diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
index fcbbec0b3..8b9fa5cda 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
@@ -3171,6 +3171,8 @@ Init_ossl_ssl(void)
     rb_define_method(cSSLSocket, "connect_nonblock",    ossl_ssl_connect_nonblock, -1);
     rb_define_method(cSSLSocket, "accept",     ossl_ssl_accept, 0);
     rb_define_method(cSSLSocket, "accept_nonblock", ossl_ssl_accept_nonblock, -1);
+    rb_define_alias(cSSLSocket, "start", "accept");
+    rb_define_alias(cSSLSocket, "start_nonblock", "accept_nonblock");
     rb_define_method(cSSLSocket, "sysread",    ossl_ssl_read, -1);
     rb_define_private_method(cSSLSocket, "sysread_nonblock",    ossl_ssl_read_nonblock, -1);
     rb_define_method(cSSLSocket, "syswrite",   ossl_ssl_write, 1);
diff --git a/test/openssl/test_ssl.rb b/test/openssl/test_ssl.rb
index 914b80623..a61ccc00b 100644
--- a/test/openssl/test_ssl.rb
+++ b/test/openssl/test_ssl.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@
 if defined?(OpenSSL::SSL)
 
 class OpenSSL::TestSSL < OpenSSL::SSLTestCase
+  def test_server_handshake_aliases
+    assert_equal(
+      OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.instance_method(:accept),
+      OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.instance_method(:start),
+    )
+    assert_equal(
+      OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.instance_method(:accept_nonblock),
+      OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.instance_method(:start_nonblock),
+    )
+  end
+
   def test_bad_socket
     bad_socket = Struct.new(:sync).new
     assert_raise TypeError do