diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Adapter/Stream.php b/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Adapter/Stream.php
index fe5fa59cc1d..2db6fb7f779 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Adapter/Stream.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Adapter/Stream.php
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ protected function _buildContext(Request $request, $options) {
 
 		$url = $request->url();
 		$scheme = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME);
+		if ($scheme === 'https') {
+			$this->_buildSslContext($request, $options);
+		}
 		$this->_context = stream_context_create([
 			$scheme => $this->_contextOptions
 		]);
@@ -120,6 +123,37 @@ protected function _buildOptions(Request $request, $options) {
 		}
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Build SSL options for the request.
+ *
+ * @param Request $request
+ * @param array $options
+ */
+	protected function _buildSslContext($request, $options) {
+		$sslOptions = [
+			'ssl_verify_peer',
+			'ssl_verify_depth',
+			'ssl_allow_self_signed',
+			'ssl_cafile',
+			'ssl_local_cert',
+			'ssl_passphrase',
+		];
+		if (empty($options['ssl_cafile'])) {
+			$options['ssl_cafile'] = CAKE . 'Config' . DS . 'cacert.pem';
+		}
+		if (!empty($options['ssl_verify_host'])) {
+			$url = $request->url();
+			$host = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST);
+			$this->_contextOptions['CN_match'] = $host;
+		}
+		foreach ($sslOptions as $key) {
+			if (isset($options[$key])) {
+				$name = substr($key, 4);
+				$this->_contextOptions[$name] = $options[$key];
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	protected function _send() {
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/Adapter/StreamTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/Adapter/StreamTest.php
index 5eb98a8f0dd..35a88fe8fb1 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/Adapter/StreamTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/Adapter/StreamTest.php
@@ -133,4 +133,32 @@ public function testSendContextContentArray() {
 		$this->assertContains('my value', $result['content']);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test send() + context options for SSL.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSendContextSsl() {
+		$request = new Request();
+		$request->url('https://localhost.com/test.html');
+		$options = [
+			'ssl_verify_host' => true,
+			'ssl_verify_peer' => true,
+			'ssl_verify_depth' => 9000,
+			'ssl_allow_self_signed' => false,
+		];
+
+		$this->stream->send($request, $options);
+		$result = $this->stream->contextOptions();
+		$expected = [
+			'CN_match' => 'localhost.com',
+			'verify_peer' => true,
+			'verify_depth' => 9000,
+			'allow_self_signed' => false,
+		];
+		foreach ($expected as $k => $v) {
+			$this->assertEquals($v, $result[$k]);
+		}
+	}
+
 }