diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
     PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
     self->ssl = SSL_new(ctx);
     PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
-    SSL_set_app_data(self->ssl,self);
+      SSL_set_app_data(self->ssl,self);
     SSL_set_fd(self->ssl, Py_SAFE_DOWNCAST(sock->sock_fd, SOCKET_T, int));
     mode = SSL_MODE_ACCEPT_MOVING_WRITE_BUFFER;
 #ifdef SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY
@@ -2319,6 +2319,30 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+get_verify_depth(PySSLContext *self)
+{
+    int n;
+    n = SSL_CTX_get_verify_depth(self->ctx);
+    return PyInt_FromLong(n);
+}
+
+
+static int
+set_verify_depth(PySSLContext *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    int depth;
+    if (!PyArg_Parse(arg, "i", &depth))
+        return -1;
+    if (depth < 0 || depth > 100) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                        "invalid value for depth");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    SSL_CTX_set_verify_depth(self->ctx, depth);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL_VERIFY_PARAM
 static PyObject *
 get_verify_flags(PySSLContext *self, void *c)
@@ -3254,6 +3278,8 @@
 #endif
     {"verify_mode", (getter) get_verify_mode,
                     (setter) set_verify_mode, NULL},
+    {"verify_depth", (getter) get_verify_depth,
+                     (setter) set_verify_depth, NULL},
     {NULL},            /* sentinel */
 };