diff --git a/include/ircd/openssl.h b/include/ircd/openssl.h
index 080f025e1..9124d6b77 100644
--- a/include/ircd/openssl.h
+++ b/include/ircd/openssl.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ namespace ircd::openssl
 	// DH suite
 	extern const size_t DH_DEFAULT_GEN;
 	extern const size_t DH_DEFAULT_BITS;
+	extern const string_view rfc3526_dh_params_pem;
 	DH &gendh(DH &, const uint &bits = DH_DEFAULT_BITS, const uint &gen = DH_DEFAULT_GEN);
 	string_view gendh(const mutable_buffer &, const uint &bits = DH_DEFAULT_BITS, const uint &gen = DH_DEFAULT_GEN);
 	void gendh(const string_view &dhfile, const uint &bits = DH_DEFAULT_BITS, const uint &gen = DH_DEFAULT_GEN);
diff --git a/ircd/net.cc b/ircd/net.cc
index 12c83e019..a90710c90 100644
--- a/ircd/net.cc
+++ b/ircd/net.cc
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ ircd::net::listener::acceptor::configure(const json::object &opts)
 		         filename);
 	}
 
-	if(opts.has("tmp_dh_path"))
+	if(opts.has("tmp_dh_path") && !empty(unquote(opts.at("tmp_dh_path"))))
 	{
 		const std::string filename
 		{
@@ -1477,6 +1477,35 @@ ircd::net::listener::acceptor::configure(const json::object &opts)
 		         string(*this),
 		         filename);
 	}
+	else if(opts.has("tmp_dh"))
+	{
+		const const_buffer buf
+		{
+			unquote(opts.at("tmp_dh"))
+		};
+
+		ssl.use_tmp_dh(buf);
+		log::info
+		{
+			log, "%s using DH params supplied in options (%zu bytes)",
+			string(*this),
+			size(buf)
+		};
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		const const_buffer &buf
+		{
+			openssl::rfc3526_dh_params_pem
+		};
+
+		ssl.use_tmp_dh(buf);
+		log::info
+		{
+			log, "%s using pre-supplied rfc3526 DH parameters.",
+			string(*this)
+		};
+	}
 }
 
 //
diff --git a/ircd/openssl.cc b/ircd/openssl.cc
index 77e90e225..cd1d6d84f 100644
--- a/ircd/openssl.cc
+++ b/ircd/openssl.cc
@@ -623,6 +623,20 @@ ircd::openssl::get_time(const ASN1_TIME &t)
 // DH
 //
 
+decltype(ircd::openssl::rfc3526_dh_params_pem)
+ircd::openssl::rfc3526_dh_params_pem
+{R"(
+2048-bit DH parameters taken from rfc3526
+-----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
+MIIBCAKCAQEA///////////JD9qiIWjCNMTGYouA3BzRKQJOCIpnzHQCC76mOxOb
+IlFKCHmONATd75UZs806QxswKwpt8l8UN0/hNW1tUcJF5IW1dmJefsb0TELppjft
+awv/XLb0Brft7jhr+1qJn6WunyQRfEsf5kkoZlHs5Fs9wgB8uKFjvwWY2kg2HFXT
+mmkWP6j9JM9fg2VdI9yjrZYcYvNWIIVSu57VKQdwlpZtZww1Tkq8mATxdGwIyhgh
+fDKQXkYuNs474553LBgOhgObJ4Oi7Aeij7XFXfBvTFLJ3ivL9pVYFxg5lUl86pVq
+5RXSJhiY+gUQFXKOWoqsqmj//////////wIBAg==
+-----END DH PARAMETERS-----
+)"};
+
 decltype(ircd::openssl::DH_DEFAULT_BITS)
 ircd::openssl::DH_DEFAULT_BITS
 {