diff --git a/include/ftp/detail/socket.hpp b/include/ftp/detail/socket.hpp
index 03e7e49..1eb616e 100644
--- a/include/ftp/detail/socket.hpp
+++ b/include/ftp/detail/socket.hpp
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class socket : public socket_base
 
     void ssl_handshake(boost::asio::ssl::stream_base::handshake_type type, boost::system::error_code & ec) override;
 
+    void ssl_shutdown(boost::system::error_code & ec) override;
+
     std::size_t write(const char *buf, std::size_t size, boost::system::error_code & ec) override;
 
     std::size_t write(std::string_view buf, boost::system::error_code & ec) override;
diff --git a/include/ftp/detail/socket_base.hpp b/include/ftp/detail/socket_base.hpp
index ddd5f9b..6c9d476 100644
--- a/include/ftp/detail/socket_base.hpp
+++ b/include/ftp/detail/socket_base.hpp
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ class socket_base
 
     virtual void ssl_handshake(boost::asio::ssl::stream_base::handshake_type type, boost::system::error_code & ec) = 0;
 
+    virtual void ssl_shutdown(boost::system::error_code & ec) = 0;
+
     virtual std::size_t write(const char *buf, std::size_t size, boost::system::error_code & ec) = 0;
 
     virtual std::size_t write(std::string_view buf, boost::system::error_code & ec) = 0;
diff --git a/include/ftp/detail/ssl_socket.hpp b/include/ftp/detail/ssl_socket.hpp
index b3b83b7..ea417a5 100644
--- a/include/ftp/detail/ssl_socket.hpp
+++ b/include/ftp/detail/ssl_socket.hpp
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class ssl_socket : public socket_base
 
     void ssl_handshake(boost::asio::ssl::stream_base::handshake_type type, boost::system::error_code & ec) override;
 
+    void ssl_shutdown(boost::system::error_code & ec) override;
+
     std::size_t write(const char *buf, std::size_t size, boost::system::error_code & ec) override;
 
     std::size_t write(std::string_view buf, boost::system::error_code & ec) override;
diff --git a/src/control_connection.cpp b/src/control_connection.cpp
index e566bd9..68170e4 100644
--- a/src/control_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/control_connection.cpp
@@ -114,14 +114,9 @@ void control_connection::ssl_handshake()
 
 void control_connection::ssl_shutdown()
 {
-    if (socket_->has_ssl_support())
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
     boost::system::error_code ec;
 
-    socket_->shutdown(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_both, ec);
+    socket_->ssl_shutdown(ec);
 
     if (ec)
     {
@@ -266,7 +261,14 @@ void control_connection::disconnect()
 {
     boost::system::error_code ec;
 
-    socket_->shutdown(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_both, ec);
+    if (socket_->has_ssl_support())
+    {
+        socket_->ssl_shutdown(ec);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        socket_->shutdown(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_both, ec);
+    }
 
     if (ec == boost::asio::error::not_connected)
     {
diff --git a/src/data_connection.cpp b/src/data_connection.cpp
index 26363c9..1b9b03b 100644
--- a/src/data_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/data_connection.cpp
@@ -247,27 +247,31 @@ void data_connection::disconnect(bool graceful)
 {
     boost::system::error_code ec;
 
-    if (graceful)
+    if (socket_->has_ssl_support())
+    {
+        socket_->ssl_shutdown(ec);
+    }
+    else if (graceful)
     {
         socket_->shutdown(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_both, ec);
+    }
 
-        if (ec == boost::asio::error::not_connected)
-        {
-            /* Ignore 'not_connected' error. We could get ENOTCONN if a server side
-             * has already closed the data connection. This suits us, just close
-             * the socket.
-             */
-        }
-        else if (ec == boost::asio::error::eof)
-        {
-            /* Rationale:
-             * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25587403/boost-asio-ssl-async-shutdown-always-finishes-with-an-error
-             */
-        }
-        else if (ec)
-        {
-            throw ftp_exception(ec, "Cannot close data connection");
-        }
+    if (ec == boost::asio::error::not_connected)
+    {
+        /* Ignore 'not_connected' error. We could get ENOTCONN if a server side
+         * has already closed the data connection. This suits us, just close
+         * the socket.
+         */
+    }
+    else if (ec == boost::asio::error::eof)
+    {
+        /* Rationale:
+         * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25587403/boost-asio-ssl-async-shutdown-always-finishes-with-an-error
+         */
+    }
+    else if (ec)
+    {
+        throw ftp_exception(ec, "Cannot close data connection");
     }
 
     socket_->close(ec);
diff --git a/src/socket.cpp b/src/socket.cpp
index 6c26127..5514aee 100644
--- a/src/socket.cpp
+++ b/src/socket.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ bool socket::has_ssl_support() const
 
 void socket::ssl_handshake(boost::asio::ssl::stream_base::handshake_type type, boost::system::error_code & ec)
 {
-    /* Handshake makes sense only for SSL-sockets. */
+    /* Make sense only for SSL-sockets. */
+}
+
+void socket::ssl_shutdown(boost::system::error_code & ec)
+{
+    /* Make sense only for SSL-sockets. */
 }
 
 std::size_t socket::write(const char *buf, std::size_t size, boost::system::error_code & ec)
diff --git a/src/ssl_socket.cpp b/src/ssl_socket.cpp
index f990625..d4a80f5 100644
--- a/src/ssl_socket.cpp
+++ b/src/ssl_socket.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ void ssl_socket::ssl_handshake(boost::asio::ssl::stream_base::handshake_type typ
     socket_.handshake(type, ec);
 }
 
+void ssl_socket::ssl_shutdown(boost::system::error_code & ec)
+{
+    socket_.shutdown(ec);
+}
+
 std::size_t ssl_socket::write(const char *buf, std::size_t size, boost::system::error_code & ec)
 {
     return socket_base::write(socket_, buf, size, ec);
@@ -79,8 +84,7 @@ std::size_t ssl_socket::read_line(std::string & buf, std::size_t max_size, boost
 
 void ssl_socket::shutdown(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_type type, boost::system::error_code & ec)
 {
-    /* Perform SSL shutdown, ignore the 'type' param. */
-    socket_.shutdown(ec);
+    socket_.lowest_layer().shutdown(type, ec);
 }
 
 void ssl_socket::close(boost::system::error_code & ec)