diff --git a/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/Images/net8/amd64/Dockerfile b/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/Images/net8/amd64/Dockerfile
index 185fc5ff7..f958ac387 100644
--- a/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/Images/net8/amd64/Dockerfile
+++ b/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/Images/net8/amd64/Dockerfile
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ RUN dotnet build "Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport.csproj" /p:ExecutableOutputType=t
 FROM builder AS publish
 RUN dotnet publish "Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport.csproj" /p:ExecutableOutputType=true /p:GenerateDocumentationFile=false /p:TargetFrameworks=net8.0 -f net8.0 --runtime linux-x64 --self-contained false -p:PublishReadyToRun=true -c Release -o /app/publish
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dos2unix
-RUN dos2unix /app/publish/bootstrap.sh && \
-    mv /app/publish/bootstrap.sh /app/publish/bootstrap && \
+RUN dos2unix /app/publish/bootstrap-al2023.sh && \
+    mv /app/publish/bootstrap-al2023.sh /app/publish/bootstrap && \
     chmod +x /app/publish/bootstrap
 
 
diff --git a/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/Images/net8/arm64/Dockerfile b/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/Images/net8/arm64/Dockerfile
index dad3c9062..8956752ad 100644
--- a/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/Images/net8/arm64/Dockerfile
+++ b/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/Images/net8/arm64/Dockerfile
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ RUN dotnet build "Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport.csproj" /p:ExecutableOutputType=t
 FROM builder AS publish
 RUN dotnet publish "Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport.csproj" /p:ExecutableOutputType=true /p:GenerateDocumentationFile=false /p:TargetFrameworks=net8.0 -f net8.0 --runtime linux-arm64 --self-contained false -p:PublishReadyToRun=true -c Release -o /app/publish
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dos2unix
-RUN dos2unix /app/publish/bootstrap.sh && \
-    mv /app/publish/bootstrap.sh /app/publish/bootstrap && \
+RUN dos2unix /app/publish/bootstrap-al2023.sh && \
+    mv /app/publish/bootstrap-al2023.sh /app/publish/bootstrap && \
     chmod +x /app/publish/bootstrap
 
 
diff --git a/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/SmokeTests/test/ImageFunction.SmokeTests/ImageFunctionTests.cs b/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/SmokeTests/test/ImageFunction.SmokeTests/ImageFunctionTests.cs
index 15687be32..92bb736bb 100644
--- a/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/SmokeTests/test/ImageFunction.SmokeTests/ImageFunctionTests.cs
+++ b/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/SmokeTests/test/ImageFunction.SmokeTests/ImageFunctionTests.cs
@@ -114,7 +114,45 @@ public async Task ExceptionTests(string handler, string input, string expectedEr
             Assert.Equal(expectedErrorMessage, exception["errorMessage"].ToString());
         }
 
-        private async Task UpdateHandlerAsync(string handler)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This test is checking the logic added to the bootstrap.sh to change the SSL_CERT_FILE
+        /// environment variable for AL2023.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="envName"></param>
+        /// <param name="expectedValue"></param>
+        /// <param name="setValue"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        [Theory]
+#if NET8_0_OR_GREATER
+        [InlineData("SSL_CERT_FILE", "\"/tmp/noop\"", null)]
+        [InlineData("SSL_CERT_FILE", "\"/tmp/my-bundle\"", "/tmp/my-bundle")]
+#else
+        [InlineData("SSL_CERT_FILE", "", null)]
+        [InlineData("SSL_CERT_FILE", "/tmp/my-bundle", "/tmp/my-bundle")]
+#endif
+        public async Task CheckEnvironmentVariable(string envName, string expectedValue, string setValue)
+        {
+            var envVariables = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+            if(setValue != null)
+            {
+                envVariables[envName] = setValue;
+            }    
+
+            await UpdateHandlerAsync("ImageFunction::ImageFunction.Function::GetEnvironmentVariable", envVariables);
+
+            var payload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(envName);
+            var invokeResponse = await InvokeFunctionAsync(payload);
+
+            Assert.True(invokeResponse.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK);
+            Assert.True(invokeResponse.FunctionError == null, "Failed invoke with error: " + invokeResponse.FunctionError);
+
+            await using var responseStream = invokeResponse.Payload;
+            var actualValue = new StreamReader(responseStream).ReadToEnd();
+
+            Assert.Equal(expectedValue, actualValue);
+        }
+
+        private async Task UpdateHandlerAsync(string handler, Dictionary<string, string> environmentVariables = null)
         {
             var updateFunctionConfigurationRequest = new UpdateFunctionConfigurationRequest
             {
@@ -122,6 +160,10 @@ private async Task UpdateHandlerAsync(string handler)
                 ImageConfig = new ImageConfig()
                 {
                     Command = {handler},
+                },
+                Environment = new Amazon.Lambda.Model.Environment
+                {
+                    Variables = environmentVariables ?? new Dictionary<string, string>()
                 }
             };
             await _lambdaClient.UpdateFunctionConfigurationAsync(updateFunctionConfigurationRequest);
diff --git a/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/SmokeTests/test/ImageFunction/Function.cs b/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/SmokeTests/test/ImageFunction/Function.cs
index 128876e7d..c331b2e7d 100644
--- a/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/SmokeTests/test/ImageFunction/Function.cs
+++ b/LambdaRuntimeDockerfiles/SmokeTests/test/ImageFunction/Function.cs
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ public string VerifyTzData(ILambdaContext lambdaContext)
             return SuccessResult;
         }
 
+        public string GetEnvironmentVariable(string  name)
+        {
+            return Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(name) ?? string.Empty;
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Private methods
diff --git a/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport.csproj b/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport.csproj
index e5969a967..0d0b09549 100644
--- a/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport.csproj
+++ b/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport.csproj
@@ -45,5 +45,8 @@
     <None Update="bootstrap.sh">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
+    <None Update="bootstrap-al2023.sh">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>	  
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport/bootstrap-al2023.sh b/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport/bootstrap-al2023.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9848bb10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport/bootstrap-al2023.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# .NET on Linux uses OpenSSL to handle certificates. The .NET runtime will load the certs by first reading
+# the default cert bundle file which can be overriden by the SSL_CERT_FILE env var. Then it will load the
+# certs in the default cert directory which can be overriden by the SSL_CERT_DIR env var. On AL2023
+# The default cert bundle file, via symbolic links, resolves to being in a file under the default cert directory.
+# This means the default cert bundle file is double loaded causing a cold start performance hit. This logic
+# sets the SSL_CERT_FILE to a noop file if SSL_CERT_FILE hasn't been explicitly
+# set. This avoid the double load of the default cert bundle file.
+if [ -z "${SSL_CERT_FILE}"]; then
+  export SSL_CERT_FILE="/tmp/noop"
+fi
+
+# This script is used to locate 2 files in the /var/task folder, where the end-user assembly is located
+# The 2 files are <assembly name>.deps.json and <assembly name>.runtimeconfig.json
+# These files are used to add the end-user assembly into context and make the code reachable to the dotnet process
+# Since the file names are not known in advance, we use this shell script to find the files and pass them to the dotnet process as parameters
+# You can improve cold-start performance by setting the LAMBDA_DOTNET_MAIN_ASSEMBLY environment variable and specifying the assembly name
+# LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT is inherited from the Lambda execution environment/base image as "/var/task", but can be overridden for use in custom images.
+if [ -z "${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT}" ]; then
+  echo "Error: Environment variable LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT needs to be defined in order for the Lambda Runtime to load the function handler to be executed." 1>&2
+  exit 101
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT}" ] | [ -z "$(ls -A ${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT})" ]; then
+  echo "Error: .NET binaries for Lambda function are not correctly installed in the ${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT} directory of the image when the image was built. The ${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT} directory is missing." 1>&2
+  exit 102
+fi
+
+# Get version of Lambda .NET runtime if available
+export "$(grep LAMBDA_RUNTIME_NAME /var/runtime/runtime-release 2>/dev/null || echo LAMBDA_RUNTIME_NAME=dotnet_custom)"
+export AWS_EXECUTION_ENV="AWS_Lambda_${LAMBDA_RUNTIME_NAME}"
+
+export DOTNET_ROOT="/var/lang/bin"
+DOTNET_BIN="${DOTNET_ROOT}/dotnet"
+DOTNET_EXEC="exec"
+DOTNET_ARGS=()
+EXECUTABLE_BINARY_EXIST=false
+
+LAMBDA_HANDLER=""
+# Command-line parameter has precedence over "_HANDLER" environment variable
+if [ -n "${1}" ]; then
+  LAMBDA_HANDLER="${1}"
+elif [ -n "${_HANDLER}" ]; then
+  LAMBDA_HANDLER="${_HANDLER}"
+else
+  echo "Error: No Lambda Handler function was specified." 1>&2
+  exit 103
+fi
+
+HANDLER_COL_INDEX=$(expr index "${LAMBDA_HANDLER}" ":")
+
+if [[ "${HANDLER_COL_INDEX}" == 0 ]]; then 
+  EXECUTABLE_ASSEMBLY="${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT}/${LAMBDA_HANDLER}"
+  EXECUTABLE_BINARY="${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT}/${LAMBDA_HANDLER}"
+  if [[ "${EXECUTABLE_ASSEMBLY}" != *.dll ]]; then
+    EXECUTABLE_ASSEMBLY="${EXECUTABLE_ASSEMBLY}.dll"
+  fi
+  if [[ -f "${EXECUTABLE_ASSEMBLY}" ]]; then
+    DOTNET_ARGS+=("${EXECUTABLE_ASSEMBLY}")
+  elif [[ -f "${EXECUTABLE_BINARY}" ]]; then
+    EXECUTABLE_BINARY_EXIST=true
+  else
+    echo "Error: executable assembly ${EXECUTABLE_ASSEMBLY} or binary ${EXECUTABLE_BINARY} not found." 1>&2
+    exit 104
+  fi
+else
+  if [ -n "${LAMBDA_DOTNET_MAIN_ASSEMBLY}" ]; then
+    if [[ "${LAMBDA_DOTNET_MAIN_ASSEMBLY}" == *.dll ]]; then
+      ASSEMBLY_NAME="${LAMBDA_DOTNET_MAIN_ASSEMBLY::-4}"
+    else
+      ASSEMBLY_NAME="${LAMBDA_DOTNET_MAIN_ASSEMBLY}"
+    fi
+  else
+    ASSEMBLY_NAME="${LAMBDA_HANDLER::${HANDLER_COL_INDEX}-1}"
+  fi
+
+  DEPS_FILE="${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT}/${ASSEMBLY_NAME}.deps.json"
+  if ! [ -f "${DEPS_FILE}" ]; then
+    DEPS_FILES=( "${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT}"/*.deps.json )
+
+    # Check if there were any matches to the *.deps.json glob, and that the glob was resolved
+    # This makes the matching independent from the global `nullopt` shopt's value (https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Shopt-Builtin.html)
+    if [ "${#DEPS_FILES[@]}" -ne 1 ] || echo "${DEPS_FILES[0]}" | grep -q -F '*'; then
+      echo "Error: .NET binaries for Lambda function are not correctly installed in the ${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT} directory of the image when the image was built. The ${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT} directory is missing the required .deps.json file." 1>&2
+      exit 105
+    fi
+    DEPS_FILE="${DEPS_FILES[0]}"
+  fi
+
+  RUNTIMECONFIG_FILE="${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT}/${ASSEMBLY_NAME}.runtimeconfig.json"
+  if ! [ -f "${RUNTIMECONFIG_FILE}" ]; then
+    RUNTIMECONFIG_FILES=( "${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT}"/*.runtimeconfig.json )
+
+    # Check if there were any matches to the *.runtimeconfig.json glob, and that the glob was resolved
+    # This makes the matching independent from the global `nullopt` shopt's value (https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Shopt-Builtin.html)
+    if [ "${#RUNTIMECONFIG_FILES[@]}" -ne 1 ] || echo "${RUNTIMECONFIG_FILES[0]}" | grep -q -F '*'; then
+      echo "Error: .NET binaries for Lambda function are not correctly installed in the ${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT} directory of the image when the image was built. The ${LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT} directory is missing the required .runtimeconfig.json file." 1>&2
+      exit 106
+    fi
+    RUNTIMECONFIG_FILE="${RUNTIMECONFIG_FILES[0]}"
+  fi
+
+  DOTNET_ARGS+=("--depsfile" "${DEPS_FILE}"
+                "--runtimeconfig" "${RUNTIMECONFIG_FILE}"
+                "/var/runtime/Amazon.Lambda.RuntimeSupport.dll" "${LAMBDA_HANDLER}")
+fi
+
+
+# To support runtime wrapper scripts
+# https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/runtimes-modify.html#runtime-wrapper
+if [ -z "${AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER}" ]; then
+  if [ ${EXECUTABLE_BINARY_EXIST} = true ]; then
+    exec "${EXECUTABLE_BINARY}"
+  else
+    exec "${DOTNET_BIN}" "${DOTNET_EXEC}" "${DOTNET_ARGS[@]}"
+  fi
+else
+  if [ ! -f "${AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER}" ]; then
+    echo "${AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER}: does not exist"
+    exit 127
+  fi
+  if [ ! -x "${AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER}" ]; then
+    echo "${AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER}: is not an executable"
+    exit 126
+  fi
+  if [ ${EXECUTABLE_BINARY_EXIST} = true ]; then
+    exec -- "${AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER}" "${EXECUTABLE_BINARY}"
+  else
+    exec -- "${AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER}" "${DOTNET_BIN}" "${DOTNET_EXEC}" "${DOTNET_ARGS[@]}"
+  fi
+fi
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