diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index d54558ec161..779ccf207c9 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,14 @@ int esp_http_client_get_errno(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
     return esp_transport_get_errno(client->transport);
 }
 
+esp_err_t esp_http_client_get_and_clear_last_tls_error(esp_http_client_handle_t client, int *tls_code, int *tls_flags){
+    if (!client) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Invalid client handle");
+        return ESP_FAIL;
+    }
+    return esp_tls_get_and_clear_last_error(esp_transport_get_error_handle(client->transport), tls_code, tls_flags);
+}
+
 esp_err_t esp_http_client_set_method(esp_http_client_handle_t client, esp_http_client_method_t method)
 {
     client->connection_info.method = method;
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 86274bdae51..539992cb159 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -457,6 +457,23 @@ esp_err_t esp_http_client_set_user_data(esp_http_client_handle_t client, void *d
  */
 int esp_http_client_get_errno(esp_http_client_handle_t client);
 
+/**
+ * @brief      Returns last error in esp_tls with detailed mbedtls related error codes.
+ *             The error information is cleared internally upon return
+ *
+ * @param[in]  client               The esp_http_client handle
+ * @param[out] esp_tls_error_code   last error code returned from mbedtls api (set to zero if none)
+ *                                  This pointer could be NULL if caller does not care about esp_tls_code
+ * @param[out] esp_tls_flags        last certification verification flags (set to zero if none)
+ *                                  This pointer could be NULL if caller does not care about esp_tls_code
+ *
+ * @return
+ *         - ESP_FAIL if invalid parameters
+ *         - ESP_OK (0) if no error occurred
+ *         - specific error code (based on ESP_ERR_ESP_TLS_BASE) otherwise
+ */
+esp_err_t esp_http_client_get_and_clear_last_tls_error(esp_http_client_handle_t client, int *esp_tls_error_code, int *esp_tls_flags);
+
 /**
  * @brief      Set http request method
  *