diff --git a/scapy/fwdmachine.py b/scapy/fwdmachine.py
index 1fb97495d56..cbdb78b26e6 100644
--- a/scapy/fwdmachine.py
+++ b/scapy/fwdmachine.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def __init__(
         remote_af: Optional[socket.AddressFamily] = None,
         bind_address: str = None,
         tls: bool = False,
+        verify_upstream: bool = True,
         crtfile: Optional[str] = None,
         keyfile: Optional[str] = None,
         keyfilepwd: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.remote_af = remote_af if remote_af is not None else af
         self.proto = proto
         self.tls = tls
+        self.verify_upstream = verify_upstream
         self.crtfile = crtfile
         self.keyfile = keyfile
         self.keyfilepwd = keyfilepwd
@@ -373,10 +375,13 @@ def handler(self, sock, addr, dest):
         # Wrap both server and peer sockets in SSL
         if self.tls:
             # Build client SSL context
-            clisslcontext = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS)
-            clisslcontext.load_default_certs()
-            clisslcontext.check_hostname = False
-            clisslcontext.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+            if self.verify_upstream:
+                clisslcontext = ssl.create_default_context()
+            else:
+                clisslcontext = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS)
+                clisslcontext.load_default_certs()
+                clisslcontext.check_hostname = False
+                clisslcontext.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
 
             # This acts as follows:
             # - start the server-side TLS handshake
@@ -393,7 +398,9 @@ def cb_sni(sock, server_name, _):
                 ss = _clisock[0]
                 ctx.tls_sni_name = server_name  # the requested SNI
                 # Use that SNI to wrap the client socket
-                ss = clisslcontext.wrap_socket(ss, server_hostname=server_name)
+                ss = clisslcontext.wrap_socket(
+                    ss, server_hostname=server_name or dest[0]
+                )
                 # Get certificate chain
                 cas = ss._sslobj.get_unverified_chain()
                 if self.crtfile is None:
diff --git a/test/scapy/layers/tls/tlsclientserver.uts b/test/scapy/layers/tls/tlsclientserver.uts
index 7a552e3c779..de930a4e648 100644
--- a/test/scapy/layers/tls/tlsclientserver.uts
+++ b/test/scapy/layers/tls/tlsclientserver.uts
@@ -577,3 +577,77 @@ def _test_connection():
     assert b"</html>" in pkt[HTTPResponse].load
 
 retry_test(_test_connection)
+
+############
+############
++ ForwardMachine upstream TLS authentication
+~ crypto
+
+= The upstream context verifies certificates by default, and can be turned off
+
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from scapy.fwdmachine import ForwardMachine
+
+class _Machine(ForwardMachine):
+    def _getpeersock(self, dest, ctx, server_hostname=None):
+        return object()
+
+def _contexts_used(verify):
+    machine = object.__new__(_Machine)
+    machine.tls = True
+    machine.verify_upstream = verify
+    with patch(
+        "scapy.fwdmachine.ssl.create_default_context",
+        side_effect=RuntimeError("stop"),
+    ) as verifying, patch(
+        "scapy.fwdmachine.ssl.SSLContext", side_effect=RuntimeError("stop")
+    ) as unverifying:
+        try:
+            machine.handler(None, ("127.0.0.1", 1), ("upstream.test", 443))
+        except RuntimeError:
+            pass
+    return verifying.call_count, unverifying.call_count
+
+assert _contexts_used(True) == (1, 0)
+assert _contexts_used(False) == (0, 1)
+
+= A client that sends no SNI is authenticated against the destination host
+
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from scapy.config import conf
+from scapy.fwdmachine import ForwardMachine
+
+class _Machine(ForwardMachine):
+    def _getpeersock(self, dest, ctx, server_hostname=None):
+        return object()
+
+class _ClientContext:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.hostnames = []
+    def wrap_socket(self, sock, server_hostname=None):
+        self.hostnames.append(server_hostname)
+        raise RuntimeError("stop before the handshake")
+
+class _Sock:
+    def close(self):
+        pass
+
+def _hostname_for(server_name):
+    client = _ClientContext()
+    class _ServerContext:
+        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            self.sni_callback = None
+        def wrap_socket(self, sock, server_side=False):
+            self.sni_callback(None, server_name, None)
+            raise RuntimeError("unreachable")
+    machine = object.__new__(_Machine)
+    machine.tls = True
+    machine.verify_upstream = True
+    machine.ct = conf.color_theme
+    with patch("scapy.fwdmachine.ssl.create_default_context", return_value=client), \
+            patch("scapy.fwdmachine.ssl.SSLContext", _ServerContext):
+        machine.handler(_Sock(), ("127.0.0.1", 1), ("upstream.test", 443))
+    return client.hostnames
+
+assert _hostname_for("sni.test") == ["sni.test"]
+assert _hostname_for(None) == ["upstream.test"]