diff --git a/netlib/tcp.py b/netlib/tcp.py
index 8f2ebdf03..0dff807ba 100644
--- a/netlib/tcp.py
+++ b/netlib/tcp.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import select, socket, threading, sys, time, traceback
 from OpenSSL import SSL
 import certutils
 
+
 EINTR = 4
 
 SSLv2_METHOD = SSL.SSLv2_METHOD
@@ -214,7 +215,16 @@ class Address(object):
         return (self.address, self.family) == (other.address, other.family)
 
 
-class SocketCloseMixin(object):
+class _Connection(object):
+    def get_current_cipher(self):
+        if not self.ssl_established:
+            return None
+        c = SSL._lib.SSL_get_current_cipher(self.connection._ssl)
+        name = SSL._native(SSL._ffi.string(SSL._lib.SSL_CIPHER_get_name(c)))
+        bits = SSL._lib.SSL_CIPHER_get_bits(c, SSL._ffi.NULL)
+        version = SSL._native(SSL._ffi.string(SSL._lib.SSL_CIPHER_get_version(c)))
+        return name, bits, version
+
     def finish(self):
         self.finished = True
         try:
@@ -248,7 +258,7 @@ class SocketCloseMixin(object):
             pass
 
 
-class TCPClient(SocketCloseMixin):
+class TCPClient(_Connection):
     rbufsize = -1
     wbufsize = -1
     def __init__(self, address, source_address=None):
@@ -310,7 +320,7 @@ class TCPClient(SocketCloseMixin):
         return self.connection.gettimeout()
 
 
-class BaseHandler(SocketCloseMixin):
+class BaseHandler(_Connection):
     """
         The instantiator is expected to call the handle() and finish() methods.
 
diff --git a/test/test_tcp.py b/test/test_tcp.py
index 4e27a632f..387e3f33d 100644
--- a/test/test_tcp.py
+++ b/test/test_tcp.py
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ class ClientCipherListHandler(tcp.BaseHandler):
         self.wfile.flush()
 
 
+class CurrentCipherHandler(tcp.BaseHandler):
+    sni = None
+    def handle(self):
+        self.wfile.write("%s"%str(self.get_current_cipher()))
+        self.wfile.flush()
+
+
 class DisconnectHandler(tcp.BaseHandler):
     def handle(self):
         self.close()
@@ -151,7 +158,8 @@ class TestServerSSL(test.ServerTestBase):
                 cert = tutils.test_data.path("data/server.crt"),
                 key = tutils.test_data.path("data/server.key"),
                 request_client_cert = False,
-                v3_only = False
+                v3_only = False,
+                cipher_list = "AES256-SHA"
             )
     def test_echo(self):
         c = tcp.TCPClient(("127.0.0.1", self.port))
@@ -165,6 +173,15 @@ class TestServerSSL(test.ServerTestBase):
     def test_get_remote_cert(self):
         assert certutils.get_remote_cert("127.0.0.1", self.port, None).digest("sha1")
 
+    def test_get_current_cipher(self):
+        c = tcp.TCPClient(("127.0.0.1", self.port))
+        c.connect()
+        assert not c.get_current_cipher()
+        c.convert_to_ssl(sni="foo.com")
+        ret = c.get_current_cipher()
+        assert ret
+        assert "AES" in ret[0]
+
 
 class TestSSLv3Only(test.ServerTestBase):
     handler = EchoHandler
@@ -236,6 +253,22 @@ class TestServerCipherList(test.ServerTestBase):
         assert c.rfile.readline() == "['RC4-SHA']"
 
 
+class TestServerCurrentCipher(test.ServerTestBase):
+    handler = CurrentCipherHandler
+    ssl = dict(
+        cert = tutils.test_data.path("data/server.crt"),
+        key = tutils.test_data.path("data/server.key"),
+        request_client_cert = False,
+        v3_only = False,
+        cipher_list = 'RC4-SHA'
+    )
+    def test_echo(self):
+        c = tcp.TCPClient(("127.0.0.1", self.port))
+        c.connect()
+        c.convert_to_ssl(sni="foo.com")
+        assert "RC4-SHA" in c.rfile.readline()
+
+
 class TestServerCipherListError(test.ServerTestBase):
     handler = ClientCipherListHandler
     ssl = dict(