diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index b6e2c0e..85ed1e5 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -4097,7 +4097,16 @@
             }
             else
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CLIENT_PORT_REUSE && MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C */
+            {
+                /* Consider buffering the record. */
+                if( rec_epoch == (unsigned int) ssl->in_epoch + 1 )
+                {
+                    MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 2, ( "Consider record for buffering" ) );
+                    return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_EARLY_MESSAGE );
+                }
+
                 return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_UNEXPECTED_RECORD );
+            }
         }
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_ANTI_REPLAY)
@@ -4254,7 +4263,9 @@
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS)
 static int ssl_load_buffered_message( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+static int ssl_load_buffered_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
 static int ssl_buffer_message( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
+static int ssl_buffer_future_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
 static int ssl_another_record_in_datagram( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl );
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS */
 
@@ -4689,13 +4700,133 @@
     return( 0 );
 }
 
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS)
+
+static void ssl_free_buffered_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
+{
+    mbedtls_ssl_handshake_params * const hs = ssl->handshake;
+    if( hs == NULL )
+        return;
+
+    mbedtls_free( hs->buffering.future_record.data );
+    hs->buffering.future_record.data = NULL;
+}
+
+static int ssl_load_buffered_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
+{
+    mbedtls_ssl_handshake_params * const hs = ssl->handshake;
+    unsigned char * rec;
+    size_t rec_len;
+    unsigned rec_epoch;
+
+    if( ssl->conf->transport != MBEDTLS_SSL_TRANSPORT_DATAGRAM )
+        return( 0 );
+
+    if( hs == NULL )
+        return( 0 );
+
+    /* Only consider loading future records if the
+     * input buffer is empty. */
+    if( ssl_another_record_in_datagram( ssl ) == 1 )
+        return( 0 );
+
+    rec       = hs->buffering.future_record.data;
+    rec_len   = hs->buffering.future_record.len;
+    rec_epoch = hs->buffering.future_record.epoch;
+
+    if( rec == NULL )
+        return( 0 );
+
+    MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 2, ( "=> ssl_load_buffered_record" ) );
+
+    if( rec_epoch != ssl->in_epoch )
+    {
+        MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 2, ( "Buffered record not from current epoch." ) );
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 2, ( "Found buffered record from current epoch - load" ) );
+
+    /* Double-check that the record is not too large */
+    if( rec_len > MBEDTLS_SSL_IN_BUFFER_LEN -
+        (size_t)( ssl->in_hdr - ssl->in_buf ) )
+    {
+        MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "should never happen" ) );
+        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_INTERNAL_ERROR );
+    }
+
+    memcpy( ssl->in_hdr, rec, rec_len );
+    ssl->in_left = rec_len;
+    ssl->next_record_offset = 0;
+
+    ssl_free_buffered_record( ssl );
+
+exit:
+    MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 2, ( "<= ssl_load_buffered_record" ) );
+    return( 0 );
+}
+
+static int ssl_buffer_future_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
+{
+    mbedtls_ssl_handshake_params * const hs = ssl->handshake;
+    size_t const rec_hdr_len = 13;
+
+    /* Don't buffer future records outside handshakes. */
+    if( hs == NULL )
+        return( 0 );
+
+    /* Only buffer handshake records (we are only interested
+     * in Finished messages). */
+    if( ssl->in_msgtype != MBEDTLS_SSL_MSG_HANDSHAKE )
+        return( 0 );
+
+    /* Don't buffer more than one future epoch record. */
+    if( hs->buffering.future_record.data != NULL )
+        return( 0 );
+
+    /* Buffer record */
+    MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 2, ( "Buffer record from epoch %u",
+                                ssl->in_epoch + 1 ) );
+    MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_BUF( 3, "Buffered record", ssl->in_hdr,
+                           rec_hdr_len + ssl->in_msglen );
+
+    /* ssl_parse_record_header() only considers records
+     * of the next epoch as candidates for buffering. */
+    hs->buffering.future_record.epoch = ssl->in_epoch + 1;
+    hs->buffering.future_record.len   = rec_hdr_len + ssl->in_msglen;
+
+    hs->buffering.future_record.data =
+        mbedtls_calloc( 1, hs->buffering.future_record.len );
+    if( hs->buffering.future_record.data == NULL )
+    {
+        /* If we run out of RAM trying to buffer a
+         * record from the next epoch, just ignore. */
+        return( 0 );
+    }
+
+    memcpy( hs->buffering.future_record.data,
+            ssl->in_hdr, rec_hdr_len + ssl->in_msglen );
+
+    return( 0 );
+}
+
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS */
+
 static int ssl_get_next_record( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     int ret;
 
-    /*
-     * Fetch and decode new record
-     */
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS)
+    /* We might have buffered a future record; if so,
+     * and if the epoch matches now, load it.
+     * On success, this call will set ssl->in_left to
+     * the length of the buffered record, so that
+     * the calls to ssl_fetch_input() below will
+     * essentially be no-ops. */
+    ret = ssl_load_buffered_record( ssl );
+    if( ret != 0 )
+        return( ret );
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS */
 
     if( ( ret = mbedtls_ssl_fetch_input( ssl, mbedtls_ssl_hdr_len( ssl ) ) ) != 0 )
     {
@@ -4709,6 +4840,16 @@
         if( ssl->conf->transport == MBEDTLS_SSL_TRANSPORT_DATAGRAM &&
             ret != MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CLIENT_RECONNECT )
         {
+            if( ret == MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_EARLY_MESSAGE )
+            {
+                ret = ssl_buffer_future_record( ssl );
+                if( ret != 0 )
+                    return( ret );
+
+                /* Fall through to handling of unexpected records */
+                ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_UNEXPECTED_RECORD;
+            }
+
             if( ret == MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_UNEXPECTED_RECORD )
             {
                 /* Skip unexpected record (but not whole datagram) */
@@ -8489,6 +8630,7 @@
     mbedtls_free( handshake->verify_cookie );
     ssl_flight_free( handshake->flight );
     ssl_buffering_free( ssl );
+    ssl_free_buffered_record( ssl );
 #endif
 
     mbedtls_platform_zeroize( handshake,