diff --git a/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Stunnel/forms/dialogService.xml b/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Stunnel/forms/dialogService.xml
index 368810bf7..2b7f7bb64 100644
--- a/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Stunnel/forms/dialogService.xml
+++ b/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Stunnel/forms/dialogService.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
             Additions may need a restart of stunnel (when the certificate was already used).
             ]]></help>
     </field>
+    <field>
+        <id>service.clientmode</id>
+        <label>Client mode</label>
+        <type>checkbox</type>
+        <help><![CDATA[Use client mode for this tunnel. Connect to an SSL server, do not act as an SSL server.]]></help>
+    </field>
     <field>
         <id>service.ciphers</id>
         <label>Ciphers</label>
diff --git a/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Stunnel/Stunnel.xml b/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Stunnel/Stunnel.xml
index 4f5689ae8..13e2f02fd 100644
--- a/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Stunnel/Stunnel.xml
+++ b/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Stunnel/Stunnel.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <model>
     <mount>//OPNsense/Stunnel</mount>
-    <version>1.0.2</version>
+    <version>1.0.3</version>
     <description>
         Stunnel TLS encryption proxy
     </description>
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
                     <default>0</default>
                     <Required>Y</Required>
                 </enableCRL>
+                <clientmode type="BooleanField">
+                    <default>0</default>
+                    <Required>Y</Required>
+                </clientmode>
                 <ciphers type="JsonKeyValueStoreField">
                     <default>TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256,ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256,ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256,ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384,ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384,ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305,ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305,DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256,DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384</default>
                     <Required>Y</Required>
diff --git a/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Stunnel/stunnel.conf b/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Stunnel/stunnel.conf
index d9f28b339..8c3ee5ecc 100644
--- a/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Stunnel/stunnel.conf
+++ b/security/stunnel/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Stunnel/stunnel.conf
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ verifyChain = yes
 CRLpath = {% if helpers.empty('OPNsense.Stunnel.general.chroot') %}/var/run/stunnel{% endif %}/certs/
 {%         endif %}
 {%       endif %}
+{% if service.clientmode|default('0') == '1' %}
+client = yes
+{% endif %}
 {%       set ciphers =[] %}
 {%       set ciphersuites =[] %}
 {%       for cipher in service.ciphers.split(',') %}