diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/test/core/VertxTestBase.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/test/core/VertxTestBase.java
index 4c6b08037c1..ef48c1d112e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/vertx/test/core/VertxTestBase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/test/core/VertxTestBase.java
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 import io.vertx.test.fakecluster.FakeClusterManager;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -181,80 +184,17 @@ protected static void setOptions(TCPSSLOptions sslOptions, KeyCertOptions option
     }
   }
 
-  protected static final String[] ENABLED_CIPHER_SUITES =
-    new String[] {
-      "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256",
-      "TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256",
-      "TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256",
-      "TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256",
-      "TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256",
-      "TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA",
-      "SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
-      "TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
-      "TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
-      "TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
-      "TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
-      "TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5",
-      "TLS_EMPTY_RENEGOTIATION_INFO_SCSV",
-      "TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
-      "TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256",
-      "TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_RC4_128_SHA",
-      "SSL_DH_anon_WITH_RC4_128_MD5",
-      "TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_DH_anon_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA256",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_NULL_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA",
-      "SSL_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_NULL_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA",
-      "TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_NULL_SHA",
-      "SSL_RSA_WITH_NULL_MD5",
-      "SSL_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_DH_anon_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5",
-      "SSL_DH_anon_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5",
-      "SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_DHE_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_DHE_DSS_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA",
-      "SSL_DH_anon_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_KRB5_WITH_RC4_128_SHA",
-      "TLS_KRB5_WITH_RC4_128_MD5",
-      "TLS_KRB5_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_KRB5_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_MD5",
-      "TLS_KRB5_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA",
-      "TLS_KRB5_WITH_DES_CBC_MD5",
-      "TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_SHA",
-      "TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5",
-      "TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_DES_CBC_40_SHA",
-      "TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_DES_CBC_40_MD5"
-    };
+  protected static final String[] ENABLED_CIPHER_SUITES;
+
+  static {
+    String[] suites = new String[0];
+    try {
+      suites = SSLContext.getDefault().getSocketFactory().getSupportedCipherSuites();
+    } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+    ENABLED_CIPHER_SUITES = suites;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Create a worker verticle for the current Vert.x and return its context.