name;
+            char* subStrNext;
+
+            do {
+                subStrNext = XSTRSTR(subStr, "+");
+
+                if ((XSTRCMP(subStr, "ECDHE") == 0) ||
+                        (XSTRCMP(subStr, "RSA") == 0)) {
+                    return 0;
+                }
+
+                if (subStrNext && (XSTRLEN(subStrNext) > 0)) {
+                    subStr = subStrNext + 1; /* +1 to skip past '+' */
+                }
+            } while (subStrNext != NULL);
+        }
+    #endif
+
         if (findTLSv13Suites == 1 && findbeforeSuites == 1) {
             /* list has mixed suites */
             return 0;
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index b1036481c..15877ab87 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -7166,6 +7166,7 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(void)
     && !defined(NO_SHA256)
     WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx;
     WOLFSSL_CTX* ctxClient;
+    WOLFSSL*     sslClient;
     tcp_ready ready;
     func_args client_args;
     func_args server_args;
@@ -7218,6 +7219,38 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(void)
     AssertIntEQ(server_args.return_code, TEST_SUCCESS);
 
     FreeTcpReady(&ready);
+
+    /* check with cipher string that has '+' */
+    AssertNotNull((ctxClient = wolfSSL_CTX_new(wolfTLSv1_2_client_method())));
+    AssertTrue(wolfSSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(ctxClient, "ECDHE+AESGCM"));
+    AssertNotNull((sslClient = wolfSSL_new(ctxClient)));
+
+    /* check for the existance of an ECDHE ECDSA cipher suite */
+    {
+        int i = 0;
+        int found = 0;
+        const char* suite;
+
+        WOLF_STACK_OF(WOLFSSL_CIPHER)* sk;
+        WOLFSSL_CIPHER* current;
+
+        AssertNotNull((sk = wolfSSL_get_ciphers_compat(sslClient)));
+        do {
+            current = wolfSSL_sk_SSL_CIPHER_value(sk, i++);
+            if (current) {
+                suite = wolfSSL_CIPHER_get_name(current);
+                if (suite && XSTRSTR(suite, "ECDSA")) {
+                    found = 1;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } while (current);
+        AssertIntEQ(found, 1);
+    }
+
+    wolfSSL_free(sslClient);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctxClient);
+
     res = TEST_RES_CHECK(1);
 #endif
     return res;