diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 892009d766e1c700a23c44910adb36f724b14eca..f0dec1a4a36f6e15130583576d297f46f3d0e98c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -973,6 +973,8 @@ grpc_jwt_verifier_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_jwt_verifier_test
 grpc_print_google_default_creds_token: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_print_google_default_creds_token
 grpc_security_connector_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_security_connector_test
 grpc_verify_jwt: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_verify_jwt
+handshake_client: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_client
+handshake_server: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_server
 hpack_parser_fuzzer_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/hpack_parser_fuzzer_test
 hpack_parser_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/hpack_parser_test
 hpack_table_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/hpack_table_test
@@ -1303,6 +1305,8 @@ buildtests_c: privatelibs_c \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_json_token_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_jwt_verifier_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_security_connector_test \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_client \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_server \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/hpack_parser_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/hpack_table_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/http_parser_test \
@@ -1673,6 +1677,10 @@ test_c: buildtests_c
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_jwt_verifier_test || ( echo test grpc_jwt_verifier_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing grpc_security_connector_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_security_connector_test || ( echo test grpc_security_connector_test failed ; exit 1 )
+	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing handshake_client"
+	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_client || ( echo test handshake_client failed ; exit 1 )
+	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing handshake_server"
+	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_server || ( echo test handshake_server failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing hpack_parser_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/hpack_parser_test || ( echo test hpack_parser_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing hpack_table_test"
@@ -9294,6 +9302,70 @@ endif
 endif
 
 
+HANDSHAKE_CLIENT_SRC = \
+    test/core/handshake/client_ssl.c \
+
+HANDSHAKE_CLIENT_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(HANDSHAKE_CLIENT_SRC))))
+ifeq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+
+# You can't build secure targets if you don't have OpenSSL.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_client: openssl_dep_error
+
+else
+
+
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_client: $(HANDSHAKE_CLIENT_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(HANDSHAKE_CLIENT_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_client
+
+endif
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/core/handshake/client_ssl.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+
+deps_handshake_client: $(HANDSHAKE_CLIENT_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+
+ifneq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(HANDSHAKE_CLIENT_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+endif
+
+
+HANDSHAKE_SERVER_SRC = \
+    test/core/handshake/server_ssl.c \
+
+HANDSHAKE_SERVER_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(HANDSHAKE_SERVER_SRC))))
+ifeq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+
+# You can't build secure targets if you don't have OpenSSL.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_server: openssl_dep_error
+
+else
+
+
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_server: $(HANDSHAKE_SERVER_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(HANDSHAKE_SERVER_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/handshake_server
+
+endif
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/core/handshake/server_ssl.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+
+deps_handshake_server: $(HANDSHAKE_SERVER_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+
+ifneq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(HANDSHAKE_SERVER_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+endif
+
+
 HPACK_PARSER_FUZZER_TEST_SRC = \
     test/core/transport/chttp2/hpack_parser_fuzzer_test.c \
 
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index 4332c432a09405328e58202c34f724db63a6af2b..17828ae8eb61fc660fd40811e6625dc388b1d9a7 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -2029,6 +2029,32 @@ targets:
   deps:
   - grpc
   - gpr
+- name: handshake_client
+  build: test
+  language: c
+  src:
+  - test/core/handshake/client_ssl.c
+  deps:
+  - grpc_test_util
+  - grpc
+  - gpr_test_util
+  - gpr
+  platforms:
+  - linux
+  secure: true
+- name: handshake_server
+  build: test
+  language: c
+  src:
+  - test/core/handshake/server_ssl.c
+  deps:
+  - grpc_test_util
+  - grpc
+  - gpr_test_util
+  - gpr
+  platforms:
+  - linux
+  secure: true
 - name: hpack_parser_fuzzer_test
   build: fuzzer
   language: c
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/alpn/alpn.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/alpn/alpn.c
index 48b02172651f52960d94d43537c72cf9d8acd418..55710dc5ae2ea0ac4b1e7a178f6f356d32a5e2df 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/alpn/alpn.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/alpn/alpn.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <grpc/support/useful.h>
 
 /* in order of preference */
-static const char *const supported_versions[] = {"h2"};
+static const char *const supported_versions[] = {"grpc-exp", "h2"};
 
 int grpc_chttp2_is_alpn_version_supported(const char *version, size_t size) {
   size_t i;
diff --git a/test/core/handshake/client_ssl.c b/test/core/handshake/client_ssl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee90f0b0bcb4c9a9872ef5a47c044ff1468494c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/handshake/client_ssl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <openssl/err.h>
+#include <openssl/ssl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <grpc/grpc.h>
+#include <grpc/grpc_security.h>
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+#include <grpc/support/string_util.h>
+#include <grpc/support/thd.h>
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h"
+#include "test/core/util/port.h"
+#include "test/core/util/test_config.h"
+
+#define SSL_CERT_PATH "src/core/lib/tsi/test_creds/server1.pem"
+#define SSL_KEY_PATH "src/core/lib/tsi/test_creds/server1.key"
+#define SSL_CA_PATH "src/core/lib/tsi/test_creds/ca.pem"
+
+// Arguments for TLS server thread.
+typedef struct {
+  int socket;
+  char *alpn_preferred;
+} server_args;
+
+// From https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Simple_TLS_Server.
+static int create_socket(int port) {
+  int s;
+  struct sockaddr_in addr;
+
+  addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  addr.sin_port = htons((uint16_t)port);
+  addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+
+  s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  if (s < 0) {
+    perror("Unable to create socket");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
+    perror("Unable to bind");
+    gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Unable to bind to %d", port);
+    close(s);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (listen(s, 1) < 0) {
+    perror("Unable to listen");
+    close(s);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  return s;
+}
+
+// Server callback during ALPN negotiation. See man page for
+// SSL_CTX_set_alpn_select_cb.
+static int alpn_select_cb(SSL *ssl, const uint8_t **out, uint8_t *out_len,
+                          const uint8_t *in, unsigned in_len, void *arg) {
+  const uint8_t *alpn_preferred = (const uint8_t *)arg;
+
+  *out = alpn_preferred;
+  *out_len = (uint8_t)strlen((char *)alpn_preferred);
+
+  // Validate that the ALPN list includes "h2" and "grpc-exp", that "grpc-exp"
+  // precedes "h2".
+  bool grpc_exp_seen = false;
+  bool h2_seen = false;
+  const char *inp = (const char *)in;
+  for (int i = 0; i < (int)in_len; ++i) {
+    const size_t length = (size_t)*inp++;
+    if (length == strlen("grpc-exp") && strncmp(inp, "grpc-exp", length) == 0) {
+      grpc_exp_seen = true;
+      GPR_ASSERT(!h2_seen);
+    }
+    if (length == strlen("h2") && strncmp(inp, "h2", length) == 0) {
+      h2_seen = true;
+      GPR_ASSERT(grpc_exp_seen);
+    }
+    inp += length;
+  }
+
+  GPR_ASSERT(grpc_exp_seen);
+  GPR_ASSERT(h2_seen);
+
+  return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_OK;
+}
+
+// Minimal TLS server. This is largely based on the example at
+// https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Simple_TLS_Server and the gRPC core
+// internals in src/core/lib/tsi/ssl_transport_security.c.
+static void server_thread(void *arg) {
+  const server_args *args = (server_args *)arg;
+
+  SSL_load_error_strings();
+  OpenSSL_add_ssl_algorithms();
+
+  const SSL_METHOD *method = TLSv1_2_server_method();
+  SSL_CTX *ctx = SSL_CTX_new(method);
+  if (!ctx) {
+    perror("Unable to create SSL context");
+    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+
+  // Load key pair.
+  if (SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(ctx, SSL_CERT_PATH, SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) < 0) {
+    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+  if (SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(ctx, SSL_KEY_PATH, SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) < 0) {
+    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+
+  // Set the cipher list to match the one expressed in
+  // src/core/lib/tsi/ssl_transport_security.c.
+  const char *cipher_list =
+      "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-"
+      "SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384";
+  if (!SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(ctx, cipher_list)) {
+    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+    gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Couldn't set server cipher list.");
+    abort();
+  }
+
+  // Register the ALPN selection callback.
+  SSL_CTX_set_alpn_select_cb(ctx, alpn_select_cb, args->alpn_preferred);
+
+  // bind/listen/accept at TCP layer.
+  const int sock = args->socket;
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Server listening");
+  struct sockaddr_in addr;
+  socklen_t len = sizeof(addr);
+  const int client = accept(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &len);
+  if (client < 0) {
+    perror("Unable to accept");
+    abort();
+  }
+
+  // Establish a SSL* and accept at SSL layer.
+  SSL *ssl = SSL_new(ctx);
+  GPR_ASSERT(ssl);
+  SSL_set_fd(ssl, client);
+  if (SSL_accept(ssl) <= 0) {
+    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+    gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Handshake failed.");
+  } else {
+    gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Handshake successful.");
+  }
+
+  // Wait until the client drops its connection.
+  char buf;
+  while (SSL_read(ssl, &buf, sizeof(buf)) > 0)
+    ;
+
+  SSL_free(ssl);
+  close(client);
+  close(sock);
+  SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
+  EVP_cleanup();
+}
+
+// This test launches a minimal TLS server on a separate thread and then
+// establishes a TLS handshake via the core library to the server. The TLS
+// server validates ALPN aspects of the handshake and supplies the protocol
+// specified in the server_alpn_preferred argument to the client.
+static bool client_ssl_test(char *server_alpn_preferred) {
+  bool success = true;
+
+  grpc_init();
+
+  // Find a port we can bind to. Retries added to handle flakes in port server
+  // and port picking.
+  int port = -1;
+  int server_socket = -1;
+  int socket_retries = 10;
+  while (server_socket == -1 && socket_retries-- > 0) {
+    port = grpc_pick_unused_port_or_die();
+    server_socket = create_socket(port);
+    if (server_socket == -1) {
+      sleep(1);
+    }
+  }
+  GPR_ASSERT(server_socket > 0);
+
+  // Launch the TLS server thread.
+  gpr_thd_options thdopt = gpr_thd_options_default();
+  gpr_thd_id thdid;
+  gpr_thd_options_set_joinable(&thdopt);
+  server_args args = {.socket = server_socket,
+                      .alpn_preferred = server_alpn_preferred};
+  GPR_ASSERT(gpr_thd_new(&thdid, server_thread, &args, &thdopt));
+
+  // Load key pair and establish client SSL credentials.
+  grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair pem_key_cert_pair;
+  gpr_slice ca_slice, cert_slice, key_slice;
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("load_file",
+                               grpc_load_file(SSL_CA_PATH, 1, &ca_slice)));
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("load_file",
+                               grpc_load_file(SSL_CERT_PATH, 1, &cert_slice)));
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("load_file",
+                               grpc_load_file(SSL_KEY_PATH, 1, &key_slice)));
+  const char *ca_cert = (const char *)GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(ca_slice);
+  pem_key_cert_pair.private_key = (const char *)GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(key_slice);
+  pem_key_cert_pair.cert_chain = (const char *)GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(cert_slice);
+  grpc_channel_credentials *ssl_creds =
+      grpc_ssl_credentials_create(ca_cert, &pem_key_cert_pair, NULL);
+
+  // Establish a channel pointing at the TLS server. Since the gRPC runtime is
+  // lazy, this won't necessarily establish a connection yet.
+  char *target;
+  gpr_asprintf(&target, "127.0.0.1:%d", port);
+  grpc_arg ssl_name_override = {GRPC_ARG_STRING,
+                                GRPC_SSL_TARGET_NAME_OVERRIDE_ARG,
+                                {"foo.test.google.fr"}};
+  grpc_channel_args grpc_args;
+  grpc_args.num_args = 1;
+  grpc_args.args = &ssl_name_override;
+  grpc_channel *channel =
+      grpc_secure_channel_create(ssl_creds, target, &grpc_args, NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(channel);
+  gpr_free(target);
+
+  // Initially the channel will be idle, the
+  // grpc_channel_check_connectivity_state triggers an attempt to connect.
+  GPR_ASSERT(grpc_channel_check_connectivity_state(
+                 channel, 1 /* try_to_connect */) == GRPC_CHANNEL_IDLE);
+
+  // Wait a bounded number of times for the channel to be ready. When the
+  // channel is ready, the initial TLS handshake will have successfully
+  // completed and we know that the client's ALPN list satisfied the server.
+  int retries = 10;
+  grpc_connectivity_state state = GRPC_CHANNEL_IDLE;
+  grpc_completion_queue *cq = grpc_completion_queue_create(NULL);
+  while (state != GRPC_CHANNEL_READY && retries-- > 0) {
+    grpc_channel_watch_connectivity_state(
+        channel, state, GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(3), cq, NULL);
+    gpr_timespec cq_deadline = GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(5);
+    grpc_event ev = grpc_completion_queue_next(cq, cq_deadline, NULL);
+    GPR_ASSERT(ev.type == GRPC_OP_COMPLETE);
+    state =
+        grpc_channel_check_connectivity_state(channel, 0 /* try_to_connect */);
+  }
+  grpc_completion_queue_destroy(cq);
+  if (retries < 0) {
+    success = false;
+  }
+
+  grpc_channel_destroy(channel);
+  grpc_channel_credentials_release(ssl_creds);
+  gpr_slice_unref(cert_slice);
+  gpr_slice_unref(key_slice);
+  gpr_slice_unref(ca_slice);
+
+  gpr_thd_join(thdid);
+
+  grpc_shutdown();
+
+  return success;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  // Handshake succeeeds when the server has grpc-exp as the ALPN preference.
+  GPR_ASSERT(client_ssl_test("grpc-exp"));
+  // Handshake succeeeds when the server has h2 as the ALPN preference. This
+  // covers legacy gRPC servers which don't support grpc-exp.
+  GPR_ASSERT(client_ssl_test("h2"));
+  // Handshake fails when the server uses a fake protocol as its ALPN
+  // preference. This validates the client is correctly validating ALPN returns
+  // and sanity checks the client_ssl_test.
+  GPR_ASSERT(!client_ssl_test("foo"));
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/core/handshake/server_ssl.c b/test/core/handshake/server_ssl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3e89f8e265f2511c3e3864ed9e7ed3829f7a0298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/handshake/server_ssl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <openssl/err.h>
+#include <openssl/ssl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <grpc/grpc.h>
+#include <grpc/grpc_security.h>
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+#include <grpc/support/string_util.h>
+#include <grpc/support/sync.h>
+#include <grpc/support/thd.h>
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.h"
+#include "test/core/util/port.h"
+#include "test/core/util/test_config.h"
+
+#define SSL_CERT_PATH "src/core/lib/tsi/test_creds/server1.pem"
+#define SSL_KEY_PATH "src/core/lib/tsi/test_creds/server1.key"
+#define SSL_CA_PATH "src/core/lib/tsi/test_creds/ca.pem"
+
+// Handshake completed signal to server thread.
+static gpr_event client_handshake_complete;
+
+static int create_socket(int port) {
+  int s;
+  struct sockaddr_in addr;
+
+  addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  addr.sin_port = htons((uint16_t)port);
+  addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+
+  s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  if (s < 0) {
+    perror("Unable to create socket");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
+    perror("Unable to connect");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  return s;
+}
+
+// Simple gRPC server. This listens until client_handshake_complete occurs.
+static void server_thread(void *arg) {
+  const int port = *(int *)arg;
+
+  // Load key pair and establish server SSL credentials.
+  grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair pem_key_cert_pair;
+  gpr_slice ca_slice, cert_slice, key_slice;
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("load_file",
+                               grpc_load_file(SSL_CA_PATH, 1, &ca_slice)));
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("load_file",
+                               grpc_load_file(SSL_CERT_PATH, 1, &cert_slice)));
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_LOG_IF_ERROR("load_file",
+                               grpc_load_file(SSL_KEY_PATH, 1, &key_slice)));
+  const char *ca_cert = (const char *)GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(ca_slice);
+  pem_key_cert_pair.private_key = (const char *)GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(key_slice);
+  pem_key_cert_pair.cert_chain = (const char *)GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(cert_slice);
+  grpc_server_credentials *ssl_creds = grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create(
+      ca_cert, &pem_key_cert_pair, 1, 0, NULL);
+
+  // Start server listening on local port.
+  char *addr;
+  gpr_asprintf(&addr, "127.0.0.1:%d", port);
+  grpc_server *server = grpc_server_create(NULL, NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(grpc_server_add_secure_http2_port(server, addr, ssl_creds));
+  free(addr);
+
+  grpc_completion_queue *cq = grpc_completion_queue_create(NULL);
+
+  grpc_server_register_completion_queue(server, cq, NULL);
+  grpc_server_start(server);
+
+  // Wait a bounded number of time until client_handshake_complete is set,
+  // sleeping between polls.
+  int retries = 10;
+  while (!gpr_event_get(&client_handshake_complete) && retries-- > 0) {
+    const gpr_timespec cq_deadline = GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(1);
+    grpc_event ev = grpc_completion_queue_next(cq, cq_deadline, NULL);
+    GPR_ASSERT(ev.type == GRPC_QUEUE_TIMEOUT);
+  }
+
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Shutting down server");
+  grpc_server_shutdown_and_notify(server, cq, NULL);
+  grpc_completion_queue_shutdown(cq);
+
+  const gpr_timespec cq_deadline = GRPC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_TO_DEADLINE(5);
+  grpc_event ev = grpc_completion_queue_next(cq, cq_deadline, NULL);
+  GPR_ASSERT(ev.type == GRPC_OP_COMPLETE);
+
+  grpc_server_destroy(server);
+  grpc_completion_queue_destroy(cq);
+  grpc_server_credentials_release(ssl_creds);
+  gpr_slice_unref(cert_slice);
+  gpr_slice_unref(key_slice);
+  gpr_slice_unref(ca_slice);
+}
+
+// This test launches a gRPC server on a separate thread and then establishes a
+// TLS handshake via a minimal TLS client. The TLS client has configurable (via
+// alpn_list) ALPN settings and can probe at the supported ALPN preferences
+// using this (via alpn_expected).
+static bool server_ssl_test(const char *alpn_list[], unsigned int alpn_list_len,
+                            const char *alpn_expected) {
+  bool success = true;
+
+  grpc_init();
+  int port = grpc_pick_unused_port_or_die();
+  gpr_event_init(&client_handshake_complete);
+
+  // Launch the gRPC server thread.
+  gpr_thd_options thdopt = gpr_thd_options_default();
+  gpr_thd_id thdid;
+  gpr_thd_options_set_joinable(&thdopt);
+  GPR_ASSERT(gpr_thd_new(&thdid, server_thread, &port, &thdopt));
+
+  SSL_load_error_strings();
+  OpenSSL_add_ssl_algorithms();
+
+  const SSL_METHOD *method = TLSv1_2_client_method();
+  SSL_CTX *ctx = SSL_CTX_new(method);
+  if (!ctx) {
+    perror("Unable to create SSL context");
+    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+
+  // Load key pair.
+  if (SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(ctx, SSL_CERT_PATH, SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) < 0) {
+    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+  if (SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(ctx, SSL_KEY_PATH, SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) < 0) {
+    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+    abort();
+  }
+
+  // Set the cipher list to match the one expressed in
+  // src/core/lib/tsi/ssl_transport_security.c.
+  const char *cipher_list =
+      "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-"
+      "SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384";
+  if (!SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(ctx, cipher_list)) {
+    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+    gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Couldn't set server cipher list.");
+    abort();
+  }
+
+  // Configure ALPN list the client will send to the server. This must match the
+  // wire format, see documentation for SSL_CTX_set_alpn_protos.
+  unsigned int alpn_protos_len = alpn_list_len;
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < alpn_list_len; ++i) {
+    alpn_protos_len += (unsigned int)strlen(alpn_list[i]);
+  }
+  unsigned char *alpn_protos = gpr_malloc(alpn_protos_len);
+  unsigned char *p = alpn_protos;
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < alpn_list_len; ++i) {
+    const uint8_t len = (uint8_t)strlen(alpn_list[i]);
+    *p++ = len;
+    memcpy(p, alpn_list[i], len);
+    p += len;
+  }
+  GPR_ASSERT(SSL_CTX_set_alpn_protos(ctx, alpn_protos, alpn_protos_len) == 0);
+
+  // Try and connect to server. We allow a bounded number of retries as we might
+  // be racing with the server setup on its separate thread.
+  int retries = 10;
+  int sock = -1;
+  while (sock == -1 && retries-- > 0) {
+    sock = create_socket(port);
+    if (sock < 0) {
+      sleep(1);
+    }
+  }
+  GPR_ASSERT(sock > 0);
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Connected to server on port %d", port);
+
+  // Establish a SSL* and connect at SSL layer.
+  SSL *ssl = SSL_new(ctx);
+  GPR_ASSERT(ssl);
+  SSL_set_fd(ssl, sock);
+  if (SSL_connect(ssl) <= 0) {
+    ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
+    gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Handshake failed.");
+    success = false;
+  } else {
+    gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Handshake successful.");
+    // Validate ALPN preferred by server matches alpn_expected.
+    const unsigned char *alpn_selected;
+    unsigned int alpn_selected_len;
+    SSL_get0_alpn_selected(ssl, &alpn_selected, &alpn_selected_len);
+    if (strlen(alpn_expected) != alpn_selected_len ||
+        strncmp((const char *)alpn_selected, alpn_expected,
+                alpn_selected_len) != 0) {
+      gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Unexpected ALPN protocol preference");
+      success = false;
+    }
+  }
+  gpr_event_set(&client_handshake_complete, &client_handshake_complete);
+
+  SSL_free(ssl);
+  gpr_free(alpn_protos);
+  SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
+  EVP_cleanup();
+  close(sock);
+
+  gpr_thd_join(thdid);
+
+  grpc_shutdown();
+
+  return success;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  // Handshake succeeeds when the client supplies the standard ALPN list.
+  const char *full_alpn_list[] = {"grpc-exp", "h2"};
+  GPR_ASSERT(server_ssl_test(full_alpn_list, 2, "grpc-exp"));
+  // Handshake succeeeds when the client supplies only h2 as the ALPN list. This
+  // covers legacy gRPC clients which don't support grpc-exp.
+  const char *h2_only_alpn_list[] = {"h2"};
+  GPR_ASSERT(server_ssl_test(h2_only_alpn_list, 1, "h2"));
+  // Handshake succeeds when the client supplies superfluous ALPN entries and
+  // also when h2 precedes gprc-exp.
+  const char *extra_alpn_list[] = {"foo", "h2", "bar", "grpc-exp"};
+  GPR_ASSERT(server_ssl_test(extra_alpn_list, 4, "h2"));
+  // Handshake fails when the client uses a fake protocol as its only ALPN
+  // preference. This validates the server is correctly validating ALPN
+  // and sanity checks the server_ssl_test.
+  const char *fake_alpn_list[] = {"foo"};
+  GPR_ASSERT(!server_ssl_test(fake_alpn_list, 1, "foo"));
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/core/transport/chttp2/alpn_test.c b/test/core/transport/chttp2/alpn_test.c
index 48064ec9b34b87c3d922261f5451eda71cd913ce..cde891cd5d6e3011a758a1dec6efe154b29cf986 100644
--- a/test/core/transport/chttp2/alpn_test.c
+++ b/test/core/transport/chttp2/alpn_test.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 static void test_alpn_success(void) {
   GPR_ASSERT(grpc_chttp2_is_alpn_version_supported("h2", 2));
+  GPR_ASSERT(grpc_chttp2_is_alpn_version_supported("grpc-exp", 8));
 }
 
 static void test_alpn_failure(void) {
@@ -45,9 +46,27 @@ static void test_alpn_failure(void) {
   GPR_ASSERT(!grpc_chttp2_is_alpn_version_supported("h1-15", 5));
 }
 
+// First index in ALPN supported version list of a given protocol. Returns a
+// value one beyond the last valid element index if not found.
+static size_t alpn_version_index(const char *version, size_t size) {
+  size_t i;
+  for (i = 0; i < grpc_chttp2_num_alpn_versions(); ++i) {
+    if (!strncmp(version, grpc_chttp2_get_alpn_version_index(i), size)) {
+      return i;
+    }
+  }
+  return i;
+}
+
+static void test_alpn_grpc_before_h2(void) {
+  // grpc-exp is preferred over h2.
+  GPR_ASSERT(alpn_version_index("grpc-exp", 8) < alpn_version_index("h2", 2));
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
   test_alpn_success();
   test_alpn_failure();
+  test_alpn_grpc_before_h2();
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
index 02cf4eb00f881c0330cc91029984095c08fe87d6..60138a49a2e15fe6021afcad7cf632507f3b46f0 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -1130,6 +1130,40 @@
     "third_party": false, 
     "type": "target"
   }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [
+      "gpr", 
+      "gpr_test_util", 
+      "grpc", 
+      "grpc_test_util"
+    ], 
+    "headers": [], 
+    "is_filegroup": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "handshake_client", 
+    "src": [
+      "test/core/handshake/client_ssl.c"
+    ], 
+    "third_party": false, 
+    "type": "target"
+  }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [
+      "gpr", 
+      "gpr_test_util", 
+      "grpc", 
+      "grpc_test_util"
+    ], 
+    "headers": [], 
+    "is_filegroup": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "handshake_server", 
+    "src": [
+      "test/core/handshake/server_ssl.c"
+    ], 
+    "third_party": false, 
+    "type": "target"
+  }, 
   {
     "deps": [
       "gpr", 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
index 63c9fd9dc9012d742dd2b51efa492d57984c1ca7..c86b14f63eb26dc981649d156427fc1d42209229 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
@@ -1299,6 +1299,36 @@
       "windows"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "gtest": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "handshake_client", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux"
+    ]
+  }, 
+  {
+    "args": [], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "gtest": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "handshake_server", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [], 
     "ci_platforms": [