diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/AsyncHandler.java b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/AsyncHandler.java
index a6fab9b369..6733c94711 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/AsyncHandler.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/AsyncHandler.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.asynchttpclient.netty.request.NettyRequest;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ default void onTlsHandshakeAttempt() {
   /**
    * Notify the callback after the TLS was successful
    */
-  default void onTlsHandshakeSuccess() {
+  default void onTlsHandshakeSuccess(SSLSession sslSession) {
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/channel/NettyConnectListener.java b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/channel/NettyConnectListener.java
index 76bd652a44..4a6f4dce20 100755
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/channel/NettyConnectListener.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/channel/NettyConnectListener.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public void onSuccess(Channel channel, InetSocketAddress remoteAddress) {
         @Override
         protected void onSuccess(Channel value) {
           try {
-            asyncHandler.onTlsHandshakeSuccess();
+            asyncHandler.onTlsHandshakeSuccess(sslHandler.engine().getSession());
           } catch (Exception e) {
             LOGGER.error("onTlsHandshakeSuccess crashed", e);
             NettyConnectListener.this.onFailure(channel, e);
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/test/EventCollectingHandler.java b/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/test/EventCollectingHandler.java
index 252de41913..8047c5f843 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/test/EventCollectingHandler.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/test/EventCollectingHandler.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.asynchttpclient.netty.request.NettyRequest;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Queue;
@@ -128,7 +129,8 @@ public void onTlsHandshakeAttempt() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void onTlsHandshakeSuccess() {
+  public void onTlsHandshakeSuccess(SSLSession sslSession) {
+    Assert.assertNotNull(sslSession);
     firedEvents.add(TLS_HANDSHAKE_SUCCESS_EVENT);
   }