diff --git a/include/re_tls.h b/include/re_tls.h
index aeb1961..aa45f60 100644
--- a/include/re_tls.h
+++ b/include/re_tls.h
@@ -90,3 +90,10 @@ void dtls_set_handlers(struct tls_conn *tc, dtls_estab_h *estabh,
 		       dtls_recv_h *recvh, dtls_close_h *closeh, void *arg);
 const struct sa *dtls_peer(const struct tls_conn *tc);
 void dtls_set_peer(struct tls_conn *tc, const struct sa *peer);
+
+
+#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
+struct ssl_ctx_st;
+
+struct ssl_ctx_st *tls_openssl_context(const struct tls *tls);
+#endif
diff --git a/src/tls/openssl/tls.c b/src/tls/openssl/tls.c
index 3fd85ec..c82d937 100644
--- a/src/tls/openssl/tls.c
+++ b/src/tls/openssl/tls.c
@@ -889,3 +889,16 @@ void tls_flush_error(void)
 {
 	ERR_print_errors_cb(print_error, NULL);
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Get the backend-specific (OpenSSL) context
+ *
+ * @param tls  Generic TLS Context
+ *
+ * @return OpenSSL context
+ */
+struct ssl_ctx_st *tls_openssl_context(const struct tls *tls)
+{
+	return tls ? tls->ctx : NULL;
+}