diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e299f39..819a7c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ var configuration = {
     user: 'dabramov', // Database username
     password: 'password', // Database password
     adapter: 'pg', // Database adapter: pg, mysql
+    ssl: false, // Specify whether ssl should be used (postgres only).
     // Parameters are optional. If you provide them then any occurrences of the parameter (i.e. FOO) in the SQL scripts will be replaced by the value (i.e. bar).
     parameters: {
         "FOO": "bar"
diff --git a/adapters/pg.js b/adapters/pg.js
index 9229272..0072264 100644
--- a/adapters/pg.js
+++ b/adapters/pg.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ module.exports = function (config, logger) {
         port: config.port,
         database: config.db,
         user: config.user,
-        password: config.password
+        password: config.password,
+        ssl: config.ssl
     });
 
     function exec(query, values) {