diff --git a/netlib/certutils.py b/netlib/certutils.py
index 6c9a5c57b..180e1ac07 100644
--- a/netlib/certutils.py
+++ b/netlib/certutils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os, ssl, hashlib, socket, time, datetime
 from pyasn1.type import univ, constraint, char, namedtype, tag
 from pyasn1.codec.der.decoder import decode
 import OpenSSL
+import tcp
 
 CERT_SLEEP_TIME = 1
 CERT_EXPIRY = str(365 * 3)
@@ -218,7 +219,8 @@ class SSLCert:
         return altnames
 
 
-def get_remote_cert(host, port): # pragma: no cover
-    addr = socket.gethostbyname(host)
-    s = ssl.get_server_certificate((addr, port))
-    return SSLCert(s)
+def get_remote_cert(host, port, sni):
+    c = tcp.TCPClient(host, port)
+    c.connect()
+    c.convert_to_ssl(sni=sni)
+    return c.cert
diff --git a/netlib/tcp.py b/netlib/tcp.py
index ef3298d59..6c5b49769 100644
--- a/netlib/tcp.py
+++ b/netlib/tcp.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import select, socket, threading, traceback, sys
 from OpenSSL import SSL
+import certutils
 
 
 class NetLibError(Exception): pass
diff --git a/test/test_tcp.py b/test/test_tcp.py
index a2ee5e368..969daf1ec 100644
--- a/test/test_tcp.py
+++ b/test/test_tcp.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import cStringIO, threading, Queue
-from netlib import tcp
+from netlib import tcp, certutils
 import tutils
 
 class ServerThread(threading.Thread):
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ class TestServerSSL(ServerTestBase):
         c.wfile.flush()
         assert c.rfile.readline() == testval
 
+    def test_get_remote_cert(self):
+        assert certutils.get_remote_cert("127.0.0.1", self.port, None).digest("sha1")
+
 
 class TestSNI(ServerTestBase):
     @classmethod