diff --git a/kmip/services/kmip_client.py b/kmip/services/kmip_client.py
index 15442d09..9204044c 100644
--- a/kmip/services/kmip_client.py
+++ b/kmip/services/kmip_client.py
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ def open(self):
             six.reraise(*last_error)
 
     def _create_socket(self, sock):
-        context = ssl.create_default_context(purpose=ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH, cafile=self.certfile)
+        context = ssl.create_default_context(purpose=ssl.Purpose.SERVER_AUTH, cafile=self.certfile)
+        context.check_hostname = False
         self.socket = context.wrap_socket(
             sock,
             server_side=False,
diff --git a/kmip/services/server/server.py b/kmip/services/server/server.py
index 92c2b122..1b6308c9 100644
--- a/kmip/services/server/server.py
+++ b/kmip/services/server/server.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def interrupt_handler(trigger, frame):
         for cipher in auth_suite_ciphers:
             self._logger.debug(cipher)
 
-        context = ssl.create_default_context(purpose=ssl.Purpose.SERVER_AUTH, cafile=self.config.settings.get('certificate_path'))
+        context = ssl.create_default_context(purpose=ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH, cafile=self.config.settings.get('certificate_path'))
         self._socket = context.wrap_socket(self._socket,
                     server_side=True,
                     do_handshake_on_connect=False,