diff --git a/memcached.c b/memcached.c
index 20ead54f08..cc0d890268 100644
--- a/memcached.c
+++ b/memcached.c
@@ -3480,7 +3480,7 @@ static void maximize_sndbuf(const int sfd) {
 static int server_socket(const char *interface,
                          int port,
                          enum network_transport transport,
-                         FILE *portnumber_file, bool ssl_enabled,
+                         FILE *portnumber_file, uint8_t ssl_enabled,
                          uint64_t conntag,
                          enum protocol bproto) {
     int sfd;
@@ -3658,10 +3658,14 @@ static int server_socket(const char *interface,
 
 static int server_sockets(int port, enum network_transport transport,
                           FILE *portnumber_file) {
-    bool ssl_enabled = false;
+    uint8_t ssl_enabled = MC_SSL_DISABLED;
 
     const char *notls = "notls";
-    ssl_enabled = settings.ssl_enabled;
+    const char *btls = "btls";
+    const char *mtls = "mtls";
+    if (settings.ssl_enabled) {
+        ssl_enabled = MC_SSL_ENABLED_DEFAULT;
+    }
 
     if (settings.inter == NULL) {
         return server_socket(settings.inter, port, transport, portnumber_file, ssl_enabled, 0, settings.binding_protocol);
@@ -3682,7 +3686,9 @@ static int server_sockets(int port, enum network_transport transport,
             p = strtok_r(NULL, ";,", &b)) {
             uint64_t conntag = 0;
             int the_port = port;
-            ssl_enabled = settings.ssl_enabled;
+            if (settings.ssl_enabled) {
+                ssl_enabled = MC_SSL_ENABLED_DEFAULT;
+            }
             // "notls" option is valid only when memcached is run with SSL enabled.
             if (strncmp(p, notls, strlen(notls)) == 0) {
                 if (!settings.ssl_enabled) {
@@ -3690,8 +3696,24 @@ static int server_sockets(int port, enum network_transport transport,
                     free(list);
                     return 1;
                 }
-                ssl_enabled = false;
+                ssl_enabled = MC_SSL_DISABLED;
                 p += strlen(notls) + 1;
+            } else if (strncmp(p, btls, strlen(btls)) == 0) {
+                 if (!settings.ssl_enabled) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "'btls' option is valid only when SSL is enabled\n");
+                    free(list);
+                    return 1;
+                }
+                ssl_enabled = MC_SSL_ENABLED_NOPEER;
+                p += strlen(btls) + 1;
+            } else if (strncmp(p, mtls, strlen(mtls)) == 0) {
+                if (!settings.ssl_enabled) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "'otls' option is valid only when SSL is enabled\n");
+                    free(list);
+                    return 1;
+                }
+                ssl_enabled = MC_SSL_ENABLED_PEER;
+                p += strlen(mtls) + 1;
             }
 
             // Allow forcing the protocol of this listener.
diff --git a/memcached.h b/memcached.h
index 57fa5389f1..6d3a1b72e5 100644
--- a/memcached.h
+++ b/memcached.h
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ struct conn {
     bool close_after_write; /** flush write then move to close connection */
     bool rbuf_malloced; /** read buffer was malloc'ed for ascii mget, needs free() */
     bool item_malloced; /** item for conn_nread state is a temporary malloc */
-    bool ssl_enabled;
+    uint8_t ssl_enabled;
 #ifdef TLS
     void    *ssl;
     char   *ssl_wbuf;
diff --git a/t/lib/MemcachedTest.pm b/t/lib/MemcachedTest.pm
index ffbc51733d..ce09014dad 100644
--- a/t/lib/MemcachedTest.pm
+++ b/t/lib/MemcachedTest.pm
@@ -506,6 +506,19 @@ sub new_sock {
     }
 }
 
+# needed for a specific test
+sub new_nocert_tls_sock {
+    my $self = shift;
+    if (MemcachedTest::enabled_tls_testing()) {
+        my $port = shift;
+        my $ssl_version = shift;
+        return eval qq{ IO::Socket::SSL->new(PeerAddr => "$self->{host}:$port",
+                                    SSL_verify_mode => IO::Socket::SSL::SSL_VERIFY_NONE,
+                                    SSL_version => '$ssl_version');
+                                    };
+    }
+}
+
 sub new_udp_sock {
     my $self = shift;
     return IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => '127.0.0.1',
diff --git a/t/ssl_ports.t b/t/ssl_ports.t
index 4f1c3b8166..2d23b00dff 100644
--- a/t/ssl_ports.t
+++ b/t/ssl_ports.t
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ if (!enabled_tls_testing()) {
 
 my $tcp_port = free_port();
 my $ssl_port = free_port();
+my $mtls_port = free_port();
 
-my $server = new_memcached("-l notls:127.0.0.1:$tcp_port,127.0.0.1:$ssl_port", $ssl_port);
+my $server = new_memcached("-l notls:127.0.0.1:$tcp_port,127.0.0.1:$ssl_port,mtls:127.0.0.1:$mtls_port", $ssl_port);
 my $sock = $server->sock;
 
 # Make sure we can talk over SSL
@@ -28,4 +29,12 @@ is(scalar <$sock>, "STORED\r\n", "stored foo");
 my $tcp_sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => "127.0.0.1:$tcp_port");
 mem_get_is($tcp_sock, "foo:123", "foo set over SSL");
 
+# verify mTLS failure
+# not trying very hard but: if the above works and this doesn't, it's going to
+# be the peer cert. If someone wants to tryhard you can try inspecting
+# $SSL_ERROR and/or checking `watch connevents` stream
+my $mtls_sock = $server->new_nocert_tls_sock($mtls_port, 'TLSv1_3');
+print $mtls_sock "version\r\n";
+is(scalar <$mtls_sock>, undef, "failed to connect without peer cert");
+
 done_testing()
diff --git a/tls.c b/tls.c
index fed4f98058..caf2f97a72 100644
--- a/tls.c
+++ b/tls.c
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ void *ssl_accept(conn *c, int sfd, bool *fail) {
             return NULL;
         }
         SSL_set_fd(ssl, sfd);
+
+        if (c->ssl_enabled == MC_SSL_ENABLED_NOPEER) {
+            // Don't enforce peer certs for this socket.
+            SSL_set_verify(ssl, SSL_VERIFY_NONE, NULL);
+        } else if (c->ssl_enabled == MC_SSL_ENABLED_PEER) {
+            // Force peer validation for this socket.
+            SSL_set_verify(ssl, SSL_VERIFY_PEER|SSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT, NULL);
+        }
+
         ERR_clear_error();
         int ret = SSL_accept(ssl);
         if (ret <= 0) {
diff --git a/tls.h b/tls.h
index f1a1f3e554..b183e478a3 100644
--- a/tls.h
+++ b/tls.h
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef TLS_H
 #define TLS_H
 
+#define MC_SSL_DISABLED 0
+#define MC_SSL_ENABLED_DEFAULT 1
+#define MC_SSL_ENABLED_NOPEER 2
+#define MC_SSL_ENABLED_PEER 3
+
 #ifdef TLS
 void *ssl_accept(conn *c, int sfd, bool *fail);
 int ssl_init(void);