diff --git a/certs/ocsp/renewcerts.sh b/certs/ocsp/renewcerts.sh
index 2b24dbabc..4248d171e 100755
--- a/certs/ocsp/renewcerts.sh
+++ b/certs/ocsp/renewcerts.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ update_cert() {
     cat "$3"-cert.pem >> "$1"-cert.pem
 }
 
-SIGOPT=""
 update_cert intermediate1-ca "wolfSSL intermediate CA 1"       root-ca          v3_ca   01
 update_cert intermediate2-ca "wolfSSL intermediate CA 2"       root-ca          v3_ca   02
 update_cert intermediate3-ca "wolfSSL REVOKED intermediate CA" root-ca          v3_ca   03 # REVOKED
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ wait $PID
 openssl ocsp -port 22221 -ndays 1000 -index index-ca-and-intermediate-cas.txt -rsigner ocsp-responder-cert.pem -rkey ocsp-responder-key.pem -CA root-ca-cert.pem -rsigopt rsa_padding_mode:pss &
 PID=$!
 
-openssl ocsp -issuer ./root-ca-cert.pem -cert ./intermediate4-ca-rsapss-cert.pem -url http://localhost:22221/ -rsigopt rsa_mode:pss -rsigopt rsa_padding_mode:pss -rsigopt rsa_pss_saltlen:-1 -respout test-response-rsapss.der
+openssl ocsp -issuer ./root-ca-cert.pem -cert ./intermediate1-ca-cert.pem -url http://localhost:22221/ -respout test-response-rsapss.der
 # can verify with the following command
 # openssl ocsp -respin test-response-nointern.der -CAfile root-ca-cert.pem -issuer intermediate1-ca-cert.pem
 
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index 235335858..18c002023 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -1409,9 +1409,6 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_CheckOCSPResponse(void)
     const char* responseFile = "./certs/ocsp/test-response.der";
     const char* responseNoInternFile = "./certs/ocsp/test-response-nointern.der";
     const char* caFile = "./certs/ocsp/root-ca-cert.pem";
-#if defined(WC_RSA_PSS)
-    const char* responsePssFile = "./certs/ocsp/test-response-rsapss.der";
-#endif
     OcspResponse* res = NULL;
     byte data[4096];
     const unsigned char* pt;
@@ -1459,17 +1456,34 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_CheckOCSPResponse(void)
     wolfSSL_OCSP_RESPONSE_free(res);
 
 #if defined(WC_RSA_PSS)
-    /* check loading a response with RSA-PSS signature */
-    f = XFOPEN(responsePssFile, "rb");
-    AssertTrue(f != XBADFILE);
-    dataSz = (word32)XFREAD(data, 1, sizeof(data), f);
-    AssertIntGT(dataSz, 0);
-    XFCLOSE(f);
+    {
+        const char* responsePssFile = "./certs/ocsp/test-response-rsapss.der";
 
-    pt = data;
-    res = wolfSSL_d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE(NULL, &pt, dataSz);
-    AssertNotNull(res);
-    wolfSSL_OCSP_RESPONSE_free(res);
+        /* check loading a response with RSA-PSS signature */
+        f = XFOPEN(responsePssFile, "rb");
+        AssertTrue(f != XBADFILE);
+        dataSz = (word32)XFREAD(data, 1, sizeof(data), f);
+        AssertIntGT(dataSz, 0);
+        XFCLOSE(f);
+
+        pt = data;
+        res = wolfSSL_d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE(NULL, &pt, dataSz);
+        AssertNotNull(res);
+
+        /* try to verify the response */
+        issuer = wolfSSL_X509_load_certificate_file(caFile, SSL_FILETYPE_PEM);
+        AssertNotNull(issuer);
+        st = wolfSSL_X509_STORE_new();
+        AssertNotNull(st);
+        AssertIntEQ(wolfSSL_X509_STORE_add_cert(st, issuer), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+        bs = wolfSSL_OCSP_response_get1_basic(res);
+        AssertNotNull(bs);
+        AssertIntEQ(wolfSSL_OCSP_basic_verify(bs, NULL, st, 0), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+        wolfSSL_OCSP_BASICRESP_free(bs);
+        wolfSSL_OCSP_RESPONSE_free(res);
+        wolfSSL_X509_STORE_free(st);
+        wolfSSL_X509_free(issuer);
+    }
 #endif
 
     printf(resultFmt, passed);
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
index 8f41089f2..65dcc7bef 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -33414,6 +33414,10 @@ static const ASNItem ocspBasicRespASN[] = {
 /* SIGALGO      */     { 1, ASN_SEQUENCE, 1, 1, 0, },
 /* SIGALGO_OID  */         { 2, ASN_OBJECT_ID, 0, 0, 0 },
 /* SIGALGO_NULL */         { 2, ASN_TAG_NULL, 0, 0, 1 },
+                                            /* parameters */
+#ifdef WC_RSA_PSS
+/* SIGALGO_PARAMS      */  { 2, ASN_SEQUENCE, 1, 0, 1 },
+#endif
                                             /* signature */
 /* SIGNATURE    */     { 1, ASN_BIT_STRING, 0, 0, 0 },
                                             /* certs */
@@ -33426,6 +33430,9 @@ enum {
     OCSPBASICRESPASN_IDX_SIGALGO,
     OCSPBASICRESPASN_IDX_SIGALGO_OID,
     OCSPBASICRESPASN_IDX_SIGALGO_NULL,
+#ifdef WC_RSA_PSS
+    OCSPBASICRESPASN_IDX_SIGNATURE_PARAMS,
+#endif
     OCSPBASICRESPASN_IDX_SIGNATURE,
     OCSPBASICRESPASN_IDX_CERTS,
     OCSPBASICRESPASN_IDX_CERTS_SEQ,
@@ -33607,6 +33614,8 @@ static int DecodeBasicOcspResponse(byte* source, word32* ioIndex,
     DECL_ASNGETDATA(dataASN, ocspBasicRespASN_Length);
     int ret = 0;
     word32 idx = *ioIndex;
+    const byte*   sigParams = NULL;
+    word32        sigParamsSz = 0;
 #ifndef WOLFSSL_NO_OCSP_OPTIONAL_CERTS
     #ifdef WOLFSSL_SMALL_STACK
         DecodedCert* cert = NULL;
@@ -33639,6 +33648,16 @@ static int DecodeBasicOcspResponse(byte* source, word32* ioIndex,
             ret = ASN_PARSE_E;
         }
     }
+#ifdef WC_RSA_PSS
+    if (ret == 0 && (dataASN[X509CERTASN_IDX_SIGALGO_PARAMS].tag != 0)) {
+        sigParams = GetASNItem_Addr(
+                dataASN[OCSPBASICRESPASN_IDX_SIGNATURE_PARAMS],
+                source);
+        sigParamsSz =
+               GetASNItem_Length(dataASN[OCSPBASICRESPASN_IDX_SIGNATURE_PARAMS],
+               source);
+    }
+#endif
     if (ret == 0) {
         /* Get the signature OID and signature. */
         resp->sigOID = dataASN[OCSPBASICRESPASN_IDX_SIGALGO_OID].data.oid.sum;
@@ -33711,7 +33730,8 @@ static int DecodeBasicOcspResponse(byte* source, word32* ioIndex,
             /* Check the signature of the response CA public key. */
             sigValid = ConfirmSignature(&sigCtx, resp->response,
                 resp->responseSz, ca->publicKey, ca->pubKeySize, ca->keyOID,
-                resp->sig, resp->sigSz, resp->sigOID, NULL, 0, NULL);
+                resp->sig, resp->sigSz, resp->sigOID, sigParams, sigParamsSz,
+                NULL);
         }
         if ((ca == NULL) || (sigValid != 0)) {
             /* Didn't find certificate or signature verificate failed. */