diff --git a/src/js/remote.js b/src/js/remote.js
index 793d07610c..3f5be45110 100644
--- a/src/js/remote.js
+++ b/src/js/remote.js
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ var Remote = function (opts, trace) {
   this.trusted                = opts.trusted;
   this.websocket_ip           = opts.websocket_ip;
   this.websocket_port         = opts.websocket_port;
+  this.websocket_ssl          = opts.websocket_ssl;
   this.local_sequence         = opts.local_sequence; // Locally track sequence numbers
   this.local_fee              = opts.local_fee;      // Locally set fees
   this.id                     = 0;
@@ -384,7 +385,8 @@ Remote.prototype._connect_start = function () {
   // with self-signed certs as the user must have pre-approved the self-signed certs.
 
   var self = this;
-  var url  = "ws://" + this.websocket_ip + ":" + this.websocket_port;
+  var url  = (this.websocket_ssl ? "wss://" : "ws://") +
+        this.websocket_ip + ":" + this.websocket_port;
 
   if (this.trace) console.log("remote: connect: %s", url);
 
diff --git a/test/config-example.js b/test/config-example.js
index af94850fe1..c43f4d5d87 100644
--- a/test/config-example.js
+++ b/test/config-example.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ exports.servers = {
     'rpc_port' : 5005,
     'websocket_ip' : "127.0.0.1",
     'websocket_port' : 5006,
+    'websocket_ssl' : false,
     'local_sequence' : true,
     'local_fee' : true,
     // 'validation_seed' : "shhDFVsmS2GSu5vUyZSPXYfj1r79h",