diff --git a/basis/io/sockets/secure/openssl/openssl.factor b/basis/io/sockets/secure/openssl/openssl.factor
index 49b9820574..a0eae9e717 100644
--- a/basis/io/sockets/secure/openssl/openssl.factor
+++ b/basis/io/sockets/secure/openssl/openssl.factor
@@ -170,12 +170,17 @@ M: ssl-handle dispose*
     SSL_get_verify_result dup X509_V_OK =
     [ drop ] [ verify-message certificate-verify-error ] if ;
 
-: common-name ( certificate -- host )
-    X509_get_subject_name
+: x509name>string ( x509name -- string )
     NID_commonName 256 <byte-array>
     [ 256 X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID ] keep
     swap -1 = [ drop f ] [ latin1 alien>string ] if ;
 
+: common-name ( certificate -- host )
+    X509_get_subject_name x509name>string ;
+
+: issuer-name ( certificate -- issuer )
+    X509_get_issuer_name x509name>string ;
+
 : common-names-match? ( expected actual -- ? )
     [ >lower ] bi@ "*." ?head [ tail? ] [ = ] if ;
 
diff --git a/basis/openssl/libssl/libssl.factor b/basis/openssl/libssl/libssl.factor
index efef9f3bc5..f50e7d7aa0 100644
--- a/basis/openssl/libssl/libssl.factor
+++ b/basis/openssl/libssl/libssl.factor
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_SET_TMP_DH     3
 CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_SET_TMP_RSA_CB 4
 CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_SET_TMP_DH_CB  5
 
-CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_GET_SESSION_REUSED       6 
-CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_GET_CLIENT_CERT_REQUEST  7 
-CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_GET_NUM_RENEGOTIATIONS   8 
-CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_CLEAR_NUM_RENEGOTIATIONS 9 
+CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_GET_SESSION_REUSED       6
+CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_GET_CLIENT_CERT_REQUEST  7
+CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_GET_NUM_RENEGOTIATIONS   8
+CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_CLEAR_NUM_RENEGOTIATIONS 9
 CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_GET_TOTAL_RENEGOTIATIONS 10
 CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_GET_FLAGS                11
 CONSTANT: SSL_CTRL_EXTRA_CHAIN_CERT         12
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ C-TYPE: X509_NAME
 C-TYPE: X509
 
 FUNCTION: int X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID ( X509_NAME* name, int nid, void* buf, int len ) ;
+FUNCTION: X509_NAME* X509_get_issuer_name ( X509* a ) ;
 FUNCTION: X509_NAME* X509_get_subject_name ( X509* a ) ;
 
 ! ===============================================