diff --git a/examples/README b/examples/README
index adfcd0f25..b4dec8e56 100644
--- a/examples/README
+++ b/examples/README
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Some inline scripts may require additional dependencies, which can be installed using
+`pip install mitmproxy[examples]`.
+
+
 # inline script examples
 add_header.py             Simple script that just adds a header to every request.
 change_upstream_proxy.py  Dynamically change the upstream proxy
diff --git a/examples/tls_passthrough.py b/examples/tls_passthrough.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b4dec622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tls_passthrough.py
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+"""
+This inline script allows conditional TLS Interception based
+on a user-defined strategy.
+
+Example:
+
+    > mitmdump -s tls_passthrough.py
+
+    1. curl --proxy http://localhost:8080 https://example.com --insecure
+    // works - we'll also see the contents in mitmproxy
+
+    2. curl --proxy http://localhost:8080 https://example.com --insecure
+    // still works - we'll also see the contents in mitmproxy
+
+    3. curl --proxy http://localhost:8080 https://example.com
+    // fails with a certificate error, which we will also see in mitmproxy
+
+    4. curl --proxy http://localhost:8080 https://example.com
+    // works again, but mitmproxy does not intercept and we do *not* see the contents
+
+Authors: Maximilian Hils, Matthew Tuusberg
+"""
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, print_function, division)
+import collections
+import random
+
+from enum import Enum
+
+from libmproxy.exceptions import TlsException
+from libmproxy.protocol import TlsLayer, RawTCPLayer
+
+
+class InterceptionResult(Enum):
+    success = True
+    failure = False
+    skipped = None
+
+
+class _TlsStrategy(object):
+    """
+    Abstract base class for interception strategies.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        # A server_address -> interception results mapping
+        self.history = collections.defaultdict(lambda: collections.deque(maxlen=200))
+
+    def should_intercept(self, server_address):
+        """
+        Returns:
+            True, if we should attempt to intercept the connection.
+            False, if we want to employ pass-through instead.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def record_success(self, server_address):
+        self.history[server_address].append(InterceptionResult.success)
+
+    def record_failure(self, server_address):
+        self.history[server_address].append(InterceptionResult.failure)
+
+    def record_skipped(self, server_address):
+        self.history[server_address].append(InterceptionResult.skipped)
+
+
+class ConservativeStrategy(_TlsStrategy):
+    """
+    Conservative Interception Strategy - only intercept if there haven't been any failed attempts
+    in the history.
+    """
+
+    def should_intercept(self, server_address):
+        if InterceptionResult.failure in self.history[server_address]:
+            return False
+        return True
+
+
+class ProbabilisticStrategy(_TlsStrategy):
+    """
+    Fixed probability that we intercept a given connection.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, p):
+        self.p = p
+        super(ProbabilisticStrategy, self).__init__()
+
+    def should_intercept(self, server_address):
+        return random.uniform(0, 1) < self.p
+
+
+class TlsFeedback(TlsLayer):
+    """
+    Monkey-patch _establish_tls_with_client to get feedback if TLS could be established
+    successfully on the client connection (which may fail due to cert pinning).
+    """
+
+    def _establish_tls_with_client(self):
+        server_address = self.server_conn.address
+        tls_strategy = self.script_context.tls_strategy
+
+        try:
+            super(TlsFeedback, self)._establish_tls_with_client()
+        except TlsException as e:
+            tls_strategy.record_failure(server_address)
+            raise e
+        else:
+            tls_strategy.record_success(server_address)
+
+
+# inline script hooks below.
+
+
+def start(context, argv):
+    if len(argv) == 2:
+        context.tls_strategy = ProbabilisticStrategy(float(argv[1]))
+    else:
+        context.tls_strategy = ConservativeStrategy()
+
+
+def next_layer(context, next_layer):
+    """
+    This hook does the actual magic - if the next layer is planned to be a TLS layer,
+    we check if we want to enter pass-through mode instead.
+    """
+    if isinstance(next_layer, TlsLayer) and next_layer._client_tls:
+        server_address = next_layer.server_conn.address
+
+        if context.tls_strategy.should_intercept(server_address):
+            # We try to intercept.
+            # Monkey-Patch the layer to get feedback from the TLSLayer if interception worked.
+            next_layer.__class__ = TlsFeedback
+            next_layer.script_context = context
+        else:
+            # We don't intercept - reply with a pass-through layer and add a "skipped" entry.
+            context.log("TLS passthrough for %s" % repr(next_layer.server_conn.address), "info")
+            next_layer_replacement = RawTCPLayer(next_layer.ctx, logging=False)
+            next_layer.reply(next_layer_replacement)
+            context.tls_strategy.record_skipped(server_address)