diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java
index bd10f93c801..cbabb33fe3f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/HttpServer2.java
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ private void loadSSLConfiguration() throws IOException {
           getPassword(sslConf, SSLFactory.SSL_SERVER_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD),
           sslConf.get(SSLFactory.SSL_SERVER_TRUSTSTORE_TYPE,
               SSLFactory.SSL_SERVER_TRUSTSTORE_TYPE_DEFAULT));
+      excludeCiphers(sslConf.get(SSLFactory.SSL_SERVER_EXCLUDE_CIPHER_LIST));
     }
 
     public HttpServer2 build() throws IOException {