diff --git a/include/proxysql_admin.h b/include/proxysql_admin.h
index d1a2741863..e15826abcf 100644
--- a/include/proxysql_admin.h
+++ b/include/proxysql_admin.h
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ class ProxySQL_Admin {
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	unsigned long long ProxySQL_Test___MySQL_HostGroups_Manager_HG_lookup();
 	unsigned long long ProxySQL_Test___MySQL_HostGroups_Manager_Balancing_HG5211();
+	bool ProxySQL_Test___CA_Certificate_Load_And_Verify(uint64_t* duration, int cnt, const char* cacert, const char* capath);
 #endif
 	friend void admin_session_handler(MySQL_Session *sess, void *_pa, PtrSize_t *pkt);
 };
diff --git a/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp b/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
index f3d521776a..81012b9504 100644
--- a/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
+++ b/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <prometheus/exposer.h>
 #include <prometheus/counter.h>
+#include <openssl/ssl.h>
+#include <openssl/err.h>
 #include "MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.h"
 #include "mysql.h"
 #include "proxysql_admin.h"
@@ -4343,6 +4345,29 @@ void admin_session_handler(MySQL_Session *sess, void *_pa, PtrSize_t *pkt) {
 							run_query = false;
 						}
 						break;
+					case 54:
+					{
+						run_query = false;
+						if (test_arg1 == 0) {
+							test_arg1 = 1000;
+						}
+						if (GloMTH->variables.ssl_p2s_ca == NULL &&
+							GloMTH->variables.ssl_p2s_capath == NULL) {
+							SPA->send_MySQL_ERR(&sess->client_myds->myprot, "'mysql-ssl_p2s_ca' and 'mysql-ssl_p2s_capath' have not been configured");
+							break;
+						}
+						char msg[256];
+						uint64_t duration = 0ULL;
+						if (SPA->ProxySQL_Test___CA_Certificate_Load_And_Verify(&duration, test_arg1, GloMTH->variables.ssl_p2s_ca,
+							GloMTH->variables.ssl_p2s_capath)) {
+							sprintf(msg, "Took %llums in loading and verifying CA Certificate for %d times\n", duration, test_arg1);
+							SPA->send_MySQL_OK(&sess->client_myds->myprot, msg);
+						}
+						else {
+							SPA->send_MySQL_ERR(&sess->client_myds->myprot, "Unable to verify CA Certificate");
+						}
+					}
+					break;
 #endif // DEBUG
 					default:
 						SPA->send_MySQL_ERR(&sess->client_myds->myprot, (char *)"Invalid test");
@@ -14898,4 +14923,23 @@ unsigned long long ProxySQL_Admin::ProxySQL_Test___MySQL_HostGroups_Manager_Bala
 	unsigned long long d = t2-t1;
 	return d;
 }
+
+bool ProxySQL_Admin::ProxySQL_Test___CA_Certificate_Load_And_Verify(uint64_t* duration, int cnt, const char* cacert, const char* capath)
+{
+	assert(duration);
+	assert(cacert || capath);
+	SSL_CTX* ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method());
+	uint64_t t1 = monotonic_time();
+	for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+		if (0 == SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(ctx, cacert, capath)) {
+			proxy_error("Unable to load CA Certificate: %s\n", ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), NULL));
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	uint64_t t2 = monotonic_time();
+	SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
+	*duration = ((t2/1000) - (t1/1000));
+	proxy_info("Duration: %llums\n", *duration);
+	return true;
+}
 #endif //DEBUG
diff --git a/test/tap/tests/test_cacert_load_and_verify_duration-t.cpp b/test/tap/tests/test_cacert_load_and_verify_duration-t.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46fbde802e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tap/tests/test_cacert_load_and_verify_duration-t.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#include <string>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "mysql.h"
+#include "mysqld_error.h"
+#include "tap.h"
+#include "command_line.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+CommandLine cl;
+
+int main() {
+	if (cl.getEnv()) {
+		diag("Failed to get the required environmental variables.");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	const char* p_infra_datadir = std::getenv("REGULAR_INFRA_DATADIR");
+	if (p_infra_datadir == NULL) {
+		// quick exit
+		plan(1);
+		ok(0, "REGULAR_INFRA_DATADIR not defined");
+		return exit_status();
+	}
+
+	plan(1);
+
+	MYSQL* proxysql_admin = mysql_init(NULL);
+
+	// Initialize connection
+	if (!proxysql_admin) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "File %s, line %d, Error: %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, mysql_error(proxysql_admin));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!mysql_real_connect(proxysql_admin, cl.host, cl.admin_username, cl.admin_password, NULL, cl.admin_port, NULL, 0)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "File %s, line %d, Error: %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, mysql_error(proxysql_admin));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	const std::string& ca_full_path = std::string(p_infra_datadir) + "/cert-bundle-rnd.pem";
+	diag("Setting mysql-ssl_p2s_ca to '%s'", ca_full_path.c_str());
+	const std::string& set_ssl_p2s_ca = "SET mysql-ssl_p2s_ca='" + ca_full_path + "'";
+	MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, set_ssl_p2s_ca.c_str());
+	MYSQL_QUERY(proxysql_admin, "LOAD MYSQL VARIABLES TO RUNTIME");
+	diag("Running ProxySQL Test...");
+	if (mysql_query(proxysql_admin, "PROXYSQLTEST 54 1000")) {
+		const std::string& error_msg = mysql_error(proxysql_admin);
+		if (error_msg.find("Invalid test") != std::string::npos) {
+			ok(true, "ProxySQL is not compiled in Debug mode. Skipping test");
+		} else {
+			fprintf(stderr, "File %s, line %d, Error: %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, error_msg);
+		}
+	} else {
+		const std::string& msg = mysql_info(proxysql_admin);
+		const std::size_t start_pos = msg.find("Took ");
+		const std::size_t end_pos = msg.find("ms ");
+		if (start_pos != std::string::npos &&
+			end_pos != std::string::npos) {
+			uint64_t time = std::stoull(msg.substr(start_pos + 5, end_pos - (start_pos + 5)));
+			ok(time < 20000, "Total duration is '%llu ms' should be less than 20 Seconds", time);
+		}
+	}
+	mysql_close(proxysql_admin);
+	return exit_status();
+}