diff --git a/lib/restclient/request.rb b/lib/restclient/request.rb
index 38ff2da9..84370142 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/request.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/request.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ module RestClient
 	#   RestClient::Request.execute(:method => :head, :url => 'http://example.com')
    #
 	class Request
-		attr_reader :method, :url, :payload, :headers, :cookies, :user, :password, :timeout, :open_timeout, :verify_ssl
-
+		attr_reader :method, :url, :payload, :headers, :cookies, :user, :password, :timeout, :open_timeout, 
+		            :verify_ssl, :ssl_client_cert, :ssl_client_key
+		
 		def self.execute(args)
 			new(args).execute
 		end
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ def initialize(args)
 			@timeout = args[:timeout]
 			@open_timeout = args[:open_timeout]
 			@verify_ssl = args[:verify_ssl] || false
+			@ssl_client_cert = args[:ssl_client_cert] || nil
+			@ssl_client_key  = args[:ssl_client_key] || nil
 		end
 
 		def execute
@@ -96,6 +99,8 @@ def transmit(uri, req, payload)
 			net = net_http_class.new(uri.host, uri.port)
 			net.use_ssl = uri.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)
 			net.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE if @verify_ssl == false
+			net.cert = @ssl_client_cert if @ssl_client_cert
+			net.key = @ssl_client_key if @ssl_client_key
 			net.read_timeout = @timeout if @timeout
 			net.open_timeout = @open_timeout if @open_timeout
 
diff --git a/spec/request_spec.rb b/spec/request_spec.rb
index 94fa87d0..bbcb81f5 100644
--- a/spec/request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/request_spec.rb
@@ -346,4 +346,66 @@
 	  @request.stub!(:response_log)
 	  @request.transmit(@uri, 'req', 'payload')
 	end
+	
+	it "should default to not having an ssl_client_cert" do
+	  @request.ssl_client_cert.should be(nil)
+	end
+	
+	it "should set the ssl_client_cert if provided" do
+	  @request = RestClient::Request.new(
+	    :method => :put, 
+	    :url => 'https://some/resource', 
+	    :payload => 'payload',
+	    :ssl_client_cert => "whatsupdoc!"
+	  )
+	  @net.should_receive(:cert=).with("whatsupdoc!")
+	  @http.stub!(:request)
+	  @request.stub!(:process_result)
+	  @request.stub!(:response_log)
+	  @request.transmit(@uri, 'req', 'payload')
+	end
+	
+	it "should not set the ssl_client_cert if it is not provided" do
+	  @request = RestClient::Request.new(
+	    :method => :put, 
+	    :url => 'https://some/resource', 
+	    :payload => 'payload'
+	  )
+	  @net.should_not_receive(:cert=).with("whatsupdoc!")
+	  @http.stub!(:request)
+	  @request.stub!(:process_result)
+	  @request.stub!(:response_log)
+	  @request.transmit(@uri, 'req', 'payload')
+	end
+	
+	it "should default to not having an ssl_client_key" do
+	  @request.ssl_client_key.should be(nil)
+	end
+	
+	it "should set the ssl_client_key if provided" do
+	  @request = RestClient::Request.new(
+	    :method => :put, 
+	    :url => 'https://some/resource', 
+	    :payload => 'payload',
+	    :ssl_client_key => "whatsupdoc!"
+	  )
+	  @net.should_receive(:key=).with("whatsupdoc!")
+	  @http.stub!(:request)
+	  @request.stub!(:process_result)
+	  @request.stub!(:response_log)
+	  @request.transmit(@uri, 'req', 'payload')
+	end
+	
+	it "should not set the ssl_client_key if it is not provided" do
+	  @request = RestClient::Request.new(
+	    :method => :put, 
+	    :url => 'https://some/resource', 
+	    :payload => 'payload'
+	  )
+	  @net.should_not_receive(:key=).with("whatsupdoc!")
+	  @http.stub!(:request)
+	  @request.stub!(:process_result)
+	  @request.stub!(:response_log)
+	  @request.transmit(@uri, 'req', 'payload')
+	end
 end