diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -1481,7 +1481,8 @@ context_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject
     self->ctx = ctx;
     /* Defaults */
     SSL_CTX_set_verify(self->ctx, SSL_VERIFY_NONE, NULL);
-    SSL_CTX_set_options(self->ctx, SSL_OP_ALL);
+    SSL_CTX_set_options(self->ctx,
+                        SSL_OP_ALL & ~SSL_OP_DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS);
 
 #define SID_CTX "Python"
     SSL_CTX_set_session_id_context(self->ctx, (const unsigned char *) SID_CTX,
@@ -2143,7 +2144,8 @@ PyInit__ssl(void)
                             PY_SSL_VERSION_TLS1);
 
     /* protocol options */
-    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "OP_ALL", SSL_OP_ALL);
+    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "OP_ALL",
+                            SSL_OP_ALL & ~SSL_OP_DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS);
     PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "OP_NO_SSLv2", SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2);
     PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "OP_NO_SSLv3", SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3);
     PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "OP_NO_TLSv1", SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1);