diff --git a/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c b/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c
index e325691ab3..0751a4f1c4 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c
@@ -366,8 +366,11 @@ void AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit(void) {
     AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SSH, "SSH-", 4, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
     AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SSH, "SSH-", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
 
-    /** SSLv2 */
+    /** SSLv2  and SSLv23*/
     AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 00 02|", 5, 2, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    /* subsection - SSLv2 style record by client, but informing the server the max
+     * version it supports */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 00|", 5, 2, STREAM_TOSERVER);
     AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|00 02|", 7, 5, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
 
     /** SSLv3 */