diff --git a/custom_components/mikrotik_router/.translations/en.json b/custom_components/mikrotik_router/.translations/en.json
index 3396511..d0d68fc 100644
--- a/custom_components/mikrotik_router/.translations/en.json
+++ b/custom_components/mikrotik_router/.translations/en.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         "error": {
             "name_exists": "Name already exists.",
             "cannot_connect": "Cannot connect to Mikrotik.",
+            "ssl_handshake_failure": "SSL handshake failure",
             "connection_timeout": "Mikrotik connection timeout.",
             "wrong_login": "Invalid user name or password."
         }
diff --git a/custom_components/mikrotik_router/mikrotikapi.py b/custom_components/mikrotik_router/mikrotikapi.py
index 2b3d76b..0be5a0e 100644
--- a/custom_components/mikrotik_router/mikrotikapi.py
+++ b/custom_components/mikrotik_router/mikrotikapi.py
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ class MikrotikAPI:
                 librouteros.exceptions.MultiTrapError,
                 librouteros.exceptions.ConnectionClosed,
                 librouteros.exceptions.ProtocolError,
-                librouteros.exceptions.FatalError
+                librouteros.exceptions.FatalError,
+                ssl.SSLError
         ) as api_error:
             _LOGGER.error("Mikrotik %s: %s", self._host, api_error)
             self.error_to_strings("%s" % api_error)
@@ -95,6 +96,9 @@ class MikrotikAPI:
         self.error = "cannot_connect"
         if error == "invalid user name or password (6)":
             self.error = "wrong_login"
+        
+        if "ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE" in error:
+            self.error = "ssl_handshake_failure"
 
         return
 
diff --git a/custom_components/mikrotik_router/strings.json b/custom_components/mikrotik_router/strings.json
index 3396511..d0d68fc 100644
--- a/custom_components/mikrotik_router/strings.json
+++ b/custom_components/mikrotik_router/strings.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         "error": {
             "name_exists": "Name already exists.",
             "cannot_connect": "Cannot connect to Mikrotik.",
+            "ssl_handshake_failure": "SSL handshake failure",
             "connection_timeout": "Mikrotik connection timeout.",
             "wrong_login": "Invalid user name or password."
         }