diff --git a/integration/ssl/error_self_signed_certificate.err b/integration/ssl/error_self_signed_certificate.err
index 9c8e3f93827..55e342d9c30 100644
--- a/integration/ssl/error_self_signed_certificate.err
+++ b/integration/ssl/error_self_signed_certificate.err
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-error: Http Connection
+error: SSL Certificate
   --> ssl/error_self_signed_certificate.hurl:1:5
    |
  1 | GET https://localhost:8001/hello
-   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SSL certificate problem
+   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate
    |
 
diff --git a/packages/hurl/src/http/client.rs b/packages/hurl/src/http/client.rs
index 198f9fc0649..4944020702f 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/src/http/client.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/src/http/client.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub enum HttpError {
     FailToConnect,
     TooManyRedirect,
     CouldNotParseResponse,
-    SSLCertificate,
+    SSLCertificate(Option<String>),
     InvalidUrl,
     Timeout,
     StatuslineIsMissing,
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@ impl Client {
                     6 => Err(HttpError::CouldNotResolveHost),
                     7 => Err(HttpError::FailToConnect),
                     28 => Err(HttpError::Timeout),
-                    60 => Err(HttpError::SSLCertificate),
+                    60 => Err(HttpError::SSLCertificate(
+                        e.extra_description().map(String::from),
+                    )),
                     _ => Err(HttpError::Other {
                         code: e.code() as i32, // due to windows build
                         description: e.description().to_string(),
diff --git a/packages/hurl/src/runner/core.rs b/packages/hurl/src/runner/core.rs
index f1ce052568c..864917956ea 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/src/runner/core.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/src/runner/core.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ pub enum RunnerError {
     Timeout,
     TooManyRedirect,
     CouldNotParseResponse,
-    SSLCertificate,
+    SSLCertificate(String),
 
     UnsupportedContentEncoding(String),
     CouldNotUncompressResponse(String),
diff --git a/packages/hurl/src/runner/entry.rs b/packages/hurl/src/runner/entry.rs
index a8fa81e37e9..6b0995b67b4 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/src/runner/entry.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/src/runner/entry.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ pub fn run(
                 HttpError::Timeout => RunnerError::Timeout,
                 HttpError::TooManyRedirect => RunnerError::TooManyRedirect,
                 HttpError::CouldNotParseResponse => RunnerError::CouldNotParseResponse,
-                HttpError::SSLCertificate => RunnerError::SSLCertificate,
+                HttpError::SSLCertificate(description) => RunnerError::SSLCertificate(
+                    description.unwrap_or_else(|| "SSL certificate problem".to_string()),
+                ),
                 HttpError::InvalidUrl => RunnerError::InvalidURL(http_request.url.clone()),
                 HttpError::StatuslineIsMissing => RunnerError::HttpConnection {
                     message: "status line is missing".to_string(),
diff --git a/packages/hurl/src/runner/error.rs b/packages/hurl/src/runner/error.rs
index f841d6e0a41..9c6bf825387 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/src/runner/error.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/src/runner/error.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ impl Error for runner::Error {
             RunnerError::Timeout => "Http Connection".to_string(),
             RunnerError::TooManyRedirect => "Http Connection".to_string(),
             RunnerError::CouldNotParseResponse => "Http Connection".to_string(),
-            RunnerError::SSLCertificate => "Http Connection".to_string(),
+            RunnerError::SSLCertificate { .. } => "SSL Certificate".to_string(),
             RunnerError::PredicateValue { .. } => "Assert - Predicate Value Failed".to_string(),
             RunnerError::InvalidRegex {} => "Invalid regex".to_string(),
             RunnerError::FileReadAccess { .. } => "File ReadAccess".to_string(),
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl Error for runner::Error {
             RunnerError::Timeout => "Timeout has been reached".to_string(),
             RunnerError::TooManyRedirect => "Too many redirect".to_string(),
             RunnerError::CouldNotParseResponse => "Could not parse response".to_string(),
-            RunnerError::SSLCertificate => "SSL certificate problem".to_string(),
+            RunnerError::SSLCertificate(description) => description.clone(),
             RunnerError::AssertVersion { actual, .. } => format!("actual value is <{}>", actual),
             RunnerError::AssertStatus { actual, .. } => format!("actual value is <{}>", actual),
             RunnerError::PredicateValue(value) => {
diff --git a/packages/hurl/tests/libcurl.rs b/packages/hurl/tests/libcurl.rs
index becea4f005a..3e95ff13914 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/tests/libcurl.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/tests/libcurl.rs
@@ -519,6 +519,32 @@ fn test_error_could_not_resolve_proxy_name() {
     assert_eq!(error, HttpError::CouldNotResolveProxyName);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_error_ssl() {
+    let options = ClientOptions {
+        follow_location: false,
+        max_redirect: None,
+        cookie_input_file: None,
+        proxy: None,
+        no_proxy: None,
+        verbose: false,
+        insecure: false,
+        timeout: Default::default(),
+        connect_timeout: Default::default(),
+        user: None,
+        accept_encoding: None,
+    };
+    let mut client = Client::init(options);
+    let request = default_get_request("https://localhost:8001/hello".to_string());
+    let error = client.execute(&request, 0).err().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        error,
+        HttpError::SSLCertificate(Some(
+            "SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate".to_string()
+        ))
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_timeout() {
     let options = ClientOptions {