Index: Doc/library/ftplib.rst
===================================================================
--- Doc/library/ftplib.rst	(revisione 81495)
+++ Doc/library/ftplib.rst	(copia locale)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       Support for the :keyword:`with` statement was added.
 
 
-.. class:: FTP_TLS(host='', user='', passwd='', acct='', [keyfile[, certfile[, timeout]]])
+.. class:: FTP_TLS(host='', user='', passwd='', acct='', [keyfile[, certfile[, context[, timeout]]]])
 
    A :class:`FTP` subclass which adds TLS support to FTP as described in
    :rfc:`4217`.
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
    explicitly ask for it by calling the :meth:`prot_p` method.
    *keyfile* and *certfile* are optional -- they can contain a PEM formatted
    private key and certificate chain file name for the SSL connection.
+   *context* parameter is a :class:`ssl.SSLContext` object which allows 
+   bundling SSL configuration options, certificates and private keys into a 
+   single (potentially long-lived) structure.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.2
 
Index: Lib/ftplib.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/ftplib.py	(revisione 81495)
+++ Lib/ftplib.py	(copia locale)
@@ -638,9 +638,17 @@
         ssl_version = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
 
         def __init__(self, host='', user='', passwd='', acct='', keyfile=None,
-                     certfile=None, timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
+                     certfile=None, context=None, 
+                     timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
+            if context is not None and keyfile is not None:
+                raise ValueError("context and keyfile arguments are mutually "
+                                 "exclusive")
+            if context is not None and certfile is not None:
+                raise ValueError("context and certfile arguments are mutually "
+                                 "exclusive")
             self.keyfile = keyfile
             self.certfile = certfile
+            self.context = context
             self._prot_p = False
             FTP.__init__(self, host, user, passwd, acct, timeout)
 
@@ -657,8 +665,12 @@
                 resp = self.voidcmd('AUTH TLS')
             else:
                 resp = self.voidcmd('AUTH SSL')
-            self.sock = ssl.wrap_socket(self.sock, self.keyfile, self.certfile,
-                                        ssl_version=self.ssl_version)
+            if self.context is not None:
+                self.sock = self.context.wrap_socket(self.sock)
+            else:
+                self.sock = ssl.wrap_socket(self.sock, self.keyfile, 
+                                            self.certfile, 
+                                            ssl_version=self.ssl_version)
             self.file = self.sock.makefile(mode='r', encoding=self.encoding)
             return resp
 
@@ -689,8 +701,11 @@
         def ntransfercmd(self, cmd, rest=None):
             conn, size = FTP.ntransfercmd(self, cmd, rest)
             if self._prot_p:
-                conn = ssl.wrap_socket(conn, self.keyfile, self.certfile,
-                                       ssl_version=self.ssl_version)
+                if self.context is not None:
+                    conn = self.context.wrap_socket(conn)
+                else:
+                    conn = ssl.wrap_socket(conn, self.keyfile, self.certfile, 
+                                           ssl_version=self.ssl_version)
             return conn, size
 
         def retrbinary(self, cmd, callback, blocksize=8192, rest=None):
Index: Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
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--- Lib/test/test_ftplib.py	(revisione 81495)
+++ Lib/test/test_ftplib.py	(copia locale)
@@ -719,7 +719,28 @@
         finally:
             self.client.ssl_version = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
 
+    def test_context(self):
+        self.client.quit()
+        ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, ftplib.FTP_TLS, keyfile=CERTFILE, 
+                          context=ctx)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, ftplib.FTP_TLS, certfile=CERTFILE,
+                          context=ctx)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, ftplib.FTP_TLS, certfile=CERTFILE,
+                          keyfile=CERTFILE, context=ctx)
 
+        self.client = ftplib.FTP_TLS(context=ctx, timeout=2)
+        self.client.connect(self.server.host, self.server.port)
+        self.assertNotIsInstance(self.client.sock, ssl.SSLSocket)
+        self.client.auth()
+        self.assertIsInstance(self.client.sock, ssl.SSLSocket)
+
+        self.client.prot_p()
+        sock = self.client.transfercmd('list')
+        self.assertIsInstance(sock, ssl.SSLSocket)
+        sock.close()
+
+
 class TestTimeouts(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):