LetFGbe the group ring of a groupGover a fieldFwhose characteristic isp≠ 2 Let * denote the involution onFGwhich sends each group element to its inverse. Let (FG)+and (FG)–denote, respectively, the sets of symmetric and skew elements with respect to *.The conditions under which the group ring is Lien-Engel for somenare known.We show that if either (FG)+or (FG)–- is Lie n-Engel, andGis devoid of 2-elements, thenFGis Lie m-Engel for some m. Furthermore, we completely classify the remaining groups for which (FG)+is Lien-Engel.