diff --git a/bin/thor b/bin/thor
index 02a3e11..319ae9d 100755
--- a/bin/thor
+++ b/bin/thor
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ cli.usage('[options] ws://localhost')
    .option('-G, --generator <file>', 'custom message generators')
    .option('-M, --masked', 'send the messaged with a mask')
    .option('-b, --binary', 'send binary messages instead of utf-8')
+   .option('-S, --SSLcertificate <file>','supply the SSL certificate location for wss connections')
    .version(require('../package.json').version)
    .parse(process.argv);
 
@@ -56,7 +57,13 @@ cluster.setupMaster({
       : path.resolve(__dirname, '../generator.js'),
       cli.protocol,
       !!cli.masked,
-      !!cli.binary
+      !!cli.binary,
+      cli.SSLcertificate 
+      ? path.resolve(process.cwd(), cli.SSLcertificate)
+      : undefined ,
+      cli.SSLcertificate
+      ? 'true'
+      : 'false',
     ]
 });
 
diff --git a/mjolnir.js b/mjolnir.js
index c22f517..7e4b218 100644
--- a/mjolnir.js
+++ b/mjolnir.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
+var fs = require('fs');
 var Socket = require('ws')
   , connections = {}
   , concurrent = 0;
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ var session = require(process.argv[2]);
 //
 var masked = process.argv[4] === 'true'
   , binary = process.argv[5] === 'true'
-  , protocol = +process.argv[3] || 13;
+  , protocol = +process.argv[3] || 13
+  , SSLcertificate = process.argv[6]
+  , isSSL = process.argv[7] === 'true';
 
 process.on('message', function message(task) {
   var now = Date.now();
@@ -40,9 +43,17 @@ process.on('message', function message(task) {
   // End of the line, we are gonna start generating new connections.
   if (!task.url) return;
 
-  var socket = new Socket(task.url, {
+  var socket;
+  if (isSSL) 
+  {socket = new Socket(task.url, {
+    protocolVersion: protocol,
+    ca : [fs.readFileSync(SSLcertificate)]
+  }); }
+  else
+  { socket = new Socket(task.url, {
     protocolVersion: protocol
   });
+  }
 
   socket.on('open', function open() {
     process.send({ type: 'open', duration: Date.now() - now, id: task.id, concurrent: concurrent });