diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 48ab5ae..bb15887 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 Features
 Note: Most of these features have been donated by Fox-IT
    * Added Doxygen source code documentation parts
-   * Added generic message digest wrapper for integration
-     with OpenVPN
-   * Added generic cipher wrapper for integration
-     with OpenVPN
+   * Added generic message digest and cipher wrapper
+     for integration with OpenVPN
    * Added reading of DHM context from memory and file
    * Added verification callback on certificate chain
      verification to allow external blacklisting.
diff --git a/include/polarssl/ssl.h b/include/polarssl/ssl.h
index 3d3c020..6d7b495 100644
--- a/include/polarssl/ssl.h
+++ b/include/polarssl/ssl.h
@@ -526,6 +526,15 @@
 const char *ssl_get_cipher( const ssl_context *ssl );
 
 /**
+ * \brief          Return the current SSL version (SSLv3/TLSv1/etc)
+ *
+ * \param ssl      SSL context
+ *
+ * \return         a string containing the SSL version
+ */
+const char *ssl_get_version( const ssl_context *ssl );
+
+/**
  * \brief          Perform the SSL handshake
  *
  * \param ssl      SSL context
diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index a0be84f..74e51a3 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -1918,6 +1918,25 @@
     return( "unknown" );
 }
 
+const char *ssl_get_version( const ssl_context *ssl )
+{
+    switch( ssl->minor_ver )
+    {
+        case SSL_MINOR_VERSION_0:
+            return( "SSLv3.0" );
+
+        case SSL_MINOR_VERSION_1:
+            return( "TLSv1.0" );
+
+        case SSL_MINOR_VERSION_2:
+            return( "TLSv1.1" );
+
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+    return( "unknown" );
+}
+
 int ssl_default_ciphers[] =
 {
 #if defined(POLARSSL_DHM_C)