diff --git a/src/Network/Http/Adapter/Stream.php b/src/Network/Http/Adapter/Stream.php
index 378a4bf6317..f0480c8254e 100644
--- a/src/Network/Http/Adapter/Stream.php
+++ b/src/Network/Http/Adapter/Stream.php
@@ -35,12 +35,19 @@ class Stream
     protected $_context;
 
     /**
-     * Array of options/content for the stream context.
+     * Array of options/content for the http stream context.
      *
      * @var array
      */
     protected $_contextOptions;
 
+    /**
+     * Array of options/content for the ssl stream context.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $_sslContextOptions;
+
     /**
      * The stream resource.
      *
@@ -67,6 +74,7 @@ public function send(Request $request, array $options)
         $this->_stream = null;
         $this->_context = [];
         $this->_contextOptions = [];
+        $this->_sslContextOptions = [];
         $this->_connectionErrors = [];
 
         $this->_buildContext($request, $options);
@@ -119,9 +127,7 @@ protected function _buildContext(Request $request, $options)
         if ($scheme === 'https') {
             $this->_buildSslContext($request, $options);
         }
-        $this->_context = stream_context_create([
-            'http' => $this->_contextOptions
-        ]);
+        $this->_context = stream_context_create($this->contextOptions());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -225,12 +231,12 @@ protected function _buildSslContext(Request $request, $options)
         if (!empty($options['ssl_verify_host'])) {
             $url = $request->url();
             $host = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST);
-            $this->_contextOptions['CN_match'] = $host;
+            $this->_sslContextOptions['CN_match'] = $host;
         }
         foreach ($sslOptions as $key) {
             if (isset($options[$key])) {
                 $name = substr($key, 4);
-                $this->_contextOptions[$name] = $options[$key];
+                $this->_sslContextOptions[$name] = $options[$key];
             }
         }
     }
@@ -303,6 +309,9 @@ protected function _connectionErrorHandler($code, $message)
      */
     public function contextOptions()
     {
-        return $this->_contextOptions;
+        return [
+            'http' => $this->_contextOptions,
+            'ssl'  => $this->_sslContextOptions,
+        ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Network/Http/Adapter/StreamTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Network/Http/Adapter/StreamTest.php
index 5d95109921d..5ac4edfe4ee 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Network/Http/Adapter/StreamTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Network/Http/Adapter/StreamTest.php
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ public function testBuildingContextHeader()
             'Content-Type: application/json',
             'Cookie: testing=value; utm_src=awesome',
         ];
-        $this->assertEquals(implode("\r\n", $expected), $result['header']);
-        $this->assertEquals($options['redirect'], $result['max_redirects']);
-        $this->assertTrue($result['ignore_errors']);
+        $this->assertEquals(implode("\r\n", $expected), $result['http']['header']);
+        $this->assertEquals($options['redirect'], $result['http']['max_redirects']);
+        $this->assertTrue($result['http']['ignore_errors']);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ public function testSendContextContentString()
             'User-Agent: CakePHP',
             'Content-Type: application/json',
         ];
-        $this->assertEquals(implode("\r\n", $expected), $result['header']);
-        $this->assertEquals($content, $result['content']);
+        $this->assertEquals(implode("\r\n", $expected), $result['http']['header']);
+        $this->assertEquals($content, $result['http']['content']);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ public function testSendContextContentArray()
             'User-Agent: CakePHP',
             'Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary="',
         ];
-        $this->assertStringStartsWith(implode("\r\n", $expected), $result['header']);
-        $this->assertContains('Content-Disposition: form-data; name="a"', $result['content']);
-        $this->assertContains('my value', $result['content']);
+        $this->assertStringStartsWith(implode("\r\n", $expected), $result['http']['header']);
+        $this->assertContains('Content-Disposition: form-data; name="a"', $result['http']['content']);
+        $this->assertContains('my value', $result['http']['content']);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public function testSendContextSsl()
             'allow_self_signed' => false,
         ];
         foreach ($expected as $k => $v) {
-            $this->assertEquals($v, $result[$k]);
+            $this->assertEquals($v, $result['ssl'][$k]);
         }
     }