diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/http/SSLConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/http/SSLConfig.java
index 6e513b6..100bad1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/http/SSLConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/http/SSLConfig.java
@@ -27,14 +27,19 @@ public class SSLConfig {
   private final String certificatePassword;
   private final File trustKeyStore;
   private final String trustKeyStorePassword;
+  private final long sessionTimeoutInSeconds;
+  private final long sessionCacheSize;
 
   private SSLConfig(File keyStore, String keyStorePassword,
-                    String certificatePassword, File trustKeyStore, String trustKeyStorePassword) {
+                    String certificatePassword, File trustKeyStore, String trustKeyStorePassword,
+                    long sessionCacheSize, long sessionTimeoutInSeconds) {
     this.keyStore = keyStore;
     this.keyStorePassword = keyStorePassword;
     this.certificatePassword = certificatePassword;
     this.trustKeyStore = trustKeyStore;
     this.trustKeyStorePassword = trustKeyStorePassword;
+    this.sessionCacheSize = sessionCacheSize;
+    this.sessionTimeoutInSeconds = sessionTimeoutInSeconds;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -72,6 +77,20 @@ public String getTrustKeyStorePassword() {
     return trustKeyStorePassword;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return size of cache used for storing SSL session objects.
+   */
+  public long getSessionCacheSize() {
+    return sessionCacheSize;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return timeout for the cached SSL session objects, in seconds.
+   */
+  public long getSessionTimeoutInSeconds() {
+    return sessionTimeoutInSeconds;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates a builder for the SSLConfig.
    *
@@ -92,10 +111,14 @@ public static class Builder {
     private String certificatePassword;
     private File trustKeyStore;
     private String trustKeyStorePassword;
+    private long sessionTimeoutInSeconds;
+    private long sessionCacheSize;
 
     private Builder(File keyStore, String keyStorePassword) {
       this.keyStore = keyStore;
       this.keyStorePassword = keyStorePassword;
+      this.sessionCacheSize = 10000L;
+      this.sessionTimeoutInSeconds = 60L;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -120,6 +143,28 @@ public Builder setTrustKeyStore(File trustKeyStore) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the SSL session object timeout in seconds.
+     *
+     * @param sessionTimeoutInSeconds time in seconds.
+     * @return an instance of {@code Builder}.
+     */
+    public Builder setSessionTimeoutInSecond(long sessionTimeoutInSeconds) {
+      this.sessionTimeoutInSeconds = sessionTimeoutInSeconds;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the SSL session object cache.
+     *
+     * @param sessionCacheSize size of SSL session object to be cached.
+     * @return an instance of {@code Builder}.
+     */
+    public Builder setSessionCacheSize(long sessionCacheSize) {
+      this.sessionCacheSize = sessionCacheSize;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set trust KeyStore password.
      *
@@ -144,7 +189,8 @@ public SSLConfig build() {
       if (keyStorePassword == null) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("KeyStore Password Not Configured");
       }
-      return new SSLConfig(keyStore, keyStorePassword, certificatePassword, trustKeyStore, trustKeyStorePassword);
+      return new SSLConfig(keyStore, keyStorePassword, certificatePassword, trustKeyStore, trustKeyStorePassword,
+              sessionCacheSize, sessionTimeoutInSeconds);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/http/SSLHandlerFactory.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/http/SSLHandlerFactory.java
index 6be7adf..68aac2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/http/SSLHandlerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/http/SSLHandlerFactory.java
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ public SSLHandlerFactory(SSLConfig sslConfig) {
         tmf.init(tks);
         builder.trustManager(tmf);
       }
-
+      builder.sessionTimeout(sslConfig.getSessionTimeoutInSeconds());
+      builder.sessionCacheSize(sslConfig.getSessionCacheSize());
       this.sslContext = builder.build();
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to initialize the server-side SSLContext", e);