diff --git a/.github/workflows/os-check.yml b/.github/workflows/os-check.yml
index 461c0b0df9..e37e79f8a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/os-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/os-check.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           '--enable-all CPPFLAGS=''-DNO_WOLFSSL_SERVER -DWOLFSSL_NO_CLIENT_AUTH''',
           '--enable-curve25519=nonblock --enable-ecc=nonblock --enable-sp=yes,nonblock CPPFLAGS="-DWOLFSSL_PUBLIC_MP -DWOLFSSL_DEBUG_NONBLOCK"',
           '--enable-certreq --enable-certext --enable-certgen --disable-secure-renegotiation-info CPPFLAGS="-DNO_TLS"',
-          '--enable-ocsp --enable-ocsp-responder --enable-ocspstapling',
+          '--enable-ocsp --enable-ocsp-responder --enable-ocspstapling CPPFLAGS="-DWOLFSSL_NONBLOCK_OCSP" --enable-maxfragment',
         ]
     name: make check
     if: github.repository_owner == 'wolfssl'
diff --git a/src/tls13.c b/src/tls13.c
index 27d1ec0c3f..67ef351ddc 100644
--- a/src/tls13.c
+++ b/src/tls13.c
@@ -13453,8 +13453,9 @@ int DoTls13HandShakeMsg(WOLFSSL* ssl, byte* input, word32* inOutIdx,
                                 &idx, ssl->arrays->pendingMsgType,
                                 ssl->arrays->pendingMsgSz - HANDSHAKE_HEADER_SZ,
                                 ssl->arrays->pendingMsgSz);
-        #ifdef WOLFSSL_ASYNC_CRYPT
-            if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(WC_PENDING_E)) {
+        #if defined(WOLFSSL_ASYNC_CRYPT) || defined(WOLFSSL_NONBLOCK_OCSP)
+            if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(WC_PENDING_E) ||
+                ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_WANT_READ)) {
                 /* setup to process fragment again */
                 ssl->arrays->pendingMsgOffset -= inputLength;
                 *inOutIdx -= inputLength + ssl->keys.padSz;
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index f256c06814..d86c7215b2 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -4871,7 +4871,8 @@ int test_ssl_memio_do_handshake(test_ssl_memio_ctx* ctx, int max_rounds,
                     /* retry non-blocking math */
                 }
                 else if (err != WOLFSSL_ERROR_WANT_READ &&
-                         err != WOLFSSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE) {
+                         err != WOLFSSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE &&
+                         err != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_WANT_READ)) {
                     char buff[WOLFSSL_MAX_ERROR_SZ];
                     fprintf(stderr, "error = %d, %s\n", err,
                         wolfSSL_ERR_error_string((word32)err, buff));
@@ -4896,7 +4897,8 @@ int test_ssl_memio_do_handshake(test_ssl_memio_ctx* ctx, int max_rounds,
                     /* retry non-blocking math */
                 }
                 else if (err != WOLFSSL_ERROR_WANT_READ &&
-                         err != WOLFSSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE) {
+                         err != WOLFSSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE &&
+                         err != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(OCSP_WANT_READ)) {
                     char buff[WOLFSSL_MAX_ERROR_SZ];
                     fprintf(stderr, "error = %d, %s\n", err,
                         wolfSSL_ERR_error_string((word32)err, buff));
@@ -34575,6 +34577,7 @@ TEST_CASE testCases[] = {
     TEST_DECL(test_ocsp_tls_cert_cb),
     TEST_DECL(test_ocsp_cert_unknown_crl_fallback),
     TEST_DECL(test_ocsp_cert_unknown_crl_fallback_nonleaf),
+    TEST_DECL(test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_low_mfl),
     TEST_DECL(test_ocsp_responder),
     TEST_TLS_DECLS,
     TEST_DECL(test_wc_DhSetNamedKey),
diff --git a/tests/api/test_ocsp.c b/tests/api/test_ocsp.c
index 1fe45f15f0..06c527bf82 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_ocsp.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_ocsp.c
@@ -1241,6 +1241,98 @@ int test_ocsp_cert_unknown_crl_fallback_nonleaf(void)
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_OCSP && HAVE_CRL && HAVE_SSL_MEMIO_TESTS_DEPENDENCIES */
 
+#if defined(HAVE_OCSP) && defined(WOLFSSL_TLS13) &&                 \
+    defined(WOLFSSL_NONBLOCK_OCSP) && defined(HAVE_MAX_FRAGMENT) && \
+    defined(HAVE_SSL_MEMIO_TESTS_DEPENDENCIES) &&                   \
+    !defined(NO_RSA) && !defined(NO_SHA)
+
+/* Number of times the OCSP IO callback has been called. */
+static int test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_mfl_cb_cnt;
+
+/*
+ * OCSP IO callback: simulates a nonblocking responder. Returns WANT_READ
+ * a few times before finally returning the OCSP response.
+ */
+static int test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_mfl_io_cb(void* ioCtx, const char* url,
+    int urlSz, unsigned char* req, int reqSz, unsigned char** respBuf)
+{
+    (void)ioCtx;
+    (void)url;
+    (void)urlSz;
+    (void)req;
+    (void)reqSz;
+
+    if (test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_mfl_cb_cnt++ < 5)
+        return WOLFSSL_CBIO_ERR_WANT_READ;
+
+    *respBuf = (unsigned char*)resp_server1_cert;
+    return (int)sizeof(resp_server1_cert);
+}
+
+/* CTX-ready callback: enable client-side OCSP with URL override. */
+static int test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_mfl_ctx_ready(WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_CTX_EnableOCSP(ctx,
+                    WOLFSSL_OCSP_URL_OVERRIDE | WOLFSSL_OCSP_NO_NONCE),
+        WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_CTX_SetOCSP_OverrideURL(ctx, "http://example.com"),
+        WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    /* NULL free-callback: resp points to static array, must not be freed. */
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_CTX_SetOCSP_Cb(ctx,
+                    test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_mfl_io_cb, NULL, NULL),
+        WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
+
+/* SSL-ready callback: cap record payload at 1024 bytes. */
+static int test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_mfl_ssl_ready(WOLFSSL* ssl)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_UseMaxFragment(ssl, WOLFSSL_MFL_2_10), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
+
+int test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_low_mfl(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+    struct test_ssl_memio_ctx test_ctx;
+
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
+    test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_mfl_cb_cnt = 0;
+
+    /*
+     * Server: two-cert chain (server1 + intermediate1, no root).
+     * Total DER size ~2534 bytes -> splits into 3 TLS records at MFL=1024.
+     */
+    test_ctx.s_cb.certPemFile = "./certs/ocsp/server1-chain-noroot.pem";
+    test_ctx.s_cb.keyPemFile  = "./certs/ocsp/server1-key.pem";
+    test_ctx.s_cb.method      = wolfTLSv1_3_server_method;
+
+    /* Client: trust root-ca, TLS 1.3, OCSP + MFL=1024. */
+    test_ctx.c_cb.caPemFile = "./certs/ocsp/root-ca-cert.pem";
+    test_ctx.c_cb.method    = wolfTLSv1_3_client_method;
+    test_ctx.c_cb.ctx_ready = test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_mfl_ctx_ready;
+    test_ctx.c_cb.ssl_ready = test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_mfl_ssl_ready;
+
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_ssl_memio_setup(&test_ctx), TEST_SUCCESS);
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_ssl_memio_do_handshake(&test_ctx, 10, NULL),
+        TEST_SUCCESS);
+
+    /* The OCSP callback must have been retried (called more than once). */
+    ExpectIntGT(test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_mfl_cb_cnt, 1);
+
+    test_ssl_memio_cleanup(&test_ctx);
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
+
+#else
+int test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_low_mfl(void)
+{
+    return TEST_SKIPPED;
+}
+#endif
+
 #if defined(HAVE_OCSP_RESPONDER) && defined(WOLFSSL_ASN_TEMPLATE) && \
     !defined(NO_SHA) && !defined(NO_RSA)
 /* Structure to hold test configuration */
diff --git a/tests/api/test_ocsp.h b/tests/api/test_ocsp.h
index 1b3ccc2351..b6e328f2df 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_ocsp.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_ocsp.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ int test_ocsp_response_parsing(void);
 int test_ocsp_tls_cert_cb(void);
 int test_ocsp_cert_unknown_crl_fallback(void);
 int test_ocsp_cert_unknown_crl_fallback_nonleaf(void);
+int test_tls13_nonblock_ocsp_low_mfl(void);
 int test_ocsp_responder(void);
 #endif /* WOLFSSL_TEST_OCSP_H */