diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
index 5422e6995..3d0766335 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
@@ -350,7 +350,14 @@ ossl_ssl_verify_callback(int preverify_ok, X509_STORE_CTX *ctx)
 	    rb_ivar_set(ssl_obj, ID_callback_state, INT2NUM(status));
 	    return 0;
 	}
-	preverify_ok = ret == Qtrue;
+        if (ret != Qtrue) {
+            preverify_ok = 0;
+#if defined(X509_V_ERR_HOSTNAME_MISMATCH)
+            X509_STORE_CTX_set_error(ctx, X509_V_ERR_HOSTNAME_MISMATCH);
+#else
+            X509_STORE_CTX_set_error(ctx, X509_V_ERR_CERT_REJECTED);
+#endif
+        }
     }
 
     return ossl_verify_cb_call(cb, preverify_ok, ctx);
diff --git a/test/test_ssl.rb b/test/test_ssl.rb
index 408c7d820..8263e58ad 100644
--- a/test/test_ssl.rb
+++ b/test/test_ssl.rb
@@ -752,6 +752,46 @@ def test_verify_hostname_on_connect
     end
   end
 
+  def test_verify_hostname_failure_error_code
+    ctx_proc = proc { |ctx|
+      exts = [
+        ["keyUsage", "keyEncipherment,digitalSignature", true],
+        ["subjectAltName", "DNS:a.example.com"],
+      ]
+      ctx.cert = issue_cert(@svr, @svr_key, 4, exts, @ca_cert, @ca_key)
+      ctx.key = @svr_key
+    }
+
+    start_server(ctx_proc: ctx_proc, ignore_listener_error: true) do |port|
+      verify_callback_ok = verify_callback_err = nil
+
+      ctx = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
+      ctx.verify_hostname = true
+      ctx.cert_store = OpenSSL::X509::Store.new
+      ctx.cert_store.add_cert(@ca_cert)
+      ctx.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
+      ctx.verify_callback = -> (preverify_ok, store_ctx) {
+        verify_callback_ok = preverify_ok
+        verify_callback_err = store_ctx.error
+        preverify_ok
+      }
+
+      begin
+        sock = TCPSocket.new("127.0.0.1", port)
+        ssl = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(sock, ctx)
+        ssl.hostname = "b.example.com"
+        assert_handshake_error { ssl.connect }
+        assert_equal false, verify_callback_ok
+        code_expected = openssl?(1, 0, 2) || defined?(OpenSSL::X509::V_ERR_HOSTNAME_MISMATCH) ?
+          OpenSSL::X509::V_ERR_HOSTNAME_MISMATCH :
+          OpenSSL::X509::V_ERR_CERT_REJECTED
+        assert_equal code_expected, verify_callback_err
+      ensure
+        sock&.close
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_unset_OP_ALL
     ctx_proc = Proc.new { |ctx|
       # If OP_DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS is not defined, this test is