diff --git a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/ClientCnxnSocketNetty.java b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/ClientCnxnSocketNetty.java
index 82364dcb55b..cc8f5a90836 100644
--- a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/ClientCnxnSocketNetty.java
+++ b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/ClientCnxnSocketNetty.java
@@ -443,7 +443,8 @@ protected void initChannel(SocketChannel ch) throws Exception {
         // The synchronized is to prevent the race on shared variable "sslContext".
         // Basically we only need to create it once.
         private synchronized void initSSL(ChannelPipeline pipeline)
-            throws X509Exception.KeyManagerException, X509Exception.TrustManagerException, SSLException {
+            throws X509Exception.SSLContextException, X509Exception.KeyManagerException,
+                   X509Exception.TrustManagerException, SSLException {
             if (sslContext == null) {
                 try (ClientX509Util x509Util = new ClientX509Util()) {
                     sslContext = x509Util.createNettySslContextForClient(clientConfig);
diff --git a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/ClientX509Util.java b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/ClientX509Util.java
index 1e50b84257c..82b1bb3fd1e 100644
--- a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/ClientX509Util.java
+++ b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/ClientX509Util.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 package org.apache.zookeeper.common;
 
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.DelegatingSslContext;
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.IdentityCipherSuiteFilter;
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.JdkSslContext;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.OpenSsl;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContext;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContextBuilder;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.security.Security;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import javax.net.ssl.KeyManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLParameters;
@@ -62,7 +65,13 @@ public String getSslProviderProperty() {
     }
 
     public SslContext createNettySslContextForClient(ZKConfig config)
-        throws X509Exception.KeyManagerException, X509Exception.TrustManagerException, SSLException {
+        throws X509Exception.SSLContextException, X509Exception.KeyManagerException,
+               X509Exception.TrustManagerException, SSLException {
+        SSLContext suppliedSSLContext = loadSuppliedSSLContext(config);
+        if (suppliedSSLContext != null) {
+            return createNettyJdkSslContext(config, suppliedSSLContext, true);
+        }
+
         SslContextBuilder sslContextBuilder = SslContextBuilder.forClient();
 
         KeyManager km = buildKeyManager(config);
@@ -97,6 +106,11 @@ public SslContext createNettySslContextForClient(ZKConfig config)
 
     public SslContext createNettySslContextForServer(ZKConfig config)
         throws X509Exception.SSLContextException, X509Exception.KeyManagerException, X509Exception.TrustManagerException, SSLException {
+        SSLContext suppliedSSLContext = loadSuppliedSSLContext(config);
+        if (suppliedSSLContext != null) {
+            return createNettyJdkSslContext(config, suppliedSSLContext, false);
+        }
+
         KeyManager km = buildKeyManager(config);
         if (km == null) {
             throw new X509Exception.SSLContextException(
@@ -133,6 +147,54 @@ public SslContext createNettySslContextForServer(ZKConfig config, KeyManager key
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Wraps a user supplied {@link SSLContext} in a Netty {@link SslContext}, applying the configured
+     * protocols, cipher suites, client auth mode and hostname verification on top of it.
+     *
+     * <p>A supplied SSLContext carries its own key and trust managers, so it can only be used with the
+     * JDK SSL provider: the OpenSSL providers build their own native context and cannot delegate to it.
+     *
+     * <p>Unlike the file based path, hostname verification is applied whenever it is enabled. The file
+     * based path relies on {@link ZKTrustManager} to verify hostnames and only falls back to endpoint
+     * identification when no trust manager is available, which is never the case for a supplied context.
+     *
+     * @param config     the configuration to read the SSL options from.
+     * @param sslContext the user supplied SSLContext.
+     * @param isClient   {@code true} to create a client side context, {@code false} for server side.
+     * @return the Netty SslContext.
+     * @throws X509Exception.SSLContextException if a non JDK SSL provider is configured.
+     */
+    private SslContext createNettyJdkSslContext(ZKConfig config, SSLContext sslContext, boolean isClient)
+        throws X509Exception.SSLContextException {
+        SslProvider sslProvider = getSslProvider(config);
+        if (sslProvider != SslProvider.JDK) {
+            throw new X509Exception.SSLContextException("An SSLContext supplied through "
+                                                       + getSslContextSupplierClassProperty()
+                                                       + " can only be used with the JDK SSL provider, but "
+                                                       + getSslProviderProperty()
+                                                       + " is set to "
+                                                       + sslProvider);
+        }
+
+        SslContext nettySslContext = new JdkSslContext(
+            sslContext,
+            isClient,
+            getCipherSuites(config),
+            IdentityCipherSuiteFilter.INSTANCE,
+            null,
+            isClient ? X509Util.ClientAuth.NONE.toNettyClientAuth() : getClientAuth(config).toNettyClientAuth(),
+            getEnabledProtocols(config),
+            false);
+
+        boolean hostnameVerificationEnabled = isClient
+            ? isServerHostnameVerificationEnabled(config)
+            : isClientHostnameVerificationEnabled(config);
+        if (hostnameVerificationEnabled) {
+            return addHostnameVerification(nettySslContext, isClient ? "Server" : "Client");
+        }
+        return nettySslContext;
+    }
+
     private SslContextBuilder handleTcnativeOcspStapling(SslContextBuilder builder, ZKConfig config) {
         SslProvider sslProvider = getSslProvider(config);
         boolean tcnative = sslProvider == SslProvider.OPENSSL || sslProvider == SslProvider.OPENSSL_REFCNT;
diff --git a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/X509Util.java b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/X509Util.java
index 460a6f3ac55..2a91e87d217 100644
--- a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/X509Util.java
+++ b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/X509Util.java
@@ -360,30 +360,47 @@ public int getSslHandshakeTimeoutMillis() {
         }
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public SSLContextAndOptions createSSLContextAndOptions(ZKConfig config) throws SSLContextException {
+        final SSLContext suppliedSSLContext = loadSuppliedSSLContext(config);
+        if (suppliedSSLContext != null) {
+            return new SSLContextAndOptions(this, config, suppliedSSLContext);
+        }
+        return createSSLContextAndOptionsFromConfig(config);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loads an {@link SSLContext} from the {@link Supplier} implementation named by the
+     * {@link #getSslContextSupplierClassProperty()} property. This allows a user to take full control over
+     * the construction of the SSLContext, for example to use a hardware key store or an SSLContext obtained
+     * from a container, rather than having ZooKeeper load key material from files.
+     *
+     * @param config the configuration to read the supplier class name from.
+     * @return the supplied SSLContext, or {@code null} if the property is not set.
+     * @throws SSLContextException if the supplier class cannot be loaded, instantiated or invoked.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    protected SSLContext loadSuppliedSSLContext(ZKConfig config) throws SSLContextException {
         final String supplierContextClassName = config.getProperty(sslContextSupplierClassProperty);
-        if (supplierContextClassName != null) {
-            LOG.debug("Loading SSLContext supplier from property '{}'", sslContextSupplierClassProperty);
+        if (supplierContextClassName == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        LOG.debug("Loading SSLContext supplier from property '{}'", sslContextSupplierClassProperty);
 
-            try {
-                Class<?> sslContextClass = Class.forName(supplierContextClassName);
-                Supplier<SSLContext> sslContextSupplier = (Supplier<SSLContext>) sslContextClass.getConstructor().newInstance();
-                return new SSLContextAndOptions(this, config, sslContextSupplier.get());
-            } catch (ClassNotFoundException
-                | ClassCastException
-                | NoSuchMethodException
-                | InvocationTargetException
-                | InstantiationException
-                | IllegalAccessException e) {
-                throw new SSLContextException("Could not retrieve the SSLContext from supplier source '"
-                                              + supplierContextClassName
-                                              + "' provided in the property '"
-                                              + sslContextSupplierClassProperty
-                                              + "'", e);
-            }
-        } else {
-            return createSSLContextAndOptionsFromConfig(config);
+        try {
+            Class<?> sslContextClass = Class.forName(supplierContextClassName);
+            Supplier<SSLContext> sslContextSupplier = (Supplier<SSLContext>) sslContextClass.getConstructor().newInstance();
+            return sslContextSupplier.get();
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException
+            | ClassCastException
+            | NoSuchMethodException
+            | InvocationTargetException
+            | InstantiationException
+            | IllegalAccessException e) {
+            throw new SSLContextException("Could not retrieve the SSLContext from supplier source '"
+                                          + supplierContextClassName
+                                          + "' provided in the property '"
+                                          + sslContextSupplierClassProperty
+                                          + "'", e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/X509UtilTest.java b/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/X509UtilTest.java
index 660ca64bfdb..f76b91ddf9f 100644
--- a/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/X509UtilTest.java
+++ b/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/common/X509UtilTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import io.netty.buffer.UnpooledByteBufAllocator;
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.JdkSslContext;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContext;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
@@ -91,6 +92,8 @@ public void cleanUp() {
         System.clearProperty(x509Util.getCipherSuitesProperty());
         System.clearProperty(x509Util.getSslProtocolProperty());
         System.clearProperty(x509Util.getSslHandshakeDetectionTimeoutMillisProperty());
+        System.clearProperty(x509Util.getSslHostnameVerificationEnabledProperty());
+        System.clearProperty(x509Util.getSslClientHostnameVerificationEnabledProperty());
         System.clearProperty(ServerCnxnFactory.ZOOKEEPER_SERVER_CNXN_FACTORY);
         System.clearProperty(ZKClientConfig.ZOOKEEPER_CLIENT_CNXN_SOCKET);
         System.clearProperty(FIPS_MODE_PROPERTY);
@@ -725,6 +728,64 @@ public void testCreateSSLContext_validCustomSSLContextClass(
         assertEquals(SSLContext.getDefault(), sslContext);
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("data")
+    public void testCreateNettySslContextForClient_customSSLContextClass(
+            X509KeyType caKeyType, X509KeyType certKeyType, String keyPassword, Integer paramIndex)
+            throws Exception {
+        init(caKeyType, certKeyType, keyPassword, paramIndex);
+        try (ClientX509Util clientX509Util = new ClientX509Util()) {
+            ZKConfig zkConfig = new ZKConfig();
+            zkConfig.setProperty(clientX509Util.getSslContextSupplierClassProperty(), SslContextSupplier.class.getName());
+            // Disable hostname verification so the JdkSslContext is not wrapped in a DelegatingSslContext.
+            zkConfig.setProperty(clientX509Util.getSslHostnameVerificationEnabledProperty(), "false");
+
+            SslContext sslContext = clientX509Util.createNettySslContextForClient(zkConfig);
+
+            assertTrue(sslContext instanceof JdkSslContext);
+            assertEquals(SSLContext.getDefault(), ((JdkSslContext) sslContext).context());
+            assertTrue(sslContext.isClient());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("data")
+    public void testCreateNettySslContextForServer_customSSLContextClass(
+            X509KeyType caKeyType, X509KeyType certKeyType, String keyPassword, Integer paramIndex)
+            throws Exception {
+        init(caKeyType, certKeyType, keyPassword, paramIndex);
+        try (ClientX509Util clientX509Util = new ClientX509Util()) {
+            ZKConfig zkConfig = new ZKConfig();
+            zkConfig.setProperty(clientX509Util.getSslContextSupplierClassProperty(), SslContextSupplier.class.getName());
+            // A supplied SSLContext carries its own key material, so no key store must be required.
+            zkConfig.setProperty(clientX509Util.getSslKeystoreLocationProperty(), "");
+            // Disable hostname verification so the JdkSslContext is not wrapped in a DelegatingSslContext.
+            zkConfig.setProperty(clientX509Util.getSslHostnameVerificationEnabledProperty(), "false");
+
+            SslContext sslContext = clientX509Util.createNettySslContextForServer(zkConfig);
+
+            assertTrue(sslContext instanceof JdkSslContext);
+            assertEquals(SSLContext.getDefault(), ((JdkSslContext) sslContext).context());
+            assertTrue(sslContext.isServer());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("data")
+    public void testCreateNettySslContext_customSSLContextClassRejectsNonJdkProvider(
+            X509KeyType caKeyType, X509KeyType certKeyType, String keyPassword, Integer paramIndex)
+            throws Exception {
+        init(caKeyType, certKeyType, keyPassword, paramIndex);
+        try (ClientX509Util clientX509Util = new ClientX509Util()) {
+            ZKConfig zkConfig = new ZKConfig();
+            zkConfig.setProperty(clientX509Util.getSslContextSupplierClassProperty(), SslContextSupplier.class.getName());
+            zkConfig.setProperty(clientX509Util.getSslProviderProperty(), "OPENSSL");
+
+            assertThrows(X509Exception.SSLContextException.class,
+                () -> clientX509Util.createNettySslContextForClient(zkConfig));
+        }
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("data")
     public void testCreateSSLContext_ocspWithJreProvider(