diff --git a/src/Connection/DefaultConnectionFactory.php b/src/Connection/DefaultConnectionFactory.php
index 6227c35f..3c68e08f 100644
--- a/src/Connection/DefaultConnectionFactory.php
+++ b/src/Connection/DefaultConnectionFactory.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Amp\Http\Client\Request;
 use Amp\Http\Client\SocketException;
 use Amp\Http\Client\TimeoutException;
+use Amp\Http\Client\TlsException;
 use Amp\Socket;
 use Amp\Socket\ClientTlsContext;
 use Amp\Socket\ConnectContext;
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ public function create(Request $request, Cancellation $cancellation): Connection
                 if ($tlsState !== Socket\TlsState::Disabled) {
                     $socket->close();
 
-                    throw new SocketException('Failed to setup TLS connection, connection was in an unexpected TLS state (' . $tlsState->name . ')');
+                    throw new TlsException('Failed to setup TLS connection, connection was in an unexpected TLS state (' . $tlsState->name . ')');
                 }
 
                 $socket->setupTls(new CompositeCancellation(
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ public function create(Request $request, Cancellation $cancellation): Connection
                 \preg_match('/error:[0-9a-f]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:(.+)$/i', $errorMessage, $matches);
                 $errorMessage = \trim($matches[1] ?? \explode('():', $errorMessage, 2)[1] ?? $errorMessage);
 
-                throw new SocketException(\sprintf(
+                throw new TlsException(\sprintf(
                     "Connection to '%s' @ '%s' closed during TLS handshake: %s",
                     $authority,
                     $socket->getRemoteAddress()->toString(),
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ public function create(Request $request, Cancellation $cancellation): Connection
             if ($tlsInfo === null) {
                 $socket->close();
 
-                throw new SocketException(\sprintf(
+                throw new TlsException(\sprintf(
                     "Socket closed after TLS handshake with '%s' @ '%s'",
                     $authority,
                     $socket->getRemoteAddress()->toString()
diff --git a/src/SocketException.php b/src/SocketException.php
index 88d498ce..8f1c855c 100755
--- a/src/SocketException.php
+++ b/src/SocketException.php
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace Amp\Http\Client;
 
-final class SocketException extends HttpException
+class SocketException extends HttpException
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/TlsException.php b/src/TlsException.php
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bd78f415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/TlsException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Amp\Http\Client;
+
+final class TlsException extends SocketException
+{
+}
diff --git a/test/ClientBadSslIntegrationTest.php b/test/ClientBadSslIntegrationTest.php
index 4f4774f6..62566500 100644
--- a/test/ClientBadSslIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/test/ClientBadSslIntegrationTest.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public function testSelfSignedCertificate(): void
     {
         $request = new Request('https://self-signed.badssl.com/');
 
-        $this->expectException(SocketException::class);
+        $this->expectException(TlsException::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessageMatches("/^Connection to 'self-signed.badssl.com:443' @ '.+' closed during TLS handshake: certificate verify failed$/");
 
         $this->client->request($request);
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public function testWrongHostCertificate(): void
     {
         $request = new Request('https://wrong.host.badssl.com/');
 
-        $this->expectException(SocketException::class);
+        $this->expectException(TlsException::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessageMatches("/^Connection to 'wrong.host.badssl.com:443' @ '.+' closed during TLS handshake: Peer certificate CN=`\*.badssl.com' did not match expected CN=`wrong.host.badssl.com'$/");
 
         $this->client->request($request);
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public function testDhKeyTooSmall(): void
     {
         $request = new Request('https://dh512.badssl.com/');
 
-        $this->expectException(SocketException::class);
+        $this->expectException(TlsException::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessageMatches("/^Connection to 'dh512.badssl.com:443' @ '.+' closed during TLS handshake: dh key too small$/");
 
         $this->client->request($request);