diff --git a/gennghttpxfun.py b/gennghttpxfun.py
index f46fac78..f741920a 100755
--- a/gennghttpxfun.py
+++ b/gennghttpxfun.py
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ OPTIONS = [
     "no-add-x-forwarded-proto",
     "no-strip-incoming-x-forwarded-proto",
     "ocsp-startup",
+    "no-verify-ocsp",
 ]
 
 LOGVARS = [
diff --git a/src/shrpx.cc b/src/shrpx.cc
index c6f6a322..2d5f339d 100644
--- a/src/shrpx.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx.cc
@@ -2240,6 +2240,8 @@ SSL/TLS:
               the  attempts  fail.  This  feature  is  useful if  OCSP
               responses   must    be   available    before   accepting
               connections.
+  --no-verify-ocsp
+              nghttpx does not verify OCSP response.
   --no-ocsp   Disable OCSP stapling.
   --tls-session-cache-memcached=<HOST>,<PORT>[;tls]
               Specify  address of  memcached server  to store  session
@@ -3191,6 +3193,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         {SHRPX_OPT_BACKEND_NO_TLS.c_str(), no_argument, &flag, 27},
         {SHRPX_OPT_OCSP_STARTUP.c_str(), no_argument, &flag, 28},
         {SHRPX_OPT_FRONTEND_NO_TLS.c_str(), no_argument, &flag, 29},
+        {SHRPX_OPT_NO_VERIFY_OCSP.c_str(), no_argument, &flag, 30},
         {SHRPX_OPT_BACKEND_TLS_SNI_FIELD.c_str(), required_argument, &flag, 31},
         {SHRPX_OPT_DH_PARAM_FILE.c_str(), required_argument, &flag, 33},
         {SHRPX_OPT_READ_RATE.c_str(), required_argument, &flag, 34},
@@ -3550,6 +3553,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         cmdcfgs.emplace_back(SHRPX_OPT_FRONTEND_NO_TLS,
                              StringRef::from_lit("yes"));
         break;
+      case 30:
+        // --no-verify-ocsp
+        cmdcfgs.emplace_back(SHRPX_OPT_NO_VERIFY_OCSP,
+                             StringRef::from_lit("yes"));
+        break;
       case 31:
         // --backend-tls-sni-field
         cmdcfgs.emplace_back(SHRPX_OPT_BACKEND_TLS_SNI_FIELD,
diff --git a/src/shrpx_config.cc b/src/shrpx_config.cc
index f8b696d0..e0ff9de2 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_config.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_config.cc
@@ -1651,6 +1651,11 @@ int option_lookup_token(const char *name, size_t namelen) {
         return SHRPX_OPTID_NO_SERVER_PUSH;
       }
       break;
+    case 'p':
+      if (util::strieq_l("no-verify-ocs", name, 13)) {
+        return SHRPX_OPTID_NO_VERIFY_OCSP;
+      }
+      break;
     case 's':
       if (util::strieq_l("backend-no-tl", name, 13)) {
         return SHRPX_OPTID_BACKEND_NO_TLS;
@@ -3429,6 +3434,10 @@ int parse_config(Config *config, int optid, const StringRef &opt,
   case SHRPX_OPTID_OCSP_STARTUP:
     config->tls.ocsp.startup = util::strieq_l("yes", optarg);
 
+    return 0;
+  case SHRPX_OPTID_NO_VERIFY_OCSP:
+    config->tls.ocsp.no_verify = util::strieq_l("yes", optarg);
+
     return 0;
   case SHRPX_OPTID_CONF:
     LOG(WARN) << "conf: ignored";
diff --git a/src/shrpx_config.h b/src/shrpx_config.h
index 820f90fa..392904d4 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_config.h
+++ b/src/shrpx_config.h
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ constexpr auto SHRPX_OPT_NO_ADD_X_FORWARDED_PROTO =
 constexpr auto SHRPX_OPT_NO_STRIP_INCOMING_X_FORWARDED_PROTO =
     StringRef::from_lit("no-strip-incoming-x-forwarded-proto");
 constexpr auto SHRPX_OPT_OCSP_STARTUP = StringRef::from_lit("ocsp-startup");
+constexpr auto SHRPX_OPT_NO_VERIFY_OCSP = StringRef::from_lit("no-verify-ocsp");
 
 constexpr size_t SHRPX_OBFUSCATED_NODE_LENGTH = 8;
 
@@ -563,6 +564,7 @@ struct TLSConfig {
     StringRef fetch_ocsp_response_file;
     bool disabled;
     bool startup;
+    bool no_verify;
   } ocsp;
 
   // Client verification configurations
@@ -1045,6 +1047,7 @@ enum {
   SHRPX_OPTID_NO_SERVER_PUSH,
   SHRPX_OPTID_NO_SERVER_REWRITE,
   SHRPX_OPTID_NO_STRIP_INCOMING_X_FORWARDED_PROTO,
+  SHRPX_OPTID_NO_VERIFY_OCSP,
   SHRPX_OPTID_NO_VIA,
   SHRPX_OPTID_NPN_LIST,
   SHRPX_OPTID_OCSP_STARTUP,
diff --git a/src/shrpx_connection_handler.cc b/src/shrpx_connection_handler.cc
index ae55701c..cf078a12 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_connection_handler.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_connection_handler.cc
@@ -620,8 +620,13 @@ void ConnectionHandler::handle_ocsp_complete() {
               << " finished successfully";
   }
 
+  auto config = get_config();
+  auto &tlsconf = config->tls;
+
+  if (tlsconf.ocsp.no_verify ||
+      tls::verify_ocsp_response(ssl_ctx, ocsp_.resp.data(),
+                                ocsp_.resp.size()) == 0) {
 #ifndef OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL
-  {
 #ifdef HAVE_ATOMIC_STD_SHARED_PTR
     std::atomic_store_explicit(
         &tls_ctx_data->ocsp_data,
@@ -632,10 +637,10 @@ void ConnectionHandler::handle_ocsp_complete() {
     tls_ctx_data->ocsp_data =
         std::make_shared<std::vector<uint8_t>>(std::move(ocsp_.resp));
 #endif // !HAVE_ATOMIC_STD_SHARED_PTR
-  }
 #else  // OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL
-  SSL_CTX_set_ocsp_response(ssl_ctx, ocsp_.resp.data(), ocsp_.resp.size());
+    SSL_CTX_set_ocsp_response(ssl_ctx, ocsp_.resp.data(), ocsp_.resp.size());
 #endif // OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL
+  }
 
   ++ocsp_.next;
   proceed_next_cert_ocsp();
diff --git a/src/shrpx_tls.cc b/src/shrpx_tls.cc
index 1b4f8dba..171f2092 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_tls.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_tls.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
 #include <openssl/dh.h>
+#include <openssl/ocsp.h>
 
 #include <nghttp2/nghttp2.h>
 
@@ -1818,6 +1819,84 @@ int proto_version_from_string(const StringRef &v) {
   return -1;
 }
 
+int verify_ocsp_response(SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx, const uint8_t *ocsp_resp,
+                         size_t ocsp_resplen) {
+#if !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) && OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10002000L
+  int rv;
+
+  STACK_OF(X509) * chain_certs;
+  SSL_CTX_get0_chain_certs(ssl_ctx, &chain_certs);
+
+  auto resp = d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE(nullptr, &ocsp_resp, ocsp_resplen);
+  if (resp == nullptr) {
+    LOG(ERROR) << "d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE failed";
+    return -1;
+  }
+  auto resp_deleter = defer(OCSP_RESPONSE_free, resp);
+
+  ERR_clear_error();
+
+  auto bs = OCSP_response_get1_basic(resp);
+  if (bs == nullptr) {
+    LOG(ERROR) << "OCSP_response_get1_basic failed: "
+               << ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), nullptr);
+    return -1;
+  }
+  auto bs_deleter = defer(OCSP_BASICRESP_free, bs);
+
+  ERR_clear_error();
+
+  rv = OCSP_basic_verify(bs, chain_certs, nullptr, OCSP_TRUSTOTHER);
+
+  if (rv != 1) {
+    LOG(ERROR) << "OCSP_basic_verify failed: "
+               << ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), nullptr);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  auto sresp = OCSP_resp_get0(bs, 0);
+  if (sresp == nullptr) {
+    LOG(ERROR) << "OCSP response verification failed: no single response";
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+#if OPENSSL_1_1_API
+  auto certid = OCSP_SINGLERESP_get0_id(sresp);
+#else  // !OPENSSL_1_1_API
+  auto certid = sresp->certId;
+#endif // !OPENSSL_1_1_API
+  assert(certid != nullptr);
+
+  ASN1_INTEGER *serial;
+  rv = OCSP_id_get0_info(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, &serial,
+                         const_cast<OCSP_CERTID *>(certid));
+  if (rv != 1) {
+    LOG(ERROR) << "OCSP_id_get0_info failed";
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (serial == nullptr) {
+    LOG(ERROR) << "OCSP response does not contain serial number";
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  auto cert = SSL_CTX_get0_certificate(ssl_ctx);
+  auto cert_serial = X509_get_serialNumber(cert);
+
+  if (ASN1_INTEGER_cmp(cert_serial, serial)) {
+    LOG(ERROR) << "OCSP verification serial numbers do not match";
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (LOG_ENABLED(INFO)) {
+    LOG(INFO) << "OCSP verification succeeded";
+  }
+#endif // !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) && OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >=
+       // 0x10002000L
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 } // namespace tls
 
 } // namespace shrpx
diff --git a/src/shrpx_tls.h b/src/shrpx_tls.h
index 7775d18e..20be9607 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_tls.h
+++ b/src/shrpx_tls.h
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ X509 *load_certificate(const char *filename);
 // TLS version string.
 int proto_version_from_string(const StringRef &v);
 
+// Verifies OCSP response |ocsp_resp| of length |ocsp_resplen|.  This
+// function returns 0 if it succeeds, or -1.
+int verify_ocsp_response(SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx, const uint8_t *ocsp_resp,
+                         size_t ocsp_resplen);
+
 } // namespace tls
 
 } // namespace shrpx