diff --git a/test/recipes/70-test_tls13alerts.t b/test/recipes/70-test_tls13alerts.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7111d404dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/recipes/70-test_tls13alerts.t
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env perl
+# Copyright 2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
+# this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
+# in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
+# https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html
+
+use strict;
+use OpenSSL::Test qw/:DEFAULT cmdstr srctop_file bldtop_dir/;
+use OpenSSL::Test::Utils;
+use TLSProxy::Proxy;
+
+my $test_name = "test_tls13alerts";
+setup($test_name);
+
+plan skip_all => "TLSProxy isn't usable on $^O"
+    if $^O =~ /^(VMS)$/;
+
+plan skip_all => "$test_name needs the dynamic engine feature enabled"
+    if disabled("engine") || disabled("dynamic-engine");
+
+plan skip_all => "$test_name needs the sock feature enabled"
+    if disabled("sock");
+
+plan skip_all => "$test_name needs TLS1.3 enabled"
+    if disabled("tls1_3");
+
+$ENV{OPENSSL_ia32cap} = '~0x200000200000000';
+
+my $proxy = TLSProxy::Proxy->new(
+    undef,
+    cmdstr(app(["openssl"]), display => 1),
+    srctop_file("apps", "server.pem"),
+    (!$ENV{HARNESS_ACTIVE} || $ENV{HARNESS_VERBOSE})
+);
+
+#Test 1: We test that a server can handle an unencrypted alert when normally the
+#        next message is encrypted
+$proxy->filter(\&alert_filter);
+$proxy->start() or plan skip_all => "Unable to start up Proxy for tests";
+plan tests => 1;
+my $alert = TLSProxy::Message->alert();
+ok(TLSProxy::Message->fail() && !$alert->server() && !$alert->encrypted(), "Client sends an unecrypted alert");
+
+sub alert_filter
+{
+    my $proxy = shift;
+
+    if ($proxy->flight != 1) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ${$proxy->message_list}[1]->session_id_len(1);
+    ${$proxy->message_list}[1]->repack();
+}
diff --git a/util/perl/TLSProxy/Alert.pm b/util/perl/TLSProxy/Alert.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e66883d459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/perl/TLSProxy/Alert.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright 2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
+# this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
+# in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
+# https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html
+
+use strict;
+
+package TLSProxy::Alert;
+
+sub new
+{
+    my $class = shift;
+    my ($server,
+        $encrypted,
+        $level,
+        $description) = @_;
+    
+    my $self = {
+        server => $server,
+        encrypted => $encrypted,
+        level => $level,
+        description => $description
+    };
+
+    return bless $self, $class;
+}
+
+#Read only accessors
+sub server
+{
+    my $self = shift;
+    return $self->{server};
+}
+sub encrypted
+{
+    my $self = shift;
+    return $self->{encrypted};
+}
+sub level
+{
+    my $self = shift;
+    return $self->{level};
+}
+sub description
+{
+    my $self = shift;
+    return $self->{description};
+}
+1;
diff --git a/util/perl/TLSProxy/Message.pm b/util/perl/TLSProxy/Message.pm
index 56570f9beb..44952ad0fc 100644
--- a/util/perl/TLSProxy/Message.pm
+++ b/util/perl/TLSProxy/Message.pm
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use strict;
 
 package TLSProxy::Message;
 
+use TLSProxy::Alert;
+
 use constant TLS_MESSAGE_HEADER_LENGTH => 4;
 
 #Message types
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ my @message_rec_list = ();
 my @message_frag_lens = ();
 my $ciphersuite = 0;
 my $successondata = 0;
+my $alert;
 
 sub clear
 {
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ sub clear
     $successondata = 0;
     @message_rec_list = ();
     @message_frag_lens = ();
+    $alert = undef;
 }
 
 #Class method to extract messages from a record
@@ -281,6 +285,11 @@ sub get_messages
         if ($alertlev == AL_LEVEL_FATAL || $alertdesc == AL_DESC_CLOSE_NOTIFY) {
             $end = 1;
         }
+        $alert = TLSProxy::Alert->new(
+            $server,
+            $record->encrypted,
+            $alertlev,
+            $alertdesc);
     }
 
     return @messages;
@@ -388,6 +397,12 @@ sub fail
     my $class = shift;
     return !$success && $end;
 }
+
+sub alert
+{
+    return $alert;
+}
+
 sub new
 {
     my $class = shift;
diff --git a/util/perl/TLSProxy/Record.pm b/util/perl/TLSProxy/Record.pm
index 9de51b371a..8db50d0bff 100644
--- a/util/perl/TLSProxy/Record.pm
+++ b/util/perl/TLSProxy/Record.pm
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ sub get_records
             $data       # decrypt_data
         );
 
-        if ($content_type != RT_CCS) {
+        if ($content_type != RT_CCS
+                && (!TLSProxy::Proxy->is_tls13()
+                    || $content_type != RT_ALERT)) {
             if (($server && $server_encrypting)
                      || (!$server && $client_encrypting)) {
                 if (!TLSProxy::Proxy->is_tls13() && $etm) {