diff --git a/doc/api/tls.md b/doc/api/tls.md
index f801479041c204..b99ac6e4069f8d 100644
--- a/doc/api/tls.md
+++ b/doc/api/tls.md
@@ -1177,6 +1177,9 @@ being issued by trusted CA (`options.ca`).
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.11.3
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/27836
+    description: Support the `allowHalfOpen` option.
   - version: v12.4.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/27816
     description: The `hints` option is now supported.
@@ -1217,6 +1220,10 @@ changes:
     Connection/disconnection/destruction of `socket` is the user's
     responsibility; calling `tls.connect()` will not cause `net.connect()` to be
     called.
+  * `allowHalfOpen` {boolean} If the `socket` option is missing, indicates
+    whether or not to allow the internally created socket to be half-open,
+    otherwise the option is ignored. See the `allowHalfOpen` option of
+    [`net.Socket`][] for details. **Default:** `false`.
   * `rejectUnauthorized` {boolean} If not `false`, the server certificate is
     verified against the list of supplied CAs. An `'error'` event is emitted if
     verification fails; `err.code` contains the OpenSSL error code. **Default:**
diff --git a/lib/_tls_wrap.js b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
index d3483fc44a34b2..2921a446cdc4b6 100644
--- a/lib/_tls_wrap.js
+++ b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ function TLSSocket(socket, opts) {
 
   net.Socket.call(this, {
     handle: this._wrapHandle(wrap),
-    allowHalfOpen: socket && socket.allowHalfOpen,
+    allowHalfOpen: socket ? socket.allowHalfOpen : tlsOptions.allowHalfOpen,
     readable: false,
     writable: false
   });
@@ -1403,6 +1403,7 @@ exports.connect = function connect(...args) {
   const context = options.secureContext || tls.createSecureContext(options);
 
   const tlssock = new TLSSocket(options.socket, {
+    allowHalfOpen: options.allowHalfOpen,
     pipe: !!options.path,
     secureContext: context,
     isServer: false,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-connect-allow-half-open-option.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-connect-allow-half-open-option.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..46b4eeab898c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-connect-allow-half-open-option.js
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+
+// This test verifies that `tls.connect()` honors the `allowHalfOpen` option.
+
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+const tls = require('tls');
+
+{
+  const socket = tls.connect({ lookup() {} });
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.allowHalfOpen, false);
+}
+
+{
+  const socket = tls.connect({ allowHalfOpen: false, lookup() {} });
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.allowHalfOpen, false);
+}
+
+const server = tls.createServer({
+  key: fixtures.readKey('agent1-key.pem'),
+  cert: fixtures.readKey('agent1-cert.pem'),
+}, common.mustCall((socket) => {
+  server.close();
+
+  let message = '';
+
+  socket.setEncoding('utf8');
+  socket.on('data', (chunk) => {
+    message += chunk;
+
+    if (message === 'Hello') {
+      socket.end(message);
+      message = '';
+    }
+  });
+
+  socket.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+    assert.strictEqual(message, 'Bye');
+  }));
+}));
+
+server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
+  const socket = tls.connect({
+    port: server.address().port,
+    rejectUnauthorized: false,
+    allowHalfOpen: true,
+  }, common.mustCall(() => {
+    let message = '';
+
+    socket.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      message += chunk;
+    });
+
+    socket.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+      assert.strictEqual(message, 'Hello');
+
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        assert(socket.writable);
+        assert(socket.write('Bye'));
+        socket.end();
+      }, 50);
+    }));
+
+    socket.write('Hello');
+  }));
+
+  socket.setEncoding('utf8');
+}));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-allow-half-open-option.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-allow-half-open-option.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..36449a6130c6d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-socket-allow-half-open-option.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+
+// Test the `allowHalfOpen` option of the `tls.TLSSocket` constructor.
+
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const net = require('net');
+const stream = require('stream');
+const tls = require('tls');
+
+{
+  // The option is ignored when the `socket` argument is a `net.Socket`.
+  const socket = new tls.TLSSocket(new net.Socket(), { allowHalfOpen: true });
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.allowHalfOpen, false);
+}
+
+{
+  // The option is ignored when the `socket` argument is a generic
+  // `stream.Duplex`.
+  const duplex = new stream.Duplex({ allowHalfOpen: false });
+  const socket = new tls.TLSSocket(duplex, { allowHalfOpen: true });
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.allowHalfOpen, false);
+}
+
+{
+  const socket = new tls.TLSSocket();
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.allowHalfOpen, false);
+}
+
+{
+  // The option is honored when the `socket` argument is not specified.
+  const socket = new tls.TLSSocket(undefined, { allowHalfOpen: true });
+  assert.strictEqual(socket.allowHalfOpen, true);
+}