diff --git a/OpenSSL/ssl/connection.c b/OpenSSL/ssl/connection.c
index 037f2a0..60887b0 100755
--- a/OpenSSL/ssl/connection.c
+++ b/OpenSSL/ssl/connection.c
@@ -1254,6 +1254,37 @@
     return PyLong_FromLong((long)SSL_want_write(self->ssl));
 }
 
+static char ssl_Connection_get_session_doc[] = "\n\
+Returns the Session currently used.\n\
+\n\
+@return: An instance of :py:class:`OpenSSL.SSL.Session` or :py:obj:`None` if\n\
+    no session exists.\n\
+";
+static PyObject *
+ssl_Connection_get_session(ssl_ConnectionObj *self, PyObject *args) {
+    ssl_SessionObj *session;
+    SSL_SESSION *native_session;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ":get_session")) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    native_session = SSL_get1_session(self->ssl);
+
+    if (native_session == NULL) {
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        return Py_None;
+    }
+
+    session = ssl_Session_from_SSL_SESSION(native_session);
+    if (!session) {
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        return Py_None;
+    }
+
+    return (PyObject*)session;
+}
+
 /*
  * Member methods in the Connection object
  * ADD_METHOD(name) expands to a correct PyMethodDef declaration
@@ -1309,6 +1340,7 @@
     ADD_METHOD(want_write),
     ADD_METHOD(set_accept_state),
     ADD_METHOD(set_connect_state),
+    ADD_METHOD(get_session),
     { NULL, NULL }
 };
 #undef ADD_ALIAS
diff --git a/OpenSSL/ssl/session.c b/OpenSSL/ssl/session.c
index 5cd23b6..fb9c83f 100644
--- a/OpenSSL/ssl/session.c
+++ b/OpenSSL/ssl/session.c
@@ -18,22 +18,15 @@
 ";
 
 /*
- * Initialize an already-constructed Session instance.
+ * Initialize an already-constructed Session instance with an OpenSSL session
+ * structure (or NULL).  A reference to the OpenSSL session structure is stolen.
  */
-static ssl_SessionObj *ssl_Session_init(ssl_SessionObj *self) {
-  /*
-    self->sess = d2i_SSL_SESSION(NULL, &buffer, len);
-
-    if (!self->sess) {
-      exception_from_error_queue(ssl_Error);
-      return NULL;
-    }
-  */
+static ssl_SessionObj*
+ssl_Session_init(ssl_SessionObj *self, SSL_SESSION *native_session) {
+    self->session = native_session;
     return self;
-
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Create a Session object
  */
@@ -50,7 +43,37 @@
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    return (PyObject *)ssl_Session_init(self);
+    return (PyObject *)ssl_Session_init(self, NULL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create a Session object from an existing SSL_SESSION*.  A reference to the
+ * SSL_SESSION* is stolen.
+ */
+ssl_SessionObj*
+ssl_Session_from_SSL_SESSION(SSL_SESSION *native_session) {
+    ssl_SessionObj *self;
+
+    self = PyObject_New(ssl_SessionObj, &ssl_Session_Type);
+    if (self == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return ssl_Session_init(self, native_session);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Discard the reference to the OpenSSL session structure, if there is one, so
+ * that it can be freed if it is no longer in use.  Also release the memory for
+ * the Python object.
+ */
+static void
+ssl_Session_dealloc(ssl_SessionObj *self) {
+    if (self->session != NULL) {
+        SSL_SESSION_free(self->session);
+        self->session = NULL;
+    }
+    self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -63,16 +86,6 @@
  */
 #define ADD_METHOD(name) { #name, (PyCFunction)ssl_Session_##name, METH_VARARGS, ssl_Session_##name##_doc }
 static PyMethodDef ssl_Session_methods[] = {
-#if 0
-    ADD_METHOD(asn1),
-    ADD_METHOD(get_time),
-    ADD_METHOD(get_timeout),
-#ifdef SSL_SESSION_hash
-    ADD_METHOD(hash),
-#endif
-    ADD_METHOD(set_time),
-    ADD_METHOD(set_timeout),
-#endif
     { NULL, NULL }
 };
 #undef ADD_METHOD
@@ -85,7 +98,7 @@
     "OpenSSL.SSL.Session",
     sizeof(ssl_SessionObj),
     0,
-    NULL, // (destructor)ssl_Session_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */
+    (destructor)ssl_Session_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */
     NULL, /* print */
     NULL, /* tp_getattr */
     NULL, /* setattr */
diff --git a/OpenSSL/ssl/session.h b/OpenSSL/ssl/session.h
index 98cee80..4e8de11 100644
--- a/OpenSSL/ssl/session.h
+++ b/OpenSSL/ssl/session.h
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 
 typedef struct {
     PyObject_HEAD
+    SSL_SESSION *session;
 } ssl_SessionObj;
 
 extern PyTypeObject ssl_Session_Type;
 
 extern int init_ssl_session(PyObject *);
+extern ssl_SessionObj *ssl_Session_from_SSL_SESSION(SSL_SESSION *native_session);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py b/OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py
index 529a454..b3cb1cb 100644
--- a/OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -1428,6 +1428,51 @@
         self.assertIdentical(None, server.get_peer_cert_chain())
 
 
+    def test_get_session_wrong_args(self):
+        """
+        :py:obj:`Connection.get_session` raises :py:obj:`TypeError` if called
+        with any arguments.
+        """
+        ctx = Context(TLSv1_METHOD)
+        server = Connection(ctx, None)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, server.get_session, 123)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, server.get_session, "hello")
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, server.get_session, object())
+
+
+    def test_get_session_unconnected(self):
+        """
+        :py:obj:`Connection.get_session` returns :py:obj:`None` when used with
+        an object which has not been connected.
+        """
+        ctx = Context(TLSv1_METHOD)
+        server = Connection(ctx, None)
+        session = server.get_session()
+        self.assertIdentical(None, session)
+
+
+    def test_server_get_session(self):
+        """
+        On the server side of a connection, :py:obj:`Connection.get_session`
+        returns a :py:class:`Session` instance representing the SSL session for
+        that connection.
+        """
+        server, client = self._loopback()
+        session = server.get_session()
+        self.assertTrue(session, Session)
+
+
+    def test_client_get_session(self):
+        """
+        On the client side of a connection, :py:obj:`Connection.get_session`
+        returns a :py:class:`Session` instance representing the SSL session for
+        that connection.
+        """
+        server, client = self._loopback()
+        session = client.get_session()
+        self.assertTrue(session, Session)
+
+
 
 class ConnectionGetCipherListTests(TestCase):
     """