diff --git a/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions b/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
index 620da64260b10a..5cbeff091f9f9c 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
+++ b/docs/libcurl/symbols-in-versions
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ CURLSSH_AUTH_KEYBOARD           7.16.1
 CURLSSH_AUTH_NONE               7.16.1
 CURLSSH_AUTH_PASSWORD           7.16.1
 CURLSSH_AUTH_PUBLICKEY          7.16.1
+CURLSSLBACKEND_AXTLS            7.38.0
 CURLSSLBACKEND_CYASSL           7.34.0
 CURLSSLBACKEND_DARWINSSL        7.34.0
 CURLSSLBACKEND_GNUTLS           7.34.0
diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index ebcd07a0086a80..d40b2dbbf43cb1 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -2033,7 +2033,8 @@ typedef enum {
   CURLSSLBACKEND_POLARSSL = 6,
   CURLSSLBACKEND_CYASSL = 7,
   CURLSSLBACKEND_SCHANNEL = 8,
-  CURLSSLBACKEND_DARWINSSL = 9
+  CURLSSLBACKEND_DARWINSSL = 9,
+  CURLSSLBACKEND_AXTLS = 10
 } curl_sslbackend;
 
 /* Information about the SSL library used and the respective internal SSL
diff --git a/lib/getinfo.c b/lib/getinfo.c
index bbda35dd058ebf..8905d36131d57f 100644
--- a/lib/getinfo.c
+++ b/lib/getinfo.c
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ static CURLcode getinfo_slist(struct SessionHandle *data, CURLINFO info,
       struct curl_tlssessioninfo *tsi = &data->tsi;
       struct connectdata *conn = data->easy_conn;
       unsigned int sockindex = 0;
+      void *internals = NULL;
 
       *tsip = tsi;
       tsi->backend = CURLSSLBACKEND_NONE;
@@ -303,25 +304,24 @@ static CURLcode getinfo_slist(struct SessionHandle *data, CURLINFO info,
 
       /* Return the TLS session information from the relevant backend */
 #ifdef USE_SSLEAY
-      tsi->backend = CURLSSLBACKEND_OPENSSL;
-      tsi->internals = conn->ssl[sockindex].ctx;
+      internals = conn->ssl[sockindex].ctx;
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_GNUTLS
-      tsi->backend = CURLSSLBACKEND_GNUTLS;
-      tsi->internals = conn->ssl[sockindex].session;
+      internals = conn->ssl[sockindex].session;
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_NSS
-      tsi->backend = CURLSSLBACKEND_NSS;
-      tsi->internals = conn->ssl[sockindex].handle;
+      internals = conn->ssl[sockindex].handle;
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_QSOSSL
-      tsi->backend = CURLSSLBACKEND_QSOSSL;
-      tsi->internals = conn->ssl[sockindex].handle;
+      internals = conn->ssl[sockindex].handle;
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_GSKIT
-      tsi->backend = CURLSSLBACKEND_GSKIT;
-      tsi->internals = conn->ssl[sockindex].handle;
+      internals = conn->ssl[sockindex].handle;
 #endif
+      if(internals) {
+        tsi->backend = Curl_ssl_backend();
+        tsi->internals = internals;
+      }
       /* NOTE: For other SSL backends, it is not immediately clear what data
          to return from 'struct ssl_connect_data'; thus, for now we keep the
          backend as CURLSSLBACKEND_NONE in those cases, which should be
diff --git a/lib/vtls/axtls.h b/lib/vtls/axtls.h
index 55247b8ecaa3ef..0459cf228aed98 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/axtls.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/axtls.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int Curl_axtls_random(struct SessionHandle *data,
 #define curlssl_check_cxn(x) Curl_axtls_check_cxn(x)
 #define curlssl_data_pending(x,y) (x=x, y=y, 0)
 #define curlssl_random(x,y,z) Curl_axtls_random(x,y,z)
-
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_AXTLS
 #endif /* USE_AXTLS */
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_AXTLS_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/vtls/curl_darwinssl.h b/lib/vtls/curl_darwinssl.h
index 25ad3d41978db9..f5c03d8388c4fd 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/curl_darwinssl.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/curl_darwinssl.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ void Curl_darwinssl_md5sum(unsigned char *tmp, /* input */
 #define curlssl_data_pending(x,y) Curl_darwinssl_data_pending(x, y)
 #define curlssl_random(x,y,z) Curl_darwinssl_random(y,z)
 #define curlssl_md5sum(a,b,c,d) Curl_darwinssl_md5sum(a,b,c,d)
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_DARWINSSL
 
 #endif /* USE_DARWINSSL */
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_DARWINSSL_H */
diff --git a/lib/vtls/curl_schannel.h b/lib/vtls/curl_schannel.h
index b82c734a0aa269..e9333179eace53 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/curl_schannel.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/curl_schannel.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2012, Marc Hoersken, <info@marc-hoersken.de>, et al.
- * Copyright (C) 2012, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -128,5 +128,6 @@ size_t Curl_schannel_version(char *buffer, size_t size);
 #define curlssl_version Curl_schannel_version
 #define curlssl_check_cxn(x) (x=x, -1)
 #define curlssl_data_pending Curl_schannel_data_pending
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_SCHANNEL
 #endif /* USE_SCHANNEL */
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_SCHANNEL_H */
diff --git a/lib/vtls/cyassl.h b/lib/vtls/cyassl.h
index 78cba2ff8df037..b10b607d7722a5 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/cyassl.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/cyassl.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ int Curl_cyassl_random(struct SessionHandle *data,
 #define curlssl_check_cxn(x) (x=x, -1)
 #define curlssl_data_pending(x,y) Curl_cyassl_data_pending(x,y)
 #define curlssl_random(x,y,z) Curl_cyassl_random(x,y,z)
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_CYASSL
 
 #endif /* USE_CYASSL */
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_CYASSL_H */
diff --git a/lib/vtls/gskit.h b/lib/vtls/gskit.h
index 7c50452ad83117..a4caa6f23e4987 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/gskit.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/gskit.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ int Curl_gskit_check_cxn(struct connectdata * cxn);
 #define curlssl_version Curl_gskit_version
 #define curlssl_check_cxn(x) Curl_gskit_check_cxn(x)
 #define curlssl_data_pending(x,y) 0
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_GSKIT
 #endif /* USE_GSKIT */
 
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_GSKIT_H */
diff --git a/lib/vtls/gtls.h b/lib/vtls/gtls.h
index 9f99042cf7a249..cd6152ca1eee24 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/gtls.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/gtls.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ void Curl_gtls_md5sum(unsigned char *tmp, /* input */
 #define curlssl_data_pending(x,y) (x=x, y=y, 0)
 #define curlssl_random(x,y,z) Curl_gtls_random(x,y,z)
 #define curlssl_md5sum(a,b,c,d) Curl_gtls_md5sum(a,b,c,d)
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_GNUTLS
 
 #endif /* USE_GNUTLS */
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_GTLS_H */
diff --git a/lib/vtls/nssg.h b/lib/vtls/nssg.h
index d441de9d9458db..311f873d7ab69a 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/nssg.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/nssg.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ void Curl_nss_md5sum(unsigned char *tmp, /* input */
 #define curlssl_data_pending(x,y) (x=x, y=y, 0)
 #define curlssl_random(x,y,z) Curl_nss_random(x,y,z)
 #define curlssl_md5sum(a,b,c,d) Curl_nss_md5sum(a,b,c,d)
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_NSS
 
 #endif /* USE_NSS */
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_NSSG_H */
diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.h b/lib/vtls/openssl.h
index fecad7f5495051..1a55ffc2f14c30 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ void Curl_ossl_md5sum(unsigned char *tmp, /* input */
 #define curlssl_data_pending(x,y) Curl_ossl_data_pending(x,y)
 #define curlssl_random(x,y,z) Curl_ossl_random(x,y,z)
 #define curlssl_md5sum(a,b,c,d) Curl_ossl_md5sum(a,b,c,d)
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_OPENSSL
 
 #define DEFAULT_CIPHER_SELECTION "ALL!EXPORT!EXPORT40!EXPORT56!aNULL!LOW!RC4"
 
diff --git a/lib/vtls/polarssl.h b/lib/vtls/polarssl.h
index 6c5b872c86ac7a..9ab7e47e5a16d6 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/polarssl.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/polarssl.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ int Curl_polarssl_shutdown(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex);
 #define curlssl_version Curl_polarssl_version
 #define curlssl_check_cxn(x) (x=x, -1)
 #define curlssl_data_pending(x,y) (x=x, y=y, 0)
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_POLARSSL
 
 /* This might cause libcurl to use a weeker random!
    TODO: implement proper use of Polarssl's CTR-DRBG or HMAC-DRBG and use that
diff --git a/lib/vtls/qssl.h b/lib/vtls/qssl.h
index c0ce15508b208d..9764eecbe7a284 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/qssl.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/qssl.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ int Curl_qsossl_check_cxn(struct connectdata * cxn);
 #define curlssl_version Curl_qsossl_version
 #define curlssl_check_cxn(x) Curl_qsossl_check_cxn(x)
 #define curlssl_data_pending(x,y) 0
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_QSOSSL
 #endif /* USE_QSOSSL */
 
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_QSSL_H */
diff --git a/lib/vtls/vtls.c b/lib/vtls/vtls.c
index 3c7bc98655e073..e418955bd3372f 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/vtls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/vtls.c
@@ -697,4 +697,9 @@ void Curl_ssl_md5sum(unsigned char *tmp, /* input */
 }
 #endif
 
+int Curl_ssl_backend(void)
+{
+  return (int)CURL_SSL_BACKEND;
+}
+
 #endif /* USE_SSL */
diff --git a/lib/vtls/vtls.h b/lib/vtls/vtls.h
index 72c512d507cdba..e3fa20b7ae62a7 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/vtls.h
+++ b/lib/vtls/vtls.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ void Curl_ssl_md5sum(unsigned char *tmp, /* input */
                      size_t tmplen,
                      unsigned char *md5sum, /* output */
                      size_t md5len);
+int Curl_ssl_backend(void);
 
 #define SSL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT 10000 /* ms */
 
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ void Curl_ssl_md5sum(unsigned char *tmp, /* input */
 #define Curl_ssl_connect_nonblocking(x,y,z) CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN
 #define Curl_ssl_kill_session(x) Curl_nop_stmt
 #define Curl_ssl_random(x,y,z) CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN
+#define CURL_SSL_BACKEND CURLSSLBACKEND_NONE
 #endif
 
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_VTLS_H */