diff --git a/lua-resty-core-0.1.17/lib/ngx/balancer.lua b/lua-resty-core-0.1.16/lib/ngx/balancer.lua
index 1c72e15..c196c4a 100644
--- a/lua-resty-core-0.1.17/lib/ngx/balancer.lua
+++ b/lua-resty-core-0.1.17/lib/ngx/balancer.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ local subsystem = ngx.config.subsystem
 local ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_set_current_peer
 local ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_set_more_tries
 local ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_get_last_failure
+local ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_set_ssl_ctx
 local ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_set_timeouts -- used by both stream and http


@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ if subsystem == 'http' then
     int ngx_http_lua_ffi_balancer_get_last_failure(ngx_http_request_t *r,
         int *status, char **err);

+    int ngx_http_lua_ffi_balancer_set_ssl_ctx(ngx_http_request_t *r,
+        void* ssl_ctx, char **err);
+
     int ngx_http_lua_ffi_balancer_set_timeouts(ngx_http_request_t *r,
         long connect_timeout, long send_timeout,
         long read_timeout, char **err);
@@ -49,6 +53,9 @@ if subsystem == 'http' then
     ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_get_last_failure =
         C.ngx_http_lua_ffi_balancer_get_last_failure

+    ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_set_ssl_ctx =
+        C.ngx_http_lua_ffi_balancer_set_ssl_ctx
+
     ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_set_timeouts =
         C.ngx_http_lua_ffi_balancer_set_timeouts

@@ -64,6 +71,9 @@ elseif subsystem == 'stream' then
     int ngx_stream_lua_ffi_balancer_get_last_failure(
         ngx_stream_lua_request_t *r, int *status, char **err);

+    int ngx_stream_lua_ffi_balancer_set_ssl_ctx(ngx_stream_lua_request_t *r,
+        void* ssl_ctx, char **err);
+
     int ngx_stream_lua_ffi_balancer_set_timeouts(ngx_stream_lua_request_t *r,
         long connect_timeout, long timeout, char **err);
     ]]
@@ -77,6 +87,9 @@ elseif subsystem == 'stream' then
     ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_get_last_failure =
         C.ngx_stream_lua_ffi_balancer_get_last_failure

+    ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_set_ssl_ctx =
+      C.ngx_stream_lua_ffi_balancer_set_ssl_ctx
+
     local ngx_stream_lua_ffi_balancer_set_timeouts =
         C.ngx_stream_lua_ffi_balancer_set_timeouts

@@ -163,6 +176,25 @@ function _M.get_last_failure()
 end


+function _M.set_ssl_ctx(ssl_ctx)
+    local r = get_request()
+    if not r then
+        error("no request found")
+    end
+
+    if type(ssl_ctx) ~= "cdata" then
+        error("ssl context must be an ffi pointer")
+    end
+
+    local state = ngx_lua_ffi_balancer_set_ssl_ctx(r, ssl_ctx, errmsg)
+
+    if state == FFI_ERROR then
+        return false, ffi_str(errmsg[0])
+    end
+    return true
+end
+
+
 function _M.set_timeouts(connect_timeout, send_timeout, read_timeout)
     local r = get_request()
     if not r then