diff --git a/shadowsocks-csharp/Data/libsscrypto.dll.gz b/shadowsocks-csharp/Data/libsscrypto.dll.gz
index 10200e0b..e900a782 100755
Binary files a/shadowsocks-csharp/Data/libsscrypto.dll.gz and b/shadowsocks-csharp/Data/libsscrypto.dll.gz differ
diff --git a/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/AEAD/AEADSodiumEncryptor.cs b/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/AEAD/AEADSodiumEncryptor.cs
index 1cce0fa0..c78e5322 100644
--- a/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/AEAD/AEADSodiumEncryptor.cs
+++ b/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/AEAD/AEADSodiumEncryptor.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Encryption.AEAD
         : AEADEncryptor, IDisposable
     {
         private const int CIPHER_CHACHA20IETFPOLY1305 = 1;
+        private const int CIPHER_AES256GCM = 2;
 
         private byte[] _sodiumEncSubkey;
         private byte[] _sodiumDecSubkey;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Encryption.AEAD
         private static Dictionary<string, EncryptorInfo> _ciphers = new Dictionary<string, EncryptorInfo>
         {
             {"chacha20-ietf-poly1305", new EncryptorInfo(32, 32, 12, 16, CIPHER_CHACHA20IETFPOLY1305)},
+            {"aes-256-gcm", new EncryptorInfo(32, 32, 12, 16, CIPHER_AES256GCM)},
         };
 
         public static List<string> SupportedCiphers()
@@ -63,6 +65,13 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Encryption.AEAD
                         null, _encNonce,
                         _sodiumEncSubkey);
                     break;
+                case CIPHER_AES256GCM:
+                    ret = Sodium.crypto_aead_aes256gcm_encrypt(ciphertext, ref encClen,
+                        plaintext, (ulong)plen,
+                        null, 0,
+                        null, _encNonce,
+                        _sodiumEncSubkey);
+                    break;
                 default:
                     throw new System.Exception("not implemented");
             }
@@ -91,6 +100,13 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Encryption.AEAD
                         null, 0,
                         _decNonce, _sodiumDecSubkey);
                     break;
+                case CIPHER_AES256GCM:
+                    ret = Sodium.crypto_aead_aes256gcm_decrypt(plaintext, ref decPlen,
+                        null,
+                        ciphertext, (ulong)clen,
+                        null, 0,
+                        _decNonce, _sodiumDecSubkey);
+                    break;
                 default:
                     throw new System.Exception("not implemented");
             }
diff --git a/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/EncryptorFactory.cs b/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/EncryptorFactory.cs
index 331570fd..35e03dc0 100644
--- a/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/EncryptorFactory.cs
+++ b/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/EncryptorFactory.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Encryption
 
         static EncryptorFactory()
         {
+            var AEADMbedTLSEncryptorSupportedCiphers = AEADMbedTLSEncryptor.SupportedCiphers();
+            var AEADSodiumEncryptorSupportedCiphers = AEADSodiumEncryptor.SupportedCiphers();
+            if (Sodium.AES256GCMAvailable)
+            {
+                // prefer to aes-256-gcm in libsodium
+                AEADMbedTLSEncryptorSupportedCiphers.Remove("aes-256-gcm");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                AEADSodiumEncryptorSupportedCiphers.Remove("aes-256-gcm");
+            }
+
             foreach (string method in StreamMbedTLSEncryptor.SupportedCiphers())
             {
                 _registeredEncryptors.Add(method, typeof(StreamMbedTLSEncryptor));
@@ -22,11 +34,11 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Encryption
             {
                 _registeredEncryptors.Add(method, typeof(StreamSodiumEncryptor));
             }
-            foreach (string method in AEADMbedTLSEncryptor.SupportedCiphers())
+            foreach (string method in AEADMbedTLSEncryptorSupportedCiphers)
             {
                 _registeredEncryptors.Add(method, typeof(AEADMbedTLSEncryptor));
             }
-            foreach (string method in AEADSodiumEncryptor.SupportedCiphers())
+            foreach (string method in AEADSodiumEncryptorSupportedCiphers)
             {
                 _registeredEncryptors.Add(method, typeof(AEADSodiumEncryptor));
             }
diff --git a/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/Sodium.cs b/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/Sodium.cs
index 5cc853ad..8ab29762 100755
--- a/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/Sodium.cs
+++ b/shadowsocks-csharp/Encryption/Sodium.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Encryption
         private static bool _initialized = false;
         private static readonly object _initLock = new object();
 
+        public static bool AES256GCMAvailable { get; private set; } = false;
+
         static Sodium()
         {
             string dllPath = Utils.GetTempPath(DLLNAME);
@@ -42,6 +44,9 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Encryption
                     {
                         _initialized = true;
                     }
+
+                    AES256GCMAvailable = crypto_aead_aes256gcm_is_available() == 1;
+                    Logging.Debug($"sodium: AES256GCMAvailable is {AES256GCMAvailable}");
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -52,6 +57,9 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Encryption
         [DllImport(DLLNAME, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         private static extern int sodium_init();
 
+        [DllImport(DLLNAME, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        private static extern int crypto_aead_aes256gcm_is_available();
+
         #region AEAD
 
         [DllImport(DLLNAME, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
@@ -65,6 +73,14 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Encryption
         public static extern int crypto_aead_chacha20poly1305_ietf_decrypt(byte[] m, ref ulong mlen_p,
             byte[] nsec, byte[] c, ulong clen, byte[] ad, ulong adlen, byte[] npub, byte[] k);
 
+        [DllImport(DLLNAME, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        public static extern int crypto_aead_aes256gcm_encrypt(byte[] c, ref ulong clen_p, byte[] m, ulong mlen,
+            byte[] ad, ulong adlen, byte[] nsec, byte[] npub, byte[] k);
+
+        [DllImport(DLLNAME, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        public static extern int crypto_aead_aes256gcm_decrypt(byte[] m, ref ulong mlen_p, byte[] nsec, byte[] c,
+            ulong clen, byte[] ad, ulong adlen, byte[] npub, byte[] k);
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Stream