diff --git a/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml b/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ba8ba5566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+name = "example-low-level-openssl"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+axum = { path = "../../axum" }
+futures-util = "0.3"
+hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["full"] }
+openssl = "0.10"
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
+tokio-openssl = "0.6"
+tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["make"] }
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/low-level-openssl/self_signed_certs/cert.pem b/examples/low-level-openssl/self_signed_certs/cert.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..656aa88055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/low-level-openssl/self_signed_certs/cert.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+ZwetN4GU7OWcYhmOgSizRSs6u7mTfp62LDMt96WKU3THksOnZ44HnqWQxsSfdFVU
+XJD12tjvVU8Z4FWzQajcHeemUYiDze8EAh6TnxnUcOrU8IcwiKGxCWRY/908jnWg
++MMscfMCMYTRdeTPqD8fGzAlUCtmyzH6KLE3s4Oo/r5+NR+Uvrwpdvb7xe0MwwO9
+Q/zR4N8ep/HwHVEObcaBofE1ssZLksX7ZgCP9wMgXRWpNAtC5EWxMbxYjBfWFH24
+fDJlBMiGJWg8HHcxK7wQhFh+fuyNzE+xEWPsI9VL1zDftd9x8/QsOagyEOnY8Vxr
+AopvZ09uEQ==
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/examples/low-level-openssl/self_signed_certs/key.pem b/examples/low-level-openssl/self_signed_certs/key.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3de14eb32f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/low-level-openssl/self_signed_certs/key.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIIEvQIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKcwggSjAgEAAoIBAQDTZXlmOaosH9VD
+BNquvP/fmqxrzcv4NsChrTTTX6NWaYL4b025+LR1qugVaP9SJy/Z9lYRNTwmhkpS
+tfgEr2iDlyDmuWf8K0FFYJRgjBGBj1H8J0EY+fiSn5eRIloLDvhkjIvL9l+7HqHw
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+YiK9GFFgOPtY6lLgIQR5DE/WIfX9Pk/sV21MZ1NtUEAEIDwmEv3q4UY+k5gdwz/t
+HkQgDfJnkU2D3fVDOgMhOO1ca1DrL3+X8hiRabonrtFZw3QihOxmHPRY1TiAB6yV
+W0kuh+fxAgMBAAECggEADltu8k1qTFLhJgsXWxTFAAe+PBgfCT2WuaRM2So+qqjB
+12Of0MieYPt5hbK63HaC3nfHgqWt7yPhulpXfOH45C8IcgMXl93MMg0MJr58leMI
++2ojFrIrerHSFm5R1TxwDEwrVm/mMowzDWFtQCc6zPJ8wNn5RuP48HKfTZ3/2fjw
+zEjSwPO2wFMfo1EJNTjlI303lFbdFBs67NaX6puh30M7Tn+gznHKyO5a7F57wkIt
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+RPXOAqVDd7EpP1UUehZlKVWZ0OZMEfRgKbRCel5abQKBgQDwgwrIQ5+BiZv6a0VT
+ETeXB+hRbvBinRykNo/RvLc3j1enRh9/zO/ShadZIXgOAiM1Jnr5Gp8KkNGca6K1
+myhtad7xYPODYzNXXp6T1OPgZxHZLIYzVUj6ypXeV64Te5ZiDaJ1D49czsq+PqsQ
+XRcgBJSNpFtDFiXWpjXWfx8PxwKBgQDhAnLY5Sl2eeQo+ud0MvjwftB/mN2qCzJY
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+ZTNbLtC6hwKBgHfIzBXxl/9sCcMuqdg1Ovp9dbcZCaATn7ApfHd5BccmHQGyav27
+k7XF2xMJGEHhzqcqAxUNrSgV+E9vTBomrHvRvrd5Ec7eGTPqbBA0d0nMC5eeFTh7
+wV0miH20LX6Gjt9G6yJiHYSbeV5G1+vOcTYBEft5X/qJjU7aePXbWh0BAoGBAJlV
+5tgCCuhvFloK6fHYzqZtdT6O+PfpW20SMXrgkvMF22h2YvgDFrDwqKRUB47NfHzg
+3yBpxNH1ccA5/w97QO8w3gX3h6qicpJVOAPusu6cIBACFZfjRv1hyszOZwvw+Soa
+Fj5kHkqTY1YpkREPYS9V2dIW1Wjic1SXgZDw7VM/AoGAP/cZ3ZHTSCDTFlItqy5C
+rIy2AiY0WJsx+K0qcvtosPOOwtnGjWHb1gdaVdfX/IRkSsX4PAOdnsyidNC5/l/m
+y8oa+5WEeGFclWFhr4dnTA766o8HrM2UjIgWWYBF2VKdptGnHxFeJWFUmeQC/xeW
+w37pCS7ykL+7gp7V0WShYsw=
+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/examples/low-level-openssl/src/main.rs b/examples/low-level-openssl/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..707f6c0a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/low-level-openssl/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+use openssl::ssl::{Ssl, SslAcceptor, SslFiletype, SslMethod};
+use tokio_openssl::SslStream;
+
+use axum::{extract::ConnectInfo, routing::get, Router};
+use futures_util::future::poll_fn;
+use hyper::server::{
+    accept::Accept,
+    conn::{AddrIncoming, Http},
+};
+use std::{net::SocketAddr, path::PathBuf, pin::Pin, sync::Arc};
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+use tower::MakeService;
+
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(
+            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "example_low_level_openssl=debug".into()),
+        )
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+        .init();
+
+    let mut tls_builder = SslAcceptor::mozilla_modern_v5(SslMethod::tls()).unwrap();
+
+    tls_builder
+        .set_certificate_file(
+            PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+                .join("self_signed_certs")
+                .join("cert.pem"),
+            SslFiletype::PEM,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+    tls_builder
+        .set_private_key_file(
+            PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+                .join("self_signed_certs")
+                .join("key.pem"),
+            SslFiletype::PEM,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+    tls_builder.check_private_key().unwrap();
+
+    let acceptor = tls_builder.build();
+
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3000").await.unwrap();
+    let mut listener = AddrIncoming::from_listener(listener).unwrap();
+
+    let protocol = Arc::new(Http::new());
+
+    let mut app = Router::new()
+        .route("/", get(handler))
+        .into_make_service_with_connect_info::<SocketAddr>();
+
+    tracing::info!("listening on https://localhost:3000");
+
+    loop {
+        let stream = poll_fn(|cx| Pin::new(&mut listener).poll_accept(cx))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let acceptor = acceptor.clone();
+
+        let protocol = protocol.clone();
+
+        let svc = app.make_service(&stream);
+
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let ssl = Ssl::new(acceptor.context()).unwrap();
+            let mut tls_stream = SslStream::new(ssl, stream).unwrap();
+
+            SslStream::accept(Pin::new(&mut tls_stream)).await.unwrap();
+
+            let _ = protocol
+                .serve_connection(tls_stream, svc.await.unwrap())
+                .await;
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+async fn handler(ConnectInfo(addr): ConnectInfo<SocketAddr>) -> String {
+    addr.to_string()
+}