diff --git a/prometheus_client/exposition.py b/prometheus_client/exposition.py
index 345b247d..2069279e 100644
--- a/prometheus_client/exposition.py
+++ b/prometheus_client/exposition.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     build_opener, HTTPHandler, HTTPRedirectHandler, Request,
 )
 import warnings
+import ssl
 from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server, WSGIRequestHandler, WSGIServer
 
 from .openmetrics import exposition as openmetrics
@@ -352,6 +353,35 @@ def default_handler(
     return _make_handler(url, method, timeout, headers, data, HTTPHandler)
 
 
+def tls_handler(
+        url: str, 
+        method: str, 
+        timeout: Optional[float], 
+        headers: List[Tuple[str, str]], 
+        data: bytes,
+        bundle_path: Optional[str] = None
+) -> Callable[[], None]:
+    def handler():
+        ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext()
+        if bundle_path is not None:
+            ssl_context.load_verify_locations(cafile=bundle_path)
+        ssl_context.check_hostname = False
+        ssl_context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
+        ssl_handler = urllib.request.HTTPSHandler(context=ssl_context)
+
+        request = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data)
+        request.get_method = lambda: method
+        for k, v in headers:
+            request.add_header(k, v)
+        response = urllib.request.build_opener(ssl_handler).open(
+            request,
+            timeout=timeout,
+        )
+        if response.getcode() >= 400:
+            raise OSError(f"error talking to pushgateway: {response.code} {response.msg}")
+    return handler
+
+
 def passthrough_redirect_handler(
         url: str,
         method: str,