diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index d868e49..05ede40 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -4358,6 +4358,14 @@
     return( 0xFFFFFFFF );
 }
 
+int mbedtls_ssl_get_ciphersuite_id_from_ssl( const mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
+{
+    if( ssl == NULL || ssl->session == NULL )
+        return( 0 );
+
+    return( ssl->session->ciphersuite );
+}
+
 const char *mbedtls_ssl_get_ciphersuite( const mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
     if( ssl == NULL || ssl->session == NULL )