diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java
index d8876ba2..10e4d88d 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) {
       try {
         SSLContext context = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
         context.init(null, trustAllCerts, new SecureRandom());
-        TRUSTED_FACTORY = context.getSocketFactory();
+        TRUSTED_FACTORY = new TLSSocketFactory(context);
       } catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
         IOException ioException = new IOException(
             "Security exception configuring SSL context");
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/TLSSocketFactory.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/TLSSocketFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93c7996e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/TLSSocketFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Kevin Sawicki <kevinsawicki@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * TLSSocketFactory added by Fmstrat is used to enable TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 support
+ * Supported protocols per API can be found at:
+ *       https://developer.android.com/reference/javax/net/ssl/SSLSocket.html
+ */
+package com.github.kevinsawicki.http;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.Socket;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
+
+public class TLSSocketFactory extends SSLSocketFactory {
+
+	private final javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory socketFactory;
+
+	public TLSSocketFactory(SSLContext sslContext) {
+		super();
+		this.socketFactory = sslContext.getSocketFactory();
+   	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Socket createSocket(
+		final Socket socket,
+		final String host,
+		final int port,
+		final boolean autoClose
+	) throws java.io.IOException {
+		SSLSocket sslSocket = (SSLSocket) this.socketFactory.createSocket(
+			socket,
+			host,
+			port,
+			autoClose
+		);
+		sslSocket.setEnabledProtocols(sslSocket.getSupportedProtocols());
+		return sslSocket;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String[] getDefaultCipherSuites() {
+		return this.socketFactory.getDefaultCipherSuites();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String[] getSupportedCipherSuites() {
+		return this.socketFactory.getSupportedCipherSuites();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Socket createSocket(String s, int i) throws IOException {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Socket createSocket(String s, int i, InetAddress inetAddress, int i2) throws IOException {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Socket createSocket(InetAddress inetAddress, int i) throws IOException {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Socket createSocket(InetAddress inetAddress, int i, InetAddress inetAddress2, int i2) throws IOException {
+		return null;
+	}
+}