diff --git a/lib/httparty/request.rb b/lib/httparty/request.rb
index ff3ecd03..48fd0147 100644
--- a/lib/httparty/request.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty/request.rb
@@ -141,8 +141,12 @@ def perform(&block)
       validate
       setup_raw_request
       chunked_body = nil
+      peer_cert = nil
+      current_http = http
+
+      self.last_response = current_http.request(@raw_request) do |http_response|
+        peer_cert ||= current_http.peer_cert
 
-      self.last_response = http.request(@raw_request) do |http_response|
         if block
           chunks = []
 
@@ -155,10 +159,9 @@ def perform(&block)
         end
       end
 
-
       handle_host_redirection if response_redirects?
       result = handle_unauthorized
-      result ||= handle_response(chunked_body, &block)
+      result ||= handle_response(chunked_body, peer_cert, &block)
       result
     end
 
@@ -340,7 +343,7 @@ def encode_body(body)
       end
     end
 
-    def handle_response(body, &block)
+    def handle_response(body, peer_cert, &block)
       if response_redirects?
         options[:limit] -= 1
         if options[:logger]
@@ -363,7 +366,7 @@ def handle_response(body, &block)
       else
         body ||= last_response.body
         body = body.nil? ? body : encode_body(body)
-        Response.new(self, last_response, lambda { parse_response(body) }, body: body)
+        Response.new(self, last_response, lambda { parse_response(body) }, body: body, peer_cert: peer_cert)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/httparty/response.rb b/lib/httparty/response.rb
index 4ae7bafc..003e4af7 100644
--- a/lib/httparty/response.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty/response.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def self._load(data)
       new(req, resp, -> { parsed_resp }, body: resp_body)
     end
 
-    attr_reader :request, :response, :body, :headers
+    attr_reader :request, :response, :body, :headers, :peer_cert
 
     def initialize(request, response, parsed_block, options = {})
       @request      = request
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def initialize(request, response, parsed_block, options = {})
       @body         = options[:body] || response.body
       @parsed_block = parsed_block
       @headers      = Headers.new(response.to_hash)
+      @peer_cert    = options[:peer_cert]
 
       if request.options[:logger]
         logger = ::HTTParty::Logger.build(
diff --git a/spec/httparty/ssl_spec.rb b/spec/httparty/ssl_spec.rb
index b6c081f8..72a64467 100644
--- a/spec/httparty/ssl_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/httparty/ssl_spec.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 RSpec.describe HTTParty::Request do
   context "SSL certificate verification" do
     before do
-      WebMock.allow_net_connect!
+      WebMock.disable!
     end
 
     after do
-      WebMock.disable_net_connect!
+      WebMock.enable!
     end
 
     it "should fail when no trusted CA list is specified, by default" do
@@ -70,5 +70,9 @@
         ssl_verify_test(:ssl_ca_path, ".", "bogushost.crt")
       end.to raise_error(OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError)
     end
+
+    it "should provide the certificate used by the server via peer_cert" do
+      expect(ssl_verify_test(:ssl_ca_file, "ca.crt", "server.crt").peer_cert).to be_a OpenSSL::X509::Certificate
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/stub_response.rb b/spec/support/stub_response.rb
index c305b272..a4f8f060 100644
--- a/spec/support/stub_response.rb
+++ b/spec/support/stub_response.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ def stub_http_response_with(filename)
 
       http_request = HTTParty::Request.new(Net::HTTP::Get, 'http://localhost', format: format)
       allow(http_request).to receive_message_chain(:http, :request).and_return(response)
+      allow(http_request).to receive_message_chain(:http, :peer_cert).and_return(nil)
 
       expect(HTTParty::Request).to receive(:new).and_return(http_request)
     end
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ def response.read_body(&block)
 
       http_request = HTTParty::Request.new(Net::HTTP::Get, 'http://localhost', options)
       allow(http_request).to receive_message_chain(:http, :request).and_yield(response).and_return(response)
+      allow(http_request).to receive_message_chain(:http, :peer_cert).and_return(nil)
 
       expect(HTTParty::Request).to receive(:new).and_return(http_request)
     end