diff --git a/apps/s_server.c b/apps/s_server.c
index b1164d10cc..07086ef0f6 100644
--- a/apps/s_server.c
+++ b/apps/s_server.c
@@ -476,7 +476,10 @@ static int get_ocsp_resp_from_responder(SSL *s, tlsextstatusctx *srctx,
     char *proxy = NULL, *no_proxy = NULL;
     int use_ssl;
     STACK_OF(OPENSSL_STRING) *aia = NULL;
-    X509 *x = NULL;
+    X509 *x = NULL, *cert;
+    X509_NAME *iname;
+    STACK_OF(X509) *chain = NULL;
+    SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx;
     X509_STORE_CTX *inctx = NULL;
     X509_OBJECT *obj;
     OCSP_REQUEST *req = NULL;
@@ -487,6 +490,7 @@ static int get_ocsp_resp_from_responder(SSL *s, tlsextstatusctx *srctx,
 
     /* Build up OCSP query from server certificate */
     x = SSL_get_certificate(s);
+    iname = X509_get_issuer_name(x);
     aia = X509_get1_ocsp(x);
     if (aia != NULL) {
         if (!OSSL_HTTP_parse_url(sk_OPENSSL_STRING_value(aia, 0), &use_ssl,
@@ -511,21 +515,33 @@ static int get_ocsp_resp_from_responder(SSL *s, tlsextstatusctx *srctx,
     proxy = srctx->proxy;
     no_proxy = srctx->no_proxy;
 
-    inctx = X509_STORE_CTX_new();
-    if (inctx == NULL)
+    ssl_ctx = SSL_get_SSL_CTX(s);
+    if (!SSL_CTX_get0_chain_certs(ssl_ctx, &chain))
         goto err;
-    if (!X509_STORE_CTX_init(inctx,
-                             SSL_CTX_get_cert_store(SSL_get_SSL_CTX(s)),
-                             NULL, NULL))
-        goto err;
-    obj = X509_STORE_CTX_get_obj_by_subject(inctx, X509_LU_X509,
-                                            X509_get_issuer_name(x));
-    if (obj == NULL) {
-        BIO_puts(bio_err, "cert_status: Can't retrieve issuer certificate.\n");
-        goto done;
+    for (i = 0; i < sk_X509_num(chain); i++) {
+        /* check the untrusted certificate chain (-cert_chain option) */
+        cert = sk_X509_value(chain, i);
+        if (X509_name_cmp(iname, X509_get_subject_name(cert)) == 0) {
+            /* the issuer certificate is found */
+            id = OCSP_cert_to_id(NULL, x, cert);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (id == NULL) {
+        inctx = X509_STORE_CTX_new();
+        if (inctx == NULL)
+            goto err;
+        if (!X509_STORE_CTX_init(inctx, SSL_CTX_get_cert_store(ssl_ctx),
+                                 NULL, NULL))
+            goto err;
+        obj = X509_STORE_CTX_get_obj_by_subject(inctx, X509_LU_X509, iname);
+        if (obj == NULL) {
+            BIO_puts(bio_err, "cert_status: Can't retrieve issuer certificate.\n");
+            goto done;
+        }
+        id = OCSP_cert_to_id(NULL, x, X509_OBJECT_get0_X509(obj));
+        X509_OBJECT_free(obj);
     }
-    id = OCSP_cert_to_id(NULL, x, X509_OBJECT_get0_X509(obj));
-    X509_OBJECT_free(obj);
     if (id == NULL)
         goto err;
     req = OCSP_REQUEST_new();