diff --git a/build/test-lua.sh b/build/test-lua.sh
index ce2cd60048..f9bc77b8d7 100755
--- a/build/test-lua.sh
+++ b/build/test-lua.sh
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ resty \
   --shdict "balancer_ewma 1M" \
   --shdict "balancer_ewma_last_touched_at 1M" \
   --shdict "balancer_ewma_locks 512k" \
+  --shdict "ocsp_cache 1M" \
   ./rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/run.lua ${BUSTED_ARGS} ./rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/test/
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/template/configmap.go b/internal/ingress/controller/template/configmap.go
index 862754a557..02111a6db3 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/template/configmap.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/template/configmap.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ var (
 		"balancer_ewma_last_touched_at": 10,
 		"balancer_ewma_locks":           1,
 		"certificate_servers":           5,
+		"ocsp_cache":                    5, // 1MB ~100 responses
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/certificate.lua b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/certificate.lua
index eb7feabd36..a6f2e23c54 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/certificate.lua
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/certificate.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 local ssl = require("ngx.ssl")
 local configuration = require("configuration")
 local re_sub = ngx.re.sub
+local http = require "resty.http"
+local ocsp = require "ngx.ocsp"
+
+local certificate_servers = ngx.shared.certificate_servers
 
 local _M = {}
 
@@ -48,6 +52,57 @@ local function get_pem_cert_key(raw_hostname)
   return pem_cert_key
 end
 
+local function get_ocsp_response(pem_cert_key)
+  local der_cert_chain, der_cert_err = ssl.cert_pem_to_der(pem_cert_key)
+  if not der_cert_chain then
+    return nil, "failed to convert certificate chain from PEM to DER: " .. der_cert_err
+  end
+
+  local ocsp_url, ocsp_responder_err = ocsp.get_ocsp_responder_from_der_chain(der_cert_chain)
+  if not ocsp_url then
+    return nil, "failed to get OCSP URL: " .. (ocsp_responder_err or "")
+  end
+
+  local ocsp_req, ocsp_request_err = ocsp.create_ocsp_request(der_cert_chain)
+  if not ocsp_req then
+    return nil, "failed to create OCSP request: " .. (ocsp_request_err or "")
+  end
+
+  local httpc = http.new()
+  httpc:set_timeout(10000)
+
+  local res, req_err = httpc:request_uri(ocsp_url, {
+    method = "POST",
+    body = ocsp_req,
+    headers = {
+      ["Content-Type"] = "application/ocsp-request",
+    }
+  })
+
+  -- Perform various checks to ensure we have a valid OCSP response.
+  if not res then
+    return nil, "OCSP responder query failed (" .. (ocsp_url or "") .. "): " .. (req_err or "")
+  end
+
+  if res.status ~= 200 then
+    return nil, "OCSP responder returns bad HTTP status code (" .. (ocsp_url or "") .. "): " .. (res.status or "")
+  end
+
+  httpc:set_keepalive()
+
+  local ocsp_resp = res.body
+  if not ocsp_resp or ocsp_resp == "" then
+    return nil, "OCSP responder returns bad response body (" .. (ocsp_url or "") .. "): " .. (ocsp_resp or "")
+  end
+
+  local ok, ocsp_validate_err = ocsp.validate_ocsp_response(ocsp_resp, der_cert_chain)
+  if not ok then
+    return nil, "failed to validate OCSP response (" .. (ocsp_url or "") .. "): " .. (ocsp_validate_err or "")
+  end
+
+  return ocsp_resp, nil
+end
+
 function _M.configured_for_current_request()
   if ngx.ctx.configured_for_current_request ~= nil then
     return ngx.ctx.configured_for_current_request
@@ -89,6 +144,41 @@ function _M.call()
     ngx.log(ngx.ERR, set_pem_cert_key_err)
     return ngx.exit(ngx.ERROR)
   end
+
+  --- fake SSL certificate should not return OCSP responses
+  if hostname == DEFAULT_CERT_HOSTNAME then
+    return
+  end
+
+  --- only server names with a valid certificate can return OCSP responses
+  local cert_exists = certificate_servers:get(hostname)
+  if not cert_exists then
+    return
+  end
+
+  --- check if the OCSP response is in the cache
+  local ocsp_resp = ngx.shared.ocsp_cache:get(hostname)
+  if not ocsp_resp then
+    local ocsp_response_err
+    ocsp_resp, ocsp_response_err = get_ocsp_response(pem_cert_key)
+    if not ocsp_resp then
+      ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "failed to get OCSP response for hostname " .. hostname .. " : " .. ocsp_response_err)
+      return
+    end
+
+    local _, set_ocsp_err, set_ocsp_forcible = ngx.shared.ocsp_cache:set(hostname, ocsp_resp, 3600)
+    if set_ocsp_err then
+      ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "failed to set cache of OCSP response for " .. hostname .. ": ", set_ocsp_err)
+    elseif set_ocsp_forcible then
+      ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "'lua_shared_dict ocsp_cache' might be too small - consider increasing the size")
+    end
+  end
+
+  local ok, ocsp_status_err = ocsp.set_ocsp_status_resp(ocsp_resp)
+  if not ok then
+    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "failed to set OCSP information: " .. ocsp_status_err)
+  end
+
 end
 
 return _M