diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/SSLSocketHelper.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/SSLSocketHelper.java
index da899b872..e91cc0284 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/SSLSocketHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/SSLSocketHelper.java
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 package eu.siacs.conversations.utils;
 
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.support.annotation.RequiresApi;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.SNIHostName;
+import javax.net.ssl.SNIServerName;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLParameters;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
@@ -34,30 +40,37 @@ public class SSLSocketHelper {
         }
     }
 
-    public static void setSNIHost(final SSLSocketFactory factory, final SSLSocket socket, final String hostname) {
-        if (factory instanceof android.net.SSLCertificateSocketFactory) {
-            ((android.net.SSLCertificateSocketFactory) factory).setHostname(socket, hostname);
+    public static void setSNIHost(final SSLSocket socket, final String hostname) {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
+            setSNIHostNougat(socket, hostname);
+        } else {
+            try {
+                socket.getClass().getMethod("setHostname", String.class).invoke(socket, hostname);
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                Log.e(Config.LOGTAG, "unable to set SNI name on socket (" + hostname + ")", e);
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    public static void setAlpnProtocol(final SSLSocketFactory factory, final SSLSocket socket, final String protocol) {
+    @RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
+    private static void setSNIHostNougat(final SSLSocket socket, final String hostname) {
+        final SSLParameters parameters = new SSLParameters();
+        parameters.setServerNames(Collections.singletonList(new SNIHostName(hostname)));
+        socket.setSSLParameters(parameters);
+    }
+
+    public static void setAlpnProtocol(final SSLSocket socket, final String protocol) {
         try {
-            if (factory instanceof android.net.SSLCertificateSocketFactory && android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
-                // can't call directly because of @hide?
-                //((android.net.SSLCertificateSocketFactory)factory).setAlpnProtocols(new byte[][]{protocol.getBytes("UTF-8")});
-                android.net.SSLCertificateSocketFactory.class.getMethod("setAlpnProtocols", byte[][].class).invoke(socket, new Object[]{new byte[][]{protocol.getBytes("UTF-8")}});
-            } else {
-                final Method method = socket.getClass().getMethod("setAlpnProtocols", byte[].class);
-                // the concatenation of 8-bit, length prefixed protocol names, just one in our case...
-                // http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-agl-tls-nextprotoneg-04#page-4
-                final byte[] protocolUTF8Bytes = protocol.getBytes("UTF-8");
-                final byte[] lengthPrefixedProtocols = new byte[protocolUTF8Bytes.length + 1];
-                lengthPrefixedProtocols[0] = (byte) protocol.length(); // cannot be over 255 anyhow
-                System.arraycopy(protocolUTF8Bytes, 0, lengthPrefixedProtocols, 1, protocolUTF8Bytes.length);
-                method.invoke(socket, new Object[]{lengthPrefixedProtocols});
-            }
+            final Method method = socket.getClass().getMethod("setAlpnProtocols", byte[].class);
+            // the concatenation of 8-bit, length prefixed protocol names, just one in our case...
+            // http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-agl-tls-nextprotoneg-04#page-4
+            final byte[] protocolUTF8Bytes = protocol.getBytes("UTF-8");
+            final byte[] lengthPrefixedProtocols = new byte[protocolUTF8Bytes.length + 1];
+            lengthPrefixedProtocols[0] = (byte) protocol.length(); // cannot be over 255 anyhow
+            System.arraycopy(protocolUTF8Bytes, 0, lengthPrefixedProtocols, 1, protocolUTF8Bytes.length);
+            method.invoke(socket, new Object[]{lengthPrefixedProtocols});
         } catch (Throwable e) {
-            // ignore any error, we just can't set the alpn protocol...
+            Log.e(Config.LOGTAG,"unable to set ALPN on socket",e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java
index aa7f95171..42a88b295 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ public class XmppConnection implements Runnable {
 							}
 
 							SSLSocketHelper.setSecurity((SSLSocket) localSocket);
-							SSLSocketHelper.setSNIHost(tlsFactoryVerifier.factory, (SSLSocket) localSocket, account.getServer());
-							SSLSocketHelper.setAlpnProtocol(tlsFactoryVerifier.factory, (SSLSocket) localSocket, "xmpp-client");
+							SSLSocketHelper.setSNIHost((SSLSocket) localSocket, account.getServer());
+							SSLSocketHelper.setAlpnProtocol((SSLSocket) localSocket, "xmpp-client");
 
 							localSocket.connect(addr, Config.SOCKET_TIMEOUT * 1000);