Index: src/OFHTTPRequest.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFHTTPRequest.h
+++ src/OFHTTPRequest.h
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 @class OFString;
 @class OFDictionary;
 @class OFURL;
 @class OFHTTPRequest;
 @class OFHTTPRequestResult;
+@class OFTCPSocket;
 @class OFDataArray;
 
 typedef enum of_http_request_type_t {
 	OF_HTTP_REQUEST_TYPE_GET,
 	OF_HTTP_REQUEST_TYPE_POST,
@@ -38,10 +39,24 @@
 @protocol OFHTTPRequestDelegate
 #endif
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_OPTIONAL_PROTOCOLS
 @optional
 #endif
+/**
+ * \brief A callback which is called when an OFHTTPRequest creates a socket.
+ *
+ * This is useful if the connection is using HTTPS and the server requires a
+ * client certificate. This callback can then be used to tell the TLS socket
+ * about the certificate. Another use case is to tell the socket about a SOCKS5
+ * proxy it should use for this connection.
+ *
+ * \param request The OFHTTPRequest that created a socket
+ * \param socket The socket created by the OFHTTPRequest
+ */
+-   (void)request: (OFHTTPRequest*)request
+  didCreateSocket: (OFTCPSocket*)socket;
+
 /**
  * \brief A callback which is called when an OFHTTPRequest received headers.
  *
  * \param request The OFHTTPRequest which received the headers
  * \param headers The headers received

Index: src/OFHTTPRequest.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFHTTPRequest.m
+++ src/OFHTTPRequest.m
@@ -203,10 +203,13 @@
 
 		sock = [[[of_http_request_tls_socket_class alloc] init]
 		    autorelease];
 	}
 
+	[delegate request: self
+	  didCreateSocket: sock];
+
 	@try {
 		OFString *line, *path;
 		OFMutableDictionary *serverHeaders;
 		OFDataArray *data;
 		OFEnumerator *keyEnumerator, *objectEnumerator;
@@ -456,10 +459,15 @@
 	return [[data retain] autorelease];
 }
 @end
 
 @implementation OFObject (OFHTTPRequestDelegate)
+-   (void)request: (OFHTTPRequest*)request
+  didCreateSocket: (OFTCPSocket*)socket
+{
+}
+
 -     (void)request: (OFHTTPRequest*)request
   didReceiveHeaders: (OFDictionary*)headers
      withStatusCode: (int)statusCode
 {
 }