diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py b/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py
index 6728fcad..48f90378 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license.
 # See the NOTICE for more information.
 
+import copy
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -102,8 +103,13 @@ class TornadoWorker(Worker):
             server_class = _HTTPServer
 
         if self.cfg.is_ssl:
+             _ssl_opt = copy.deepcopy(self.cfg.ssl_options)
+             # tornado refuses initialization if ssl_options contains following
+             # options
+             del _ssl_opt["do_handshake_on_connect"]
+             del _ssl_opt["suppress_ragged_eofs"]
             server = server_class(app, io_loop=self.ioloop,
-                    ssl_options=self.cfg.ssl_options)
+                    ssl_options=_ssl_opt)
         else:
             server = server_class(app, io_loop=self.ioloop)