diff --git a/doc/dox_comments/header_files/ssl.h b/doc/dox_comments/header_files/ssl.h
index ccdd2be3e..fb87141f8 100644
--- a/doc/dox_comments/header_files/ssl.h
+++ b/doc/dox_comments/header_files/ssl.h
@@ -2245,6 +2245,9 @@ WOLFSSL_API int  wolfSSL_get_alert_history(WOLFSSL*, WOLFSSL_ALERT_HISTORY *);
     \return SSL_FAILURE will be returned on failure.  This could be caused
     by the session cache being disabled, or if the session has timed out.
 
+    \return When OPENSSL_EXTRA and WOLFSSL_ERROR_CODE_OPENSSL are defined,
+    SSL_SUCCESS will be returned even if the session has timed out.
+
     \param ssl pointer to the SSL object, created with wolfSSL_new().
     \param session pointer to the WOLFSSL_SESSION used to set the session
     for ssl.
@@ -5780,7 +5783,8 @@ WOLFSSL_API int wolfSSL_set_timeout(WOLFSSL*, unsigned int);
     \brief This function sets the timeout value for SSL sessions, in seconds,
     for the specified SSL context.
 
-    \return SSL_SUCCESS will be returned upon success.
+    \return the previous timeout value, if WOLFSSL_ERROR_CODE_OPENSSL is 
+    \return defined on success. If not defined, SSL_SUCCESS will be returned.
     \return BAD_FUNC_ARG will be returned when the input context (ctx) is null.
 
     \param ctx pointer to the SSL context, created with wolfSSL_CTX_new().
diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index aa2dcfc3f..ebb9922e1 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -11108,7 +11108,24 @@ WOLFSSL_SESSION* wolfSSL_get_session(WOLFSSL* ssl)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-
+/*
+ * Sets the session object to use when establishing a TLS/SSL session using
+ * the ssl object. Therefore, this function must be called before
+ * wolfSSL_connect. The session object to use can be obtained in a previous
+ * TLS/SSL connection using wolfSSL_get_session.
+ *
+ * This function rejects the session if it has been expired when this function
+ * is called. Note that this expiration check is wolfSSL specific and differs
+ * from OpenSSL return code behavior.
+ *
+ * By default, wolfSSL_set_session returns WOLFSSL_SUCCESS on successfully
+ * setting the session, WOLFSSL_FAILURE on failure due to the session cache
+ * being disabled, or the session has expired.
+ *
+ * To match OpenSSL return code behavior when session is expired, define
+ * OPENSSL_EXTRA and WOLFSSL_ERROR_CODE_OPENSSL. This behavior will return
+ * WOLFSSL_SUCCESS even when the session is expired and rejected.
+ */
 WOLFSSL_ABI
 int wolfSSL_set_session(WOLFSSL* ssl, WOLFSSL_SESSION* session)
 {
@@ -14095,7 +14112,14 @@ int SetSession(WOLFSSL* ssl, WOLFSSL_SESSION* session)
 
         return ret;
     }
-    return WOLFSSL_FAILURE;  /* session timed out */
+    else {
+#if defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) && defined(WOLFSSL_ERROR_CODE_OPENSSL)
+        WOLFSSL_MSG("Session is expired but return success for \
+                              OpenSSL compatibility");
+        return WOLFSSL_SUCCESS;
+#endif /* OPENSSL_EXTRA && WOLFSSL_ERROR_CODE_OPENSSL */
+        return WOLFSSL_FAILURE;  /* session timed out */
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index 1a446f031..04f72b8d9 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -34690,6 +34690,22 @@ static void test_wolfSSL_SESSION(void)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
+
+    /* session timeout case */
+    /* make the session to be expired */
+    AssertIntEQ(SSL_SESSION_set_timeout(sess,1), SSL_SUCCESS);
+    XSLEEP_MS(1200);
+
+    /* SSL_set_session should reject specified session but return success
+     * if WOLFSSL_ERROR_CODE_OPENSSL macro is defined for OpenSSL compatibility.
+     */
+#if defined(WOLFSSL_ERROR_CODE_OPENSSL)
+    AssertIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_session(ssl,sess), SSL_SUCCESS);
+#else
+    AssertIntEQ(wolfSSL_set_session(ssl,sess), SSL_FAILURE);
+#endif
+    AssertIntEQ(wolfSSL_SSL_SESSION_set_timeout(sess, 500), SSL_SUCCESS);
+
     /* fail case with miss match session context IDs (use compatibility API) */
     AssertIntEQ(SSL_set_session_id_context(ssl, context, contextSz),
             SSL_SUCCESS);
@@ -44673,6 +44689,7 @@ static void test_wolfSSL_EC_curve(void)
 
 static void test_wolfSSL_CTX_set_timeout(void)
 {
+#if !defined(NO_WOLFSSL_SERVER) && !defined(NO_SESSION_CACHE)
     int timeout;
     (void)timeout;
     printf(testingFmt, "test_wolfSSL_CTX_set_timeout()");
@@ -44700,6 +44717,7 @@ static void test_wolfSSL_CTX_set_timeout(void)
     wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx);
 
     printf(resultFmt, passed);
+#endif /* !NO_WOLFSSL_SERVER && !NO_SESSION_CACHE*/
 }
 
 static void test_wolfSSL_OpenSSL_version(void)