diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 851d910..748b141 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import pytest
 import wolfssl
 from wolfssl._ffi import lib as _lib
+from wolfssltestserver import wolfSSLTestServer
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def tcp_socket():
@@ -61,3 +62,15 @@ def ssl_context(ssl_provider, request):
         return ssl_provider.SSLContext(ssl_provider.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_3)
     if request.param == "SSLv23":
         return ssl_provider.SSLContext(ssl_provider.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
+
+port = 1110
+@pytest.fixture
+def ssl_server():
+    from threading import Thread
+    global port
+    port += 1
+    with wolfSSLTestServer(('localhost', port)) as server:
+        t = Thread(target=server.handle_request)
+        t.daemon = True
+        t.start()
+        yield server
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 2cccc22..9e265c3 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
 
 import pytest
+import wolfssl
 
 HOST = "www.python.org"
 PORT = 443
@@ -70,3 +71,21 @@ def test_secure_connection(secure_socket):
 
     secure_socket.write(b"GET / HTTP/1.1\n\n")
     assert secure_socket.read(4) == b"HTTP"
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("ssl_version",
+                         [pytest.param((wolfssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, "TLSv1.1"), id="TLSv1.1"),
+                          pytest.param((wolfssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, "TLSv1.2"), id="TLSv1.2"),
+                          pytest.param((wolfssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_3, "TLSv1.3"), id="TLSv1.3")])
+def test_get_version(ssl_server, ssl_version, tcp_socket):
+    protocol = ssl_version[0]
+    protocol_name = ssl_version[1]
+    try:
+        ssl_context = wolfssl.SSLContext(protocol)
+    except ValueError:
+        pytest.skip("Protocol {} not supported".format(protocol_name))
+        return
+    secure_socket = ssl_context.wrap_socket(tcp_socket)
+    secure_socket.connect(('127.0.0.1', ssl_server.port))
+    assert secure_socket.version() == protocol_name
+    secure_socket.write(b'hello wolfssl')
+    secure_socket.read(1024)
diff --git a/tests/wolfssltestserver.py b/tests/wolfssltestserver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7284269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wolfssltestserver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from wolfssl import SSLContext, PROTOCOL_TLS, CERT_NONE
+from socketserver import TCPServer, BaseRequestHandler
+
+ca_path = './certs/client-cert.pem'
+cert_path = './certs/server-cert.pem'
+key_path = './certs/server-key.pem'
+
+class wolfSSLTestServer(TCPServer):
+    class wolfSSLRequestHandler(BaseRequestHandler):
+        def handle(self):
+            ssl_socket = self.server.ctx.wrap_socket(self.request, server_side=True)
+            ssl_socket.recv(1024)
+            ssl_socket.sendall(b'I hear you fa shizzle!')
+    ctx = None
+    def __init__(self, address, version=PROTOCOL_TLS, ca=ca_path, cert=cert_path, key=key_path, verify=CERT_NONE):
+        TCPServer.__init__(self, address, self.wolfSSLRequestHandler, bind_and_activate=False)
+        self.allow_reuse_address = self.allow_reuse_port = True
+        self.ctx = SSLContext(version, server_side=True)
+        self.ctx.verify_mode = verify
+        self.ctx.load_verify_locations(ca)
+        self.ctx.load_cert_chain(cert, key)
+        self.port = address[1]
+        self.version = version
+        self.server_bind()
+        self.server_activate()
diff --git a/wolfssl/__init__.py b/wolfssl/__init__.py
index f92b38b..fbb28f0 100644
--- a/wolfssl/__init__.py
+++ b/wolfssl/__init__.py
@@ -857,6 +857,11 @@ def getpeercert(self, binary_form=False):
 
         return {'subject': ((('commonName', x509.get_subject_cn()),),),
                 'subjectAltName': x509.get_altnames() }
+    def version(self):
+        """
+        Returns the version of the protocol used in the connection.
+        """
+        return _ffi.string(_lib.wolfSSL_get_version(self.native_object)).decode("ascii")
 
     # The following functions expose functionality of the underlying
     # Socket object. These are also exposed through Python's ssl module
diff --git a/wolfssl/_build_ffi.py b/wolfssl/_build_ffi.py
index c02551a..00d8991 100644
--- a/wolfssl/_build_ffi.py
+++ b/wolfssl/_build_ffi.py
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ def generate_libwolfssl():
     void*         wolfSSL_dtls_create_peer(int, char*);
     int           wolfSSL_dtls_free_peer(void*);
     int           wolfSSL_dtls_set_peer(WOLFSSL*, void*, unsigned int);
+    const char*   wolfSSL_get_version(const WOLFSSL*);
 
     /*
      * WOLFSSL_X509 functions