diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 72a65b7..351925e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -1904,7 +1904,8 @@
                     'compression': s.compression(),
                     'cipher': s.cipher(),
                     'peercert': s.getpeercert(),
-                    'client_npn_protocol': s.selected_npn_protocol()
+                    'client_npn_protocol': s.selected_npn_protocol(),
+                    'version': s.version(),
                 })
                 s.close()
             stats['server_npn_protocols'] = server.selected_protocols
@@ -1912,6 +1913,13 @@
 
     def try_protocol_combo(server_protocol, client_protocol, expect_success,
                            certsreqs=None, server_options=0, client_options=0):
+        """
+        Try to SSL-connect using *client_protocol* to *server_protocol*.
+        If *expect_success* is true, assert that the connection succeeds,
+        if it's false, assert that the connection fails.
+        Also, if *expect_success* is a string, assert that it is the protocol
+        version actually used by the connection.
+        """
         if certsreqs is None:
             certsreqs = ssl.CERT_NONE
         certtype = {
@@ -1941,8 +1949,8 @@
             ctx.load_cert_chain(CERTFILE)
             ctx.load_verify_locations(CERTFILE)
         try:
-            server_params_test(client_context, server_context,
-                               chatty=False, connectionchatty=False)
+            stats = server_params_test(client_context, server_context,
+                                       chatty=False, connectionchatty=False)
         # Protocol mismatch can result in either an SSLError, or a
         # "Connection reset by peer" error.
         except ssl.SSLError:
@@ -1957,6 +1965,10 @@
                     "Client protocol %s succeeded with server protocol %s!"
                     % (ssl.get_protocol_name(client_protocol),
                        ssl.get_protocol_name(server_protocol)))
+            elif (expect_success is not True
+                  and expect_success != stats['version']):
+                raise AssertionError("version mismatch: expected %r, got %r"
+                                     % (expect_success, stats['version']))
 
 
     class ThreadedTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -2186,17 +2198,17 @@
                         sys.stdout.write(
                             " SSL2 client to SSL23 server test unexpectedly failed:\n %s\n"
                             % str(x))
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, 'SSLv3')
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, 'TLSv1')
 
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, 'SSLv3', ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, 'TLSv1', ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
 
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, 'SSLv3', ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, 'TLSv1', ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
 
             # Server with specific SSL options
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False,
@@ -2213,9 +2225,9 @@
             """Connecting to an SSLv3 server with various client options"""
             if support.verbose:
                 sys.stdout.write("\n")
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, 'SSLv3')
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, 'SSLv3', ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, 'SSLv3', ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
             if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'):
                 try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, False,
@@ -2223,7 +2235,7 @@
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, False)
             if no_sslv2_implies_sslv3_hello():
                 # No SSLv2 => client will use an SSLv3 hello on recent OpenSSLs
-                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True,
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, 'SSLv3',
                                    client_options=ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2)
 
         @skip_if_broken_ubuntu_ssl
@@ -2231,9 +2243,9 @@
             """Connecting to a TLSv1 server with various client options"""
             if support.verbose:
                 sys.stdout.write("\n")
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, 'TLSv1')
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, 'TLSv1', ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, 'TLSv1', ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
             if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'):
                 try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False)
@@ -2248,14 +2260,14 @@
                Testing against older TLS versions."""
             if support.verbose:
                 sys.stdout.write("\n")
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, True)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, 'TLSv1.1')
             if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'):
                 try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, False,
                                client_options=ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1_1)
 
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, True)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, 'TLSv1.1')
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, False)
 
@@ -2268,7 +2280,7 @@
                Testing against older TLS versions."""
             if support.verbose:
                 sys.stdout.write("\n")
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, True,
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, 'TLSv1.2',
                                server_options=ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3|ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2,
                                client_options=ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3|ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2,)
             if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv2'):
@@ -2277,7 +2289,7 @@
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, False,
                                client_options=ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1_2)
 
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, True)
+            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, 'TLSv1.2')
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, False)
@@ -2619,6 +2631,21 @@
                         s.connect((HOST, server.port))
             self.assertIn("no shared cipher", str(server.conn_errors[0]))
 
+        def test_version_basic(self):
+            """
+            Basic tests for SSLSocket.version().
+            More tests are done in the test_protocol_*() methods.
+            """
+            context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
+            with ThreadedEchoServer(CERTFILE,
+                                    ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1,
+                                    chatty=False) as server:
+                with closing(context.wrap_socket(socket.socket())) as s:
+                    self.assertIs(s.version(), None)
+                    s.connect((HOST, server.port))
+                    self.assertEqual(s.version(), "TLSv1")
+                self.assertIs(s.version(), None)
+
         @unittest.skipUnless(ssl.HAS_ECDH, "test requires ECDH-enabled OpenSSL")
         def test_default_ecdh_curve(self):
             # Issue #21015: elliptic curve-based Diffie Hellman key exchange