diff --git a/tests/unit/test_stubs.py b/tests/unit/test_stubs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e51450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_stubs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from vcr.stubs import VCRHTTPSConnection
+
+class TestVCRConnection(object):
+    def test_setting_of_attributes_get_propogated_to_real_connection(self):
+        vcr_connection = VCRHTTPSConnection('www.examplehost.com')
+        vcr_connection.ssl_version = 'example_ssl_version'
+        assert vcr_connection.real_connection.ssl_version == 'example_ssl_version'
diff --git a/vcr/stubs/__init__.py b/vcr/stubs/__init__.py
index 19d57f1..0d9af5d 100644
--- a/vcr/stubs/__init__.py
+++ b/vcr/stubs/__init__.py
@@ -315,6 +315,27 @@ class VCRConnection(object):
         with force_reset():
             self.real_connection = self._baseclass(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+        """
+        We need to define this because any attributes that are set on the
+        VCRConnection need to be propogated to the real connection.
+
+        For example, urllib3 will set certain attributes on the connection,
+        such as 'ssl_version'. These attributes need to get set on the real
+        connection to have the correct and expected behavior.
+
+        TODO: Separately setting the attribute on the two instances is not
+        ideal. We should switch to a proxying implementation.
+        """
+        try:
+            setattr(self.real_connection, name, value)
+        except AttributeError:
+             # raised if real_connection has not been set yet, such as when
+             # we're setting the real_connection itself for the first time
+            pass
+
+        super(VCRConnection, self).__setattr__(name, value)
+
 
 class VCRHTTPConnection(VCRConnection):
     '''A Mocked class for HTTP requests'''