diff --git a/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/net/SSLUtilBase.java b/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/net/SSLUtilBase.java
index dd5f99a7e3..91ef19cc45 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/net/SSLUtilBase.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/net/SSLUtilBase.java
@@ -373,7 +373,10 @@ public abstract class SSLUtilBase implements SSLUtil {
                 alias = alias.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
             }
             for(int i = 0; i < kms.length; i++) {
-                kms[i] = new JSSEKeyManager((X509KeyManager)kms[i], alias);
+                if (kmf.getProvider().getInfo().indexOf("FIPS") != -1)
+                    System.out.println("Using FIPS will ignore alias: " + alias);
+                else
+                    kms[i] = new JSSEKeyManager((X509KeyManager)kms[i], alias);
             }
         }