diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index c2c2efbcc0eef8..af1d6a7ad09751 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -848,6 +848,40 @@ Enables report to be generated on uncaught exceptions. Useful when inspecting
 the JavaScript stack in conjunction with native stack and other runtime
 environment data.
 
+### `--secure-heap=n`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+Initializes an OpenSSL secure heap of `n` bytes. When initialized, the
+secure heap is used for selected types of allocations within OpenSSL
+during key generation and other operations. This is useful, for instance,
+to prevent sensitive information from leaking due to pointer overruns
+or underruns.
+
+The secure heap is a fixed size and cannot be resized at runtime so,
+if used, it is important to select a large enough heap to cover all
+application uses.
+
+The heap size given must be a power of two. Any value less than 2
+will disable the secure heap.
+
+The secure heap is disabled by default.
+
+The secure heap is not available on Windows.
+
+See [`CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init`][] for more details.
+
+### `--secure-heap-min=n`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+When using `--secure-heap`, the `--secure-heap-min` flag specifies the
+minimum allocation from the secure heap. The minimum value is `2`.
+The maximum value is the lesser of `--secure-heap` or `2147483647`.
+The value given must be a power of two.
+
 ### `--throw-deprecation`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.11.14
@@ -1361,6 +1395,8 @@ Node.js options that are allowed are:
 * `--report-signal`
 * `--report-uncaught-exception`
 * `--require`, `-r`
+* `--secure-heap-min`
+* `--secure-heap`
 * `--throw-deprecation`
 * `--title`
 * `--tls-cipher-list`
@@ -1659,6 +1695,7 @@ $ node --max-old-space-size=1536 index.js
 [`--openssl-config`]: #cli_openssl_config_file
 [`Atomics.wait()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Atomics/wait
 [`Buffer`]: buffer.md#buffer_class_buffer
+[`CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init`]: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.0/man3/CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init.html
 [`NODE_OPTIONS`]: #cli_node_options_options
 [`SlowBuffer`]: buffer.md#buffer_class_slowbuffer
 [`process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback()`]: process.md#process_process_setuncaughtexceptioncapturecallback_fn
diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md
index a1030dacedf0af..b7977120fa4924 100644
--- a/doc/api/crypto.md
+++ b/doc/api/crypto.md
@@ -3545,6 +3545,21 @@ const key2 = crypto.scryptSync('password', 'salt', 64, { N: 1024 });
 console.log(key2.toString('hex'));  // '3745e48...aa39b34'
 ```
 
+### `crypto.secureHeapUsed()`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+* Returns: {Object}
+  * `total` {number} The total allocated secure heap size as specified
+    using the `--secure-heap=n` command-line flag.
+  * `min` {number} The minimum allocation from the secure heap as
+    specified using the `--secure-heap-min` command-line flag.
+  * `used` {number} The total number of bytes currently allocated from
+    the secure heap.
+  * `utilization` {number} The calculated ratio of `used` to `total`
+    allocated bytes.
+
 ### `crypto.setEngine(engine[, flags])`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.11.11
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index b2333c6548aed0..63574131878042 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -359,6 +359,13 @@ Enables
 to be generated on un-caught exceptions. Useful when inspecting JavaScript
 stack in conjunction with native stack and other runtime environment data.
 .
+.It Fl -secure-heap Ns = Ns Ar n
+Specify the size of the OpenSSL secure heap. Any value less than 2 disables
+the secure heap. The default is 0. The value must be a power of two.
+.
+.It Fl -secure-heap-min Ns = Ns Ar n
+Specify the minimum allocation from the OpenSSL secure heap. The default is 2. The value must be a power of two.
+.
 .It Fl -throw-deprecation
 Throw errors for deprecations.
 .
diff --git a/lib/crypto.js b/lib/crypto.js
index a799c935737f84..de21ef76f9ad94 100644
--- a/lib/crypto.js
+++ b/lib/crypto.js
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ const {
   setDefaultEncoding,
   setEngine,
   lazyRequire,
+  secureHeapUsed,
 } = require('internal/crypto/util');
 const Certificate = require('internal/crypto/certificate');
 
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ module.exports = {
   Sign,
   Verify,
   X509Certificate,
+  secureHeapUsed,
 };
 
 function setFipsDisabled() {
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/util.js b/lib/internal/crypto/util.js
index 20d8058e585565..67cb9841928a2d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/util.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const {
   ArrayPrototypeIncludes,
   ArrayPrototypePush,
   FunctionPrototypeBind,
+  Number,
   Promise,
   StringPrototypeToLowerCase,
   StringPrototypeToUpperCase,
@@ -15,8 +16,11 @@ const {
   getCurves: _getCurves,
   getHashes: _getHashes,
   setEngine: _setEngine,
+  secureHeapUsed: _secureHeapUsed,
 } = internalBinding('crypto');
 
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
+
 const {
   crypto: {
     ENGINE_METHOD_ALL
@@ -371,6 +375,17 @@ function validateKeyOps(keyOps, usagesSet) {
   }
 }
 
+function secureHeapUsed() {
+  const val = _secureHeapUsed();
+  if (val === undefined)
+    return { total: 0, used: 0, utilization: 0, min: 0 };
+  const used = Number(_secureHeapUsed());
+  const total = Number(getOptionValue('--secure-heap'));
+  const min = Number(getOptionValue('--secure-heap-min'));
+  const utilization = used / total;
+  return { total, used, utilization, min };
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   getArrayBufferOrView,
   getCiphers,
@@ -402,4 +417,5 @@ module.exports = {
   getStringOption,
   getUsagesUnion,
   getHashLength,
+  secureHeapUsed,
 };
diff --git a/src/crypto/crypto_util.cc b/src/crypto/crypto_util.cc
index 43b154379ae7aa..0a40b1f7bb4c2e 100644
--- a/src/crypto/crypto_util.cc
+++ b/src/crypto/crypto_util.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace node {
 
 using v8::ArrayBuffer;
 using v8::BackingStore;
+using v8::BigInt;
 using v8::Context;
 using v8::Exception;
 using v8::FunctionCallbackInfo;
@@ -113,6 +114,25 @@ void InitCryptoOnce() {
   settings = nullptr;
 #endif
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  if (per_process::cli_options->secure_heap != 0) {
+    switch (CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init(
+                per_process::cli_options->secure_heap,
+                static_cast<int>(per_process::cli_options->secure_heap_min))) {
+      case 0:
+        fprintf(stderr, "Unable to initialize openssl secure heap.\n");
+        break;
+      case 2:
+        // Not a fatal error but worthy of a warning.
+        fprintf(stderr, "Unable to memory map openssl secure heap.\n");
+        break;
+      case 1:
+        // OK!
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef NODE_FIPS_MODE
   /* Override FIPS settings in cnf file, if needed. */
   unsigned long err = 0;  // NOLINT(runtime/int)
@@ -617,6 +637,13 @@ void SecureBuffer(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   Local<ArrayBuffer> buffer = ArrayBuffer::New(env->isolate(), store);
   args.GetReturnValue().Set(Uint8Array::New(buffer, 0, len));
 }
+
+void SecureHeapUsed(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
+  Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
+  if (CRYPTO_secure_malloc_initialized())
+    args.GetReturnValue().Set(
+        BigInt::New(env->isolate(), CRYPTO_secure_used()));
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 namespace Util {
@@ -634,6 +661,7 @@ void Initialize(Environment* env, Local<Object> target) {
   NODE_DEFINE_CONSTANT(target, kCryptoJobSync);
 
   env->SetMethod(target, "secureBuffer", SecureBuffer);
+  env->SetMethod(target, "secureHeapUsed", SecureHeapUsed);
 }
 }  // namespace Util
 
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index e90dcd93231fca..9f59e7ee4f8aa8 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <limits>
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <cstdlib>  // strtoul, errno
 
 using v8::Boolean;
@@ -64,6 +66,20 @@ void PerProcessOptions::CheckOptions(std::vector<std::string>* errors) {
     errors->push_back("either --use-openssl-ca or --use-bundled-ca can be "
                       "used, not both");
   }
+
+  // Any value less than 2 disables use of the secure heap.
+  if (secure_heap >= 2) {
+    if ((secure_heap & (secure_heap - 1)) != 0)
+      errors->push_back("--secure-heap must be a power of 2");
+    secure_heap_min =
+        std::min({
+            secure_heap,
+            secure_heap_min,
+            static_cast<int64_t>(std::numeric_limits<int>::max())});
+    secure_heap_min = std::max(static_cast<int64_t>(2), secure_heap_min);
+    if ((secure_heap_min & (secure_heap_min - 1)) != 0)
+      errors->push_back("--secure-heap-min must be a power of 2");
+  }
 #endif
   if (use_largepages != "off" &&
       use_largepages != "on" &&
@@ -760,6 +776,14 @@ PerProcessOptionsParser::PerProcessOptionsParser(
             &PerProcessOptions::force_fips_crypto,
             kAllowedInEnvironment);
 #endif
+  AddOption("--secure-heap",
+            "total size of the OpenSSL secure heap",
+            &PerProcessOptions::secure_heap,
+            kAllowedInEnvironment);
+  AddOption("--secure-heap-min",
+            "minimum allocation size from the OpenSSL secure heap",
+            &PerProcessOptions::secure_heap_min,
+            kAllowedInEnvironment);
 #endif
   AddOption("--use-largepages",
             "Map the Node.js static code to large pages. Options are "
diff --git a/src/node_options.h b/src/node_options.h
index 84ee8e34bcafcf..555adb246a4b1c 100644
--- a/src/node_options.h
+++ b/src/node_options.h
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ class PerProcessOptions : public Options {
 #if HAVE_OPENSSL
   std::string openssl_config;
   std::string tls_cipher_list = DEFAULT_CIPHER_LIST_CORE;
+  int64_t secure_heap = 0;
+  int64_t secure_heap_min = 2;
 #ifdef NODE_OPENSSL_CERT_STORE
   bool ssl_openssl_cert_store = true;
 #else
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-secure-heap.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-secure-heap.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2a851019b5eb84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-secure-heap.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+
+if (common.isWindows)
+  common.skip('Not supported on Windows');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { fork } = require('child_process');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+const {
+  secureHeapUsed,
+  createDiffieHellman,
+} = require('crypto');
+
+if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
+
+  const a = secureHeapUsed();
+
+  assert(a);
+  assert.strictEqual(typeof a, 'object');
+  assert.strictEqual(a.total, 65536);
+  assert.strictEqual(a.min, 4);
+  assert.strictEqual(a.used, 0);
+
+  {
+    const dh1 = createDiffieHellman(common.hasFipsCrypto ? 1024 : 256);
+    const p1 = dh1.getPrime('buffer');
+    const dh2 = createDiffieHellman(p1, 'buffer');
+    const key1 = dh1.generateKeys();
+    const key2 = dh2.generateKeys('hex');
+    dh1.computeSecret(key2, 'hex', 'base64');
+    dh2.computeSecret(key1, 'latin1', 'buffer');
+
+    const b = secureHeapUsed();
+    assert(b);
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof b, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(b.total, 65536);
+    assert.strictEqual(b.min, 4);
+    // The amount used can vary on a number of factors
+    assert(b.used > 0);
+    assert(b.utilization > 0.0);
+  }
+
+  return;
+}
+
+const child = fork(
+  process.argv[1],
+  ['child'],
+  { execArgv: ['--secure-heap=65536', '--secure-heap-min=4'] });
+
+child.on('exit', common.mustCall((code) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
+}));
+
+{
+  const child = fork(fixtures.path('a.js'), {
+    execArgv: ['--secure-heap=3', '--secure-heap-min=3'],
+    stdio: 'pipe'
+  });
+  let res = '';
+  child.on('exit', common.mustCall((code) => {
+    assert.notStrictEqual(code, 0);
+    assert.match(res, /--secure-heap must be a power of 2/);
+    assert.match(res, /--secure-heap-min must be a power of 2/);
+  }));
+  child.stderr.setEncoding('utf8');
+  child.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => res += chunk);
+}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-env-allowed-flags-are-documented.js b/test/parallel/test-process-env-allowed-flags-are-documented.js
index 6f4537bd3e88fa..d830abb7ce4d51 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-env-allowed-flags-are-documented.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-env-allowed-flags-are-documented.js
@@ -43,8 +43,14 @@ for (const line of [...nodeOptionsLines, ...v8OptionsLines]) {
 const conditionalOpts = [
   { include: common.hasCrypto,
     filter: (opt) => {
-      return ['--openssl-config', '--tls-cipher-list', '--use-bundled-ca',
-              '--use-openssl-ca' ].includes(opt);
+      return [
+        '--openssl-config',
+        '--tls-cipher-list',
+        '--use-bundled-ca',
+        '--use-openssl-ca',
+        '--secure-heap',
+        '--secure-heap-min',
+      ].includes(opt);
     } },
   {
     // We are using openssl_is_fips from the configuration because it could be