diff --git a/config.default.php b/config.default.php
index 90d78478..d18e60fa 100644
--- a/config.default.php
+++ b/config.default.php
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ if (!defined('DB_PASS')) define('DB_PASS', 'quexs');
 if (!defined('DB_HOST')) define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
 if (!defined('DB_NAME')) define('DB_NAME', 'quexs');
 if (!defined('DB_TYPE')) define('DB_TYPE', 'mysqli');
+if (!defined('DB_SSL')) define('DB_SSL', null);
 
 if (!defined('COMPANY_NAME')) define ('COMPANY_NAME', 'queXS ');
 if (!defined('ADMIN_PANEL_NAME')) define ('ADMIN_PANEL_NAME',' Administration Panel');
diff --git a/config.inc.local.php.example b/config.inc.local.php.example
index e620a929..433c81c4 100644
--- a/config.inc.local.php.example
+++ b/config.inc.local.php.example
@@ -75,6 +75,6 @@ define('DB_USER', 'root');
 define('DB_PASS', '');
 define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
 define('DB_NAME', 'quexs');
-
+define('DB_SSL', null);
 
 ?>
diff --git a/db.inc.php b/db.inc.php
index 79b88ea2..c45b44f6 100644
--- a/db.inc.php
+++ b/db.inc.php
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . dirname(__FILE__).'/inclu
 
 //global database variable
 $db = newADOConnection(DB_TYPE);
+$db->ssl_ca = DB_SSL;
 $db->Connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
 $db->SetFetchMode(ADODB_FETCH_ASSOC);
 if (DEBUG == true) $db->debug = true;