diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2bca5abd..2ad6f8b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ When officially released 8.0 will support (mostly) seamless upgrades from the 7.
 - [PR #1362](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/1362): Enable SQLite [FTS5](https://www.sqlite.org/fts5.html). Fixes [issue #1361](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/issues/1361)
 - [PR #1405](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/1405): Support a configurable HTTP connection timeout in the rqlite CLI. Thanks @jtarchie
 - [PR #1418](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/1418): Add basic CORS support. Fixes [issue #687](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/issues/687). Thanks @kkoreilly
+- [PR #1422](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/1422): Add mTLS support to rqlite CLI. Fixes [issue #1421](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/issues/1421)
   
 ### Implementation changes and bug fixes
 - [PR #1368](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/1374): Switch to always-on expvar and pprof.
diff --git a/cmd/rqlite/main.go b/cmd/rqlite/main.go
index a00b04b3..94ec7093 100644
--- a/cmd/rqlite/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rqlite/main.go
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
-	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -22,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rqlite/rqlite/cmd"
 	"github.com/rqlite/rqlite/cmd/rqlite/history"
 	httpcl "github.com/rqlite/rqlite/cmd/rqlite/http"
+	"github.com/rqlite/rqlite/rtls"
 )
 
 const maxRedirect = 21
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ type argT struct {
 	Prefix       string        `cli:"P,prefix" usage:"rqlited HTTP URL prefix" dft:"/"`
 	Insecure     bool          `cli:"i,insecure" usage:"do not verify rqlited HTTPS certificate" dft:"false"`
 	CACert       string        `cli:"c,ca-cert" usage:"path to trusted X.509 root CA certificate"`
+	ClientCert   string        `cli:"d,client-cert" usage:"path to client X.509 certificate for mTLS"`
+	ClientKey    string        `cli:"k,client-key" usage:"path to client X.509 key for mTLS"`
 	Credentials  string        `cli:"u,user" usage:"set basic auth credentials in form username:password"`
 	Version      bool          `cli:"v,version" usage:"display CLI version"`
 	HTTPTimeout  clix.Duration `cli:"t,http-timeout" usage:"set timeout on HTTP requests" dft:"30s"`
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ func getNodes(client *http.Client, argv *argT) (Nodes, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	response, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	response, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -380,25 +381,15 @@ func getNodes(client *http.Client, argv *argT) (Nodes, error) {
 }
 
 func getHTTPClient(argv *argT) (*http.Client, error) {
-	var rootCAs *x509.CertPool
-
-	if argv.CACert != "" {
-		pemCerts, err := ioutil.ReadFile(argv.CACert)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		rootCAs = x509.NewCertPool()
-
-		ok := rootCAs.AppendCertsFromPEM(pemCerts)
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse root CA certificate(s)")
-		}
+	tlsConfig, err := rtls.CreateClientConfig(argv.ClientCert, argv.ClientKey, argv.CACert, argv.Insecure)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	tlsConfig.NextProtos = nil // CLI refuses to connect otherwise.
 
 	client := http.Client{
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
-			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: argv.Insecure, RootCAs: rootCAs},
+			TLSClientConfig: tlsConfig,
 			Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 		},
 		Timeout: argv.HTTPTimeout.Duration,
@@ -446,24 +437,13 @@ func getVersionWithClient(client *http.Client, argv *argT) (string, error) {
 
 func sendRequest(ctx *cli.Context, makeNewRequest func(string) (*http.Request, error), urlStr string, argv *argT) (*[]byte, error) {
 	url := urlStr
-	var rootCAs *x509.CertPool
-
-	if argv.CACert != "" {
-		pemCerts, err := ioutil.ReadFile(argv.CACert)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		rootCAs = x509.NewCertPool()
-
-		ok := rootCAs.AppendCertsFromPEM(pemCerts)
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse root CA certificate(s)")
-		}
+	tlsConfig, err := rtls.CreateClientConfig(argv.ClientCert, argv.ClientKey, argv.CACert, argv.Insecure)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-
+	tlsConfig.NextProtos = nil // CLI refuses to connect otherwise.
 	client := http.Client{Transport: &http.Transport{
-		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: argv.Insecure, RootCAs: rootCAs},
+		TLSClientConfig: tlsConfig,
 		Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 	}}
 
@@ -491,7 +471,7 @@ func sendRequest(ctx *cli.Context, makeNewRequest func(string) (*http.Request, e
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		response, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		response, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -577,7 +557,7 @@ func cliJSON(ctx *cli.Context, cmd, line, url string, argv *argT) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unauthorized")
 	}
 
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -634,7 +614,7 @@ func urlsToWriter(client *http.Client, urls []string, w io.Writer, argv *argT) e
 				return nil
 			}
 
-			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/http/service.go b/http/service.go
index f0b72623..a224f9cc 100644
--- a/http/service.go
+++ b/http/service.go
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func (s *Service) Start() error {
 		if s.ClientVerify {
 			b.WriteString(", mutual TLS enabled")
 		} else {
-			b.WriteString(", mutual disabled")
+			b.WriteString(", mutual TLS disabled")
 		}
 		// print the message
 		s.logger.Println(b.String())