diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 2bcd1788d..27aed82a7 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -18299,10 +18299,11 @@ size_t wolfSSL_get_client_random(const WOLFSSL* ssl, unsigned char* out,
     #endif
 #endif
 #ifndef NO_SHA
-        if (XSTRCMP(evp_md, "SHA") == 0) {
+        if (XSTRCMP(evp_md, "SHA") == 0 || XSTRCMP(evp_md, "SHA1") == 0) {
             type = WC_SHA;
             mdlen = WC_SHA_DIGEST_SIZE;
-        } else
+        }
+        else
 #endif
         {
             return NULL;
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index dd40f5d84..894cd6dc6 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -39202,6 +39202,9 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_HMAC(void)
             test_openssl_hmac(EVP_sha3_512(), (int)WC_SHA3_512_DIGEST_SIZE);
         #endif
     #endif
+    #ifndef NO_SHA
+        test_openssl_hmac(EVP_sha1(), (int)WC_SHA_DIGEST_SIZE);
+    #endif
 
     printf(resultFmt, passed);
 #endif