diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9c8343428e3..24570287ecc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ parser.add_option('--shared-openssl-libpath',
     dest='shared_openssl_libpath',
     help='a directory to search for the shared OpenSSL DLLs')
 
+parser.add_option('--shared-openssl-fips',
+    action='store_true',
+    dest='shared_openssl_fips',
+    help='enable FIPS mode for shared OpenSSL DLLs')
+
 parser.add_option('--shared-v8',
     action='store_true',
     dest='shared_v8',
@@ -610,6 +615,9 @@ def configure_openssl(o):
     else:
       o['cflags'] += cflags.split()
 
+    if options.shared_openssl_fips:
+      o['defines'] += ['OPENSSL_FIPS']
+
 
 def configure_winsdk(o):
   if flavor != 'win':
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 696a9427498..4f345a0ffda 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #if HAVE_OPENSSL
 #include "node_crypto.h"
+#ifdef OPENSSL_FIPS
+#include "crypto.h"
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #if defined HAVE_DTRACE || defined HAVE_ETW || defined HAVE_SYSTEMTAP
@@ -2420,6 +2423,14 @@ void SetupProcessObject(Environment* env,
       versions,
       "openssl",
       OneByteString(node_isolate, &OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT[i], j - i));
+
+#ifdef OPENSSL_FIPS
+  if(!FIPS_mode_set(1)) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"OpenSSL shared library does not support FIPS mode");
+    exit(1);
+  } 
+#endif
+
 #endif
 
   // process.arch