diff --git a/kasa/transports/klaptransport.py b/kasa/transports/klaptransport.py
index fec3c92a..0be7cfc1 100644
--- a/kasa/transports/klaptransport.py
+++ b/kasa/transports/klaptransport.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import datetime
 import hashlib
 import logging
 import secrets
+import ssl
 import struct
 import time
 from asyncio import Future
@@ -94,6 +95,17 @@ class KlapTransport(BaseTransport):
     DEFAULT_PORT: int = 80
     SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = "TP_SESSIONID"
     TIMEOUT_COOKIE_NAME = "TIMEOUT"
+    # Copy & paste from sslaestransport
+    CIPHERS = ":".join(
+        [
+            "AES256-GCM-SHA384",
+            "AES256-SHA256",
+            "AES128-GCM-SHA256",
+            "AES128-SHA256",
+            "AES256-SHA",
+        ]
+    )
+    _ssl_context: ssl.SSLContext | None = None
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -153,7 +165,9 @@ class KlapTransport(BaseTransport):
 
         url = self._app_url / "handshake1"
 
-        response_status, response_data = await self._http_client.post(url, data=payload)
+        response_status, response_data = await self._http_client.post(
+            url, data=payload, ssl=await self._get_ssl_context()
+        )
 
         if _LOGGER.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
             _LOGGER.debug(
@@ -264,6 +278,7 @@ class KlapTransport(BaseTransport):
             url,
             data=payload,
             cookies_dict=self._session_cookie,
+            ssl=await self._get_ssl_context(),
         )
 
         if _LOGGER.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
@@ -338,6 +353,7 @@ class KlapTransport(BaseTransport):
             params={"seq": seq},
             data=payload,
             cookies_dict=self._session_cookie,
+            ssl=await self._get_ssl_context(),
         )
 
         msg = (
@@ -414,6 +430,23 @@ class KlapTransport(BaseTransport):
         un = creds.username
         return md5(un.encode())
 
+    # Copy & paste from sslaestransport.
+    def _create_ssl_context(self) -> ssl.SSLContext:
+        context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
+        context.set_ciphers(self.CIPHERS)
+        context.check_hostname = False
+        context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+        return context
+
+    # Copy & paste from sslaestransport.
+    async def _get_ssl_context(self) -> ssl.SSLContext:
+        if not self._ssl_context:
+            loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+            self._ssl_context = await loop.run_in_executor(
+                None, self._create_ssl_context
+            )
+        return self._ssl_context
+
 
 class KlapTransportV2(KlapTransport):
     """Implementation of the KLAP encryption protocol with v2 hanshake hashes."""