diff --git a/httpie/cli.py b/httpie/cli.py
index 321e452e..5de07a37 100644
--- a/httpie/cli.py
+++ b/httpie/cli.py
@@ -465,6 +465,27 @@ network.add_argument(
     """
 )
 
+network.add_argument(
+    '--ssl-cert',
+    default=None,
+    help="""
+    You can specify a local cert to use as client side SSL certificate.
+    This file may either contain both private key and certificate or you may
+    specify --ssl-key separately.
+
+    """
+)
+
+network.add_argument(
+    '--ssl-key',
+    default=None,
+    help="""
+    The private key to use with SSL. Only needed if --ssl-cert is given and the
+    certificate file does not contain the private key.
+
+    """
+)
+
 network.add_argument(
     '--timeout',
     type=float,
diff --git a/httpie/client.py b/httpie/client.py
index 5f519515..8514ece2 100644
--- a/httpie/client.py
+++ b/httpie/client.py
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ def get_requests_kwargs(args):
         auth_plugin = plugin_manager.get_auth_plugin(args.auth_type)()
         credentials = auth_plugin.get_auth(args.auth.key, args.auth.value)
 
+    cert = None
+    if args.ssl_cert:
+        cert = args.ssl_cert
+        if args.ssl_key:
+            cert = (cert, args.ssl_key)
+
     kwargs = {
         'stream': True,
         'method': args.method.lower(),
@@ -83,6 +89,7 @@ def get_requests_kwargs(args):
             'yes': True,
             'no': False
         }.get(args.verify, args.verify),
+        'cert': cert,
         'timeout': args.timeout,
         'auth': credentials,
         'proxies': dict((p.key, p.value) for p in args.proxy),