diff --git a/extmod/modussl.c b/extmod/modussl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97dd391eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extmod/modussl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Micro Python project, http://micropython.org/
+ *
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Paul Sokolovsky
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include "py/nlr.h"
+#include "py/runtime.h"
+#include "py/stream.h"
+
+#if MICROPY_PY_USSL
+
+#include "ssl.h"
+
+typedef struct _mp_obj_ssl_socket_t {
+    mp_obj_base_t base;
+    mp_obj_t sock;
+    SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx;
+    SSL *ssl_sock;
+    byte *buf;
+    uint32_t bytes_left;
+} mp_obj_ssl_socket_t;
+
+STATIC const mp_obj_type_t ussl_socket_type;
+
+STATIC mp_obj_ssl_socket_t *socket_new(mp_obj_t sock) {
+    mp_obj_ssl_socket_t *o = m_new_obj(mp_obj_ssl_socket_t);
+    o->base.type = &ussl_socket_type;
+    o->buf = NULL;
+    o->bytes_left = 0;
+    o->sock = sock;
+
+    uint32_t options = SSL_SERVER_VERIFY_LATER;
+    if ((o->ssl_ctx = ssl_ctx_new(options, SSL_DEFAULT_CLNT_SESS)) == NULL)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Client context is invalid\n");
+        assert(0);
+    }
+
+    o->ssl_sock = ssl_client_new(o->ssl_ctx, (long)sock, NULL, 0);
+
+    int res;
+    /* check the return status */
+    if ((res = ssl_handshake_status(o->ssl_sock)) != SSL_OK)
+    {
+        printf("ssl_handshake_status: %d\n", res);
+        ssl_display_error(res);
+        assert(0);
+    }
+
+    return o;
+}
+
+STATIC void socket_print(const mp_print_t *print, mp_obj_t self_in, mp_print_kind_t kind) {
+    (void)kind;
+    mp_obj_ssl_socket_t *self = self_in;
+    mp_printf(print, "<_SSLSocket %p>", self->ssl_sock);
+}
+
+STATIC mp_uint_t socket_read(mp_obj_t o_in, void *buf, mp_uint_t size, int *errcode) {
+    mp_obj_ssl_socket_t *o = o_in;
+
+    while (o->bytes_left == 0) {
+        mp_int_t r = ssl_read(o->ssl_sock, &o->buf);
+        if (r < 0) {
+            if (r == SSL_CLOSE_NOTIFY || r == SSL_ERROR_CONN_LOST) {
+                // EOF
+                return 0;
+            }
+            *errcode = r;
+            return MP_STREAM_ERROR;
+        }
+        o->bytes_left = r;
+    }
+
+    if (size > o->bytes_left) {
+        size = o->bytes_left;
+    }
+    memcpy(buf, o->buf, size);
+    o->buf += size;
+    o->bytes_left -= size;
+    return size;
+}
+
+STATIC mp_uint_t socket_write(mp_obj_t o_in, const void *buf, mp_uint_t size, int *errcode) {
+    mp_obj_ssl_socket_t *o = o_in;
+    mp_int_t r = ssl_write(o->ssl_sock, buf, size);
+    if (r < 0) {
+        *errcode = r;
+        return MP_STREAM_ERROR;
+    }
+    return r;
+}
+
+STATIC mp_obj_t socket_close(mp_obj_t self_in) {
+    mp_obj_ssl_socket_t *self = self_in;
+    ssl_free(self->ssl_sock);
+    ssl_ctx_free(self->ssl_ctx);
+
+    mp_obj_t dest[2];
+    mp_load_method(self->sock, MP_QSTR_close, dest);
+    return mp_call_method_n_kw(0, 0, dest);
+}
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(socket_close_obj, socket_close);
+
+STATIC const mp_map_elem_t ussl_socket_locals_dict_table[] = {
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_read), (mp_obj_t)&mp_stream_read_obj },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_readall), (mp_obj_t)&mp_stream_readall_obj },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_readinto), (mp_obj_t)&mp_stream_readinto_obj },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_readline), (mp_obj_t)&mp_stream_unbuffered_readline_obj},
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_write), (mp_obj_t)&mp_stream_write_obj },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_close), (mp_obj_t)&socket_close_obj },
+};
+
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(ussl_socket_locals_dict, ussl_socket_locals_dict_table);
+
+STATIC const mp_stream_p_t ussl_socket_stream_p = {
+    .read = socket_read,
+    .write = socket_write,
+};
+
+STATIC const mp_obj_type_t ussl_socket_type = {
+    { &mp_type_type },
+    // Save on qstr's, reuse same as for module
+    .name = MP_QSTR_ussl,
+    .print = socket_print,
+    .getiter = NULL,
+    .iternext = NULL,
+    .stream_p = &ussl_socket_stream_p,
+    .locals_dict = (mp_obj_t)&ussl_socket_locals_dict,
+};
+
+STATIC mp_obj_t mod_ssl_wrap_socket(mp_uint_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
+    // TODO: Implement more args
+    assert(n_args == 1);
+    mp_obj_t sock = args[0];
+    // TODO: Check that sock implements stream protocol
+    return socket_new(sock);
+}
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(mod_ssl_wrap_socket_obj, 1, 6, mod_ssl_wrap_socket);
+
+STATIC const mp_map_elem_t mp_module_ssl_globals_table[] = {
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_ussl) },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_wrap_socket), (mp_obj_t)&mod_ssl_wrap_socket_obj },
+};
+
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(mp_module_ssl_globals, mp_module_ssl_globals_table);
+
+const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_ussl = {
+    .base = { &mp_type_module },
+    .name = MP_QSTR_ussl,
+    .globals = (mp_obj_dict_t*)&mp_module_ssl_globals,
+};
+
+
+// These functions might be split to stream_posix.c. They are referenced by
+// axtls os_port.h .
+
+int mp_stream_errno;
+
+ssize_t mp_stream_posix_write(void *sock_obj, const void *buf, size_t len) {
+    struct _mp_obj_base_t *o = (struct _mp_obj_base_t *)sock_obj;
+    mp_uint_t out_sz = o->type->stream_p->write(o, buf, len, &mp_stream_errno);
+    if (out_sz == MP_STREAM_ERROR) {
+        return -1;
+    } else {
+        return out_sz;
+    }
+}
+
+ssize_t mp_stream_posix_read(void *sock_obj, void *buf, size_t len) {
+    struct _mp_obj_base_t *o = (struct _mp_obj_base_t *)sock_obj;
+    mp_uint_t out_sz = o->type->stream_p->read(o, buf, len, &mp_stream_errno);
+    if (out_sz == MP_STREAM_ERROR) {
+        return -1;
+    } else {
+        return out_sz;
+    }
+}
+
+#endif // MICROPY_PY_USSL
diff --git a/py/builtin.h b/py/builtin.h
index 829d34358b..20ff1f765f 100644
--- a/py/builtin.h
+++ b/py/builtin.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_ure;
 extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_uheapq;
 extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_uhashlib;
 extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_ubinascii;
+extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_ussl;
 extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_machine;
 
 #endif // __MICROPY_INCLUDED_PY_BUILTIN_H__
diff --git a/py/mpconfig.h b/py/mpconfig.h
index 99bf47536d..4b986eef9a 100644
--- a/py/mpconfig.h
+++ b/py/mpconfig.h
@@ -682,6 +682,10 @@ typedef double mp_float_t;
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE (0)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef MICROPY_PY_USSL
+#define MICROPY_PY_USSL (0)
+#endif
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 /* Hooks for a port to add builtins                                          */
 
diff --git a/py/objmodule.c b/py/objmodule.c
index e0fad37f0a..940a8daf25 100644
--- a/py/objmodule.c
+++ b/py/objmodule.c
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ STATIC const mp_map_elem_t mp_builtin_module_table[] = {
 #if MICROPY_PY_MACHINE
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_machine), (mp_obj_t)&mp_module_machine },
 #endif
+#if MICROPY_PY_USSL
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_ussl), (mp_obj_t)&mp_module_ussl },
+#endif
 
     // extra builtin modules as defined by a port
     MICROPY_PORT_BUILTIN_MODULES
diff --git a/py/py.mk b/py/py.mk
index 5ba0f55085..12773ff8fa 100644
--- a/py/py.mk
+++ b/py/py.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ PY_QSTR_DEFS = $(PY_SRC)/qstrdefs.h
 # some code is performance bottleneck and compiled with other optimization options
 CSUPEROPT = -O3
 
+ifeq ($(MICROPY_PY_USSL),1)
+CFLAGS_MOD += -DMICROPY_PY_USSL=1 -I../lib/axtls/ssl -I../lib/axtls/crypto -I../lib/axtls/config
+LDFLAGS_MOD += -L../lib/axtls/_stage -laxtls
+endif
+
 # py object files
 PY_O_BASENAME = \
 	mpstate.o \
@@ -119,6 +124,7 @@ PY_O_BASENAME = \
 	../extmod/moduhashlib.o \
 	../extmod/modubinascii.o \
 	../extmod/modmachine.o \
+	../extmod/modussl.o \
 
 # prepend the build destination prefix to the py object files
 PY_O = $(addprefix $(PY_BUILD)/, $(PY_O_BASENAME))
diff --git a/py/qstrdefs.h b/py/qstrdefs.h
index 425b6ee107..e91c665c20 100644
--- a/py/qstrdefs.h
+++ b/py/qstrdefs.h
@@ -607,3 +607,8 @@ Q(mem8)
 Q(mem16)
 Q(mem32)
 #endif
+
+#if MICROPY_PY_USSL
+Q(ussl)
+Q(wrap_socket)
+#endif
diff --git a/unix/mpconfigport.mk b/unix/mpconfigport.mk
index 7832841e4e..1b2b5231bc 100644
--- a/unix/mpconfigport.mk
+++ b/unix/mpconfigport.mk
@@ -21,5 +21,8 @@ MICROPY_PY_SOCKET = 1
 # ffi module requires libffi (libffi-dev Debian package)
 MICROPY_PY_FFI = 1
 
+# ussl module requires axtls
+MICROPY_PY_USSL = 0
+
 # jni module requires JVM/JNI
 MICROPY_PY_JNI = 0