diff --git a/lib/easy.c b/lib/easy.c
index 5af90e326..027d0bef3 100644
--- a/lib/easy.c
+++ b/lib/easy.c
@@ -958,6 +958,13 @@ struct Curl_easy *curl_easy_duphandle(struct Curl_easy *data)
     outcurl->change.referer_alloc = TRUE;
   }
 
+  /* Reinitialize an SSL engine for the new handle
+   * note: the engine name has already been copied by dupset */
+  if(outcurl->set.str[STRING_SSL_ENGINE]) {
+    if(Curl_ssl_set_engine(outcurl, outcurl->set.str[STRING_SSL_ENGINE]))
+      goto fail;
+  }
+
   /* Clone the resolver handle, if present, for the new handle */
   if(Curl_resolver_duphandle(&outcurl->state.resolver,
                              data->state.resolver))
diff --git a/lib/setopt.c b/lib/setopt.c
index 5ecf5b97f..5c5f4b381 100644
--- a/lib/setopt.c
+++ b/lib/setopt.c
@@ -1603,14 +1603,19 @@ CURLcode Curl_vsetopt(struct Curl_easy *data, CURLoption option,
      * String that holds the SSL crypto engine.
      */
     argptr = va_arg(param, char *);
-    if(argptr && argptr[0])
-      result = Curl_ssl_set_engine(data, argptr);
+    if(argptr && argptr[0]) {
+      result = Curl_setstropt(&data->set.str[STRING_SSL_ENGINE], argptr);
+      if(!result) {
+        result = Curl_ssl_set_engine(data, argptr);
+      }
+    }
     break;
 
   case CURLOPT_SSLENGINE_DEFAULT:
     /*
      * flag to set engine as default.
      */
+    Curl_setstropt(&data->set.str[STRING_SSL_ENGINE], NULL);
     result = Curl_ssl_set_engine_default(data);
     break;
   case CURLOPT_CRLF:
diff --git a/lib/urldata.h b/lib/urldata.h
index 2a0540fa9..6119136d4 100644
--- a/lib/urldata.h
+++ b/lib/urldata.h
@@ -1404,6 +1404,7 @@ enum dupstring {
   STRING_SSL_CRLFILE_PROXY, /* crl file to check certificate */
   STRING_SSL_ISSUERCERT_ORIG, /* issuer cert file to check certificate */
   STRING_SSL_ISSUERCERT_PROXY, /* issuer cert file to check certificate */
+  STRING_SSL_ENGINE,      /* name of ssl engine */
   STRING_USERNAME,        /* <username>, if used */
   STRING_PASSWORD,        /* <password>, if used */
   STRING_OPTIONS,         /* <options>, if used */