diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/ssl/ClientTlsStrategyBuilder.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/ssl/ClientTlsStrategyBuilder.java
index 1a87646df..5f27f00e5 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/ssl/ClientTlsStrategyBuilder.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/ssl/ClientTlsStrategyBuilder.java
@@ -133,11 +133,24 @@ public ClientTlsStrategyBuilder setSslBufferMode(final SSLBufferMode sslBufferMo
 
     /**
      * Sets {@link HostnameVerificationPolicy} value.
+     *
+     * @deprecated Use #setHostVerificationPolicy
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public void setHostnameVerificationPolicy(final HostnameVerificationPolicy hostnameVerificationPolicy) {
         this.hostnameVerificationPolicy = hostnameVerificationPolicy;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets {@link HostnameVerificationPolicy} value.
+     *
+     * @since 5.5
+     */
+    public ClientTlsStrategyBuilder setHostVerificationPolicy(final HostnameVerificationPolicy hostnameVerificationPolicy) {
+        this.hostnameVerificationPolicy = hostnameVerificationPolicy;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets {@link HostnameVerifier} instance.
      *