diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py b/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
index 2d7a637df..c7941bf25 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
@@ -961,6 +961,7 @@ async def run_server_worker(
             ssl_certfile=args.ssl_certfile,
             ssl_ca_certs=args.ssl_ca_certs,
             ssl_cert_reqs=args.ssl_cert_reqs,
+            ssl_ciphers=args.ssl_ciphers,
             h11_max_incomplete_event_size=args.h11_max_incomplete_event_size,
             h11_max_header_count=args.h11_max_header_count,
             **uvicorn_kwargs,
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/openai/cli_args.py b/vllm/entrypoints/openai/cli_args.py
index fe874f88d..0644e91a7 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/openai/cli_args.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/openai/cli_args.py
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ class FrontendArgs:
     """Refresh SSL Context when SSL certificate files change"""
     ssl_cert_reqs: int = int(ssl.CERT_NONE)
     """Whether client certificate is required (see stdlib ssl module's)."""
+    ssl_ciphers: str | None = None
+    """SSL cipher suites for HTTPS (TLS 1.2 and below only).
+    Example: 'ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305'"""
     root_path: str | None = None
     """FastAPI root_path when app is behind a path based routing proxy."""
     middleware: list[str] = field(default_factory=lambda: [])