diff --git a/include/coap2/coap_dtls_internal.h b/include/coap2/coap_dtls_internal.h
index 4d14fa11..3d4bf148 100644
--- a/include/coap2/coap_dtls_internal.h
+++ b/include/coap2/coap_dtls_internal.h
@@ -327,6 +327,17 @@ void coap_dtls_startup(void);
  */
 void coap_dtls_shutdown(void);
 
+/**
+ * Get the actual (D)TLS object for the session.
+ *
+ * @param session The session.
+ * @param tls_lib Updated with the library type.
+ *
+ * @return The TLS information.
+ */
+void *coap_dtls_get_tls(const coap_session_t *session,
+                        coap_tls_library_t *tls_lib);
+
 /** @} */
 
 #endif /* COAP_DTLS_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/include/coap2/coap_session.h b/include/coap2/coap_session.h
index 019a206e..d85dd6c3 100644
--- a/include/coap2/coap_session.h
+++ b/include/coap2/coap_session.h
@@ -162,15 +162,17 @@ int coap_session_get_ifindex(const coap_session_t *session);
  * Get the session TLS security ptr (TLS type dependent)
  *
  * OpenSSL:  SSL*
- * GnuTLS:   coap_gnutls_env_t*
- * Mbed TLS: coap_mbedtls_env_t*
- * TinyDTLS: session_t*
+ * GnuTLS:   gnutls_session_t (implicit *)
+ * Mbed TLS: mbedtls_ssl_context*
+ * TinyDTLS: struct dtls_context*
  *
  * @param session The CoAP session.
+ * @param tls_lib Updated with the library type.
  *
  * @return The session TLS ptr or @c NULL if not set up
  */
-void *coap_session_get_tls(const coap_session_t *session);
+void *coap_session_get_tls(const coap_session_t *session,
+                           coap_tls_library_t *tls_lib);
 
 /**
  * Get the session context
diff --git a/man/coap_session.txt.in b/man/coap_session.txt.in
index 10067c2c..8e66a719 100644
--- a/man/coap_session.txt.in
+++ b/man/coap_session.txt.in
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ const coap_session_t *_session_);*
 
 *coap_session_state_t coap_session_get_state(const coap_session_t *_session_);*
 
-*void *coap_session_get_tls(const coap_session_t *_session_);*
+*void *coap_session_get_tls(const coap_session_t *_session_,
+coap_tls_library_t *tls_lib);*
 
 *coap_session_type_t coap_session_get_type(const coap_session_t *_session_);*
 
@@ -158,13 +159,14 @@ of the _session_.
 [source, c]
 ----
 OpenSSL:  SSL*
-GnuTLS:   coap_gnutls_env_t*
-Mbed TLS: coap_mbedtls_env_t*
-TinyDTLS: session_t*
+GnuTLS:   gnutls_session_t (implicit *)
+Mbed TLS: mbedtls_ssl_context*
+TinyDTLS: struct dtls_context*
 ----
 
 The *coap_session_get_tls*() function is used to get the pointer to the TLS
-information from the _session_.  This is TLS library specific.
+information from the _session_.  This is TLS library specific. _tls_lib_ is
+updated with the underlying (D)TLS library type.
 
 [source, c]
 ----
diff --git a/src/coap_gnutls.c b/src/coap_gnutls.c
index 3186911c..d8eb2772 100644
--- a/src/coap_gnutls.c
+++ b/src/coap_gnutls.c
@@ -379,6 +379,19 @@ void coap_dtls_startup(void) {
 void coap_dtls_shutdown(void) {
 }
 
+void *
+coap_dtls_get_tls(const coap_session_t *c_session,
+                  coap_tls_library_t *tls_lib) {
+  if (tls_lib)
+    *tls_lib = COAP_TLS_LIBRARY_GNUTLS;
+  if (c_session && c_session->tls) {
+    const coap_gnutls_env_t *g_env = (const coap_gnutls_env_t *)c_session->tls;
+   
+    return g_env->g_session;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 void
 coap_dtls_set_log_level(int level) {
   dtls_log_level = level;
diff --git a/src/coap_mbedtls.c b/src/coap_mbedtls.c
index 8e03c100..44b825a9 100644
--- a/src/coap_mbedtls.c
+++ b/src/coap_mbedtls.c
@@ -1937,6 +1937,22 @@ void coap_dtls_startup(void)
 void coap_dtls_shutdown(void) {
 }
 
+void *
+coap_dtls_get_tls(const coap_session_t *c_session,
+                  coap_tls_library_t *tls_lib) {
+  if (tls_lib)
+    *tls_lib = COAP_TLS_LIBRARY_MBEDTLS;
+  if (c_session && c_session->tls) {
+     coap_mbedtls_env_t *m_env;
+
+    /* To get around const issue */
+    memcpy(&m_env, &c_session->tls, sizeof(m_env));
+    
+    return (void *)&m_env->ssl;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 static int keep_log_level = 0;
 
 void coap_dtls_set_log_level(int level)
diff --git a/src/coap_notls.c b/src/coap_notls.c
index 3c36be91..5592cede 100644
--- a/src/coap_notls.c
+++ b/src/coap_notls.c
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ static int dtls_log_level = 0;
 void coap_dtls_startup(void) {
 }
 
+void *
+coap_dtls_get_tls(const coap_session_t *c_session COAP_UNUSED,
+                  coap_tls_library_t *tls_lib) {
+  if (tls_lib)
+    *tls_lib = COAP_TLS_LIBRARY_NOTLS;
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 void coap_dtls_shutdown(void) {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/coap_openssl.c b/src/coap_openssl.c
index 0aad0eee..1855f958 100644
--- a/src/coap_openssl.c
+++ b/src/coap_openssl.c
@@ -215,6 +215,17 @@ void coap_dtls_shutdown(void) {
   }
 }
 
+void *
+coap_dtls_get_tls(const coap_session_t *c_session,
+                  coap_tls_library_t *tls_lib) {
+  if (tls_lib)
+    *tls_lib = COAP_TLS_LIBRARY_OPENSSL;
+  if (c_session) {
+    return c_session->tls;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 static int dtls_log_level = 0;
 
 void coap_dtls_set_log_level(int level) {
diff --git a/src/coap_session.c b/src/coap_session.c
index 16572ae5..53436ab3 100644
--- a/src/coap_session.c
+++ b/src/coap_session.c
@@ -1218,9 +1218,10 @@ int coap_session_get_ifindex(const coap_session_t *session) {
   return -1;
 }
 
-void *coap_session_get_tls(const coap_session_t *session) {
+void *coap_session_get_tls(const coap_session_t *session,
+                           coap_tls_library_t *tls_lib) {
   if (session)
-    return session->tls;
+    return coap_dtls_get_tls(session, tls_lib);
   return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/coap_tinydtls.c b/src/coap_tinydtls.c
index 62a321c7..b308aec2 100644
--- a/src/coap_tinydtls.c
+++ b/src/coap_tinydtls.c
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ void coap_dtls_startup(void) {
 void coap_dtls_shutdown(void) {
 }
 
+void *
+coap_dtls_get_tls(const coap_session_t *c_session,
+                  coap_tls_library_t *tls_lib) {
+  if (tls_lib)
+    *tls_lib = COAP_TLS_LIBRARY_TINYDTLS;
+  if (c_session && c_session->context && c_session->context->dtls_context) {
+    const coap_tiny_context_t *t_context =
+                  (const coap_tiny_context_t *)c_session->context->dtls_context;
+    
+    return t_context->dtls_context;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 void
 coap_dtls_set_log_level(int level) {
   dtls_set_log_level(level);