diff --git a/include/haproxy/cfgcond-t.h b/include/haproxy/cfgcond-t.h
index b4be9fe86..1e0929364 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/cfgcond-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/cfgcond-t.h
@@ -43,15 +43,16 @@ enum nested_cond_state {
 
 /* supported conditional predicates for .if/.elif */
 enum cond_predicate {
-	CFG_PRED_NONE,            // none
-	CFG_PRED_DEFINED,         // "defined"
-	CFG_PRED_FEATURE,         // "feature"
-	CFG_PRED_STREQ,           // "streq"
-	CFG_PRED_STRNEQ,          // "strneq"
-	CFG_PRED_VERSION_ATLEAST, // "version_atleast"
-	CFG_PRED_VERSION_BEFORE,  // "version_before"
-	CFG_PRED_OSSL_VERSION_ATLEAST, // "openssl_version_atleast"
-	CFG_PRED_OSSL_VERSION_BEFORE,  // "openssl_version_before"
+	CFG_PRED_NONE,                   // none
+	CFG_PRED_DEFINED,                // "defined"
+	CFG_PRED_FEATURE,                // "feature"
+	CFG_PRED_STREQ,                  // "streq"
+	CFG_PRED_STRNEQ,                 // "strneq"
+	CFG_PRED_VERSION_ATLEAST,        // "version_atleast"
+	CFG_PRED_VERSION_BEFORE,         // "version_before"
+	CFG_PRED_OSSL_VERSION_ATLEAST,   // "openssl_version_atleast"
+	CFG_PRED_OSSL_VERSION_BEFORE,    // "openssl_version_before"
+	CFG_PRED_SSLLIB_NAME_STARTSWITH, // "ssllib_name_startswith"
 };
 
 /* types for condition terms */
diff --git a/include/haproxy/tools.h b/include/haproxy/tools.h
index 141b3dadb..b6efd72f2 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/tools.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/tools.h
@@ -1096,5 +1096,7 @@ static inline void update_char_fingerprint(uint8_t *fp, char prev, char curr)
 
 /* compare the current OpenSSL version to a string */
 int openssl_compare_current_version(const char *version);
+/* compare the current OpenSSL name to a string */
+int openssl_compare_current_name(const char *name);
 
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_TOOLS_H */
diff --git a/src/cfgcond.c b/src/cfgcond.c
index 4aaa92d9d..5fb706912 100644
--- a/src/cfgcond.c
+++ b/src/cfgcond.c
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@
 
 /* supported condition predicates */
 const struct cond_pred_kw cond_predicates[] = {
-	{ "defined",                  CFG_PRED_DEFINED,              ARG1(1, STR)         },
-	{ "feature",                  CFG_PRED_FEATURE,              ARG1(1, STR)         },
-	{ "streq",                    CFG_PRED_STREQ,                ARG2(2, STR, STR)    },
-	{ "strneq",                   CFG_PRED_STRNEQ,               ARG2(2, STR, STR)    },
-	{ "version_atleast",          CFG_PRED_VERSION_ATLEAST,      ARG1(1, STR)         },
-	{ "version_before",           CFG_PRED_VERSION_BEFORE,       ARG1(1, STR)         },
-	{ "openssl_version_atleast",  CFG_PRED_OSSL_VERSION_ATLEAST, ARG1(1, STR)         },
-	{ "openssl_version_before",   CFG_PRED_OSSL_VERSION_BEFORE,  ARG1(1, STR)         },
+	{ "defined",                 CFG_PRED_DEFINED,                ARG1(1, STR)         },
+	{ "feature",                 CFG_PRED_FEATURE,                ARG1(1, STR)         },
+	{ "streq",                   CFG_PRED_STREQ,                  ARG2(2, STR, STR)    },
+	{ "strneq",                  CFG_PRED_STRNEQ,                 ARG2(2, STR, STR)    },
+	{ "version_atleast",         CFG_PRED_VERSION_ATLEAST,        ARG1(1, STR)         },
+	{ "version_before",          CFG_PRED_VERSION_BEFORE,         ARG1(1, STR)         },
+	{ "openssl_version_atleast", CFG_PRED_OSSL_VERSION_ATLEAST,   ARG1(1, STR)         },
+	{ "openssl_version_before",  CFG_PRED_OSSL_VERSION_BEFORE,    ARG1(1, STR)         },
+	{ "ssllib_name_startswith",  CFG_PRED_SSLLIB_NAME_STARTSWITH, ARG1(1, STR)         },
 	{ NULL, CFG_PRED_NONE, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ int cfg_eval_cond_term(const struct cfg_cond_term *term, char **err)
 				ret = opensslret > 0;
 			break;
 		}
+		case CFG_PRED_SSLLIB_NAME_STARTSWITH: { // checks if the current SSL library's name starts with a specified string (can be used to distinguish OpenSSL from LibreSSL or BoringSSL)
+			ret = openssl_compare_current_name(term->args[0].data.str.area) == 0;
+			break;
+		}
 		default:
 			memprintf(err, "internal error: unhandled conditional expression predicate '%s'", term->pred->word);
 			break;
diff --git a/src/tools.c b/src/tools.c
index 91b2acad8..144ef7eaf 100644
--- a/src/tools.c
+++ b/src/tools.c
@@ -5624,6 +5624,26 @@ int openssl_compare_current_version(const char *version)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function compares the loaded openssl name with a string <name>
+ * This function returns 0 if the OpenSSL name starts like the passed parameter,
+ * 1 otherwise.
+ */
+int openssl_compare_current_name(const char *name)
+{
+#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+	int name_len = 0;
+	const char *openssl_version = OpenSSL_version(OPENSSL_VERSION);
+
+	if (name) {
+		name_len = strlen(name);
+		if (strlen(name) <= strlen(openssl_version))
+			return strncmp(openssl_version, name, name_len);
+	}
+#endif
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int init_tools_per_thread()
 {
 	/* Let's make each thread start from a different position */