diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a00c3a6a9..3f664317e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Golang SQL database driver for [Yandex ClickHouse](https://clickhouse.yandex/)
 * block_size - maximum rows in block (default is 1000000). If the rows are larger then the data will be split into several blocks to send them to the server
 * debug - enable debug output (boolean value)
 
+SSL/TLS parameters:
+
+* secure - establish secure connection (default is false)
+* skip_verify - skip certificate verification (default is true)
+
 example:
 ```
 tcp://host1:9000?username=user&password=qwerty&database=clicks&read_timeout=10&write_timeout=20&alt_hosts=host2:9000,host3:9000
diff --git a/bootstrap.go b/bootstrap.go
index ef58fda5f1..86e1493a17 100644
--- a/bootstrap.go
+++ b/bootstrap.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func open(dsn string) (*clickhouse, error) {
 	var (
 		hosts            = []string{url.Host}
 		query            = url.Query()
+		secure           = false
+		skipVerify       = true
 		noDelay          = true
 		compress         = false
 		database         = query.Get("database")
@@ -67,6 +69,12 @@ func open(dsn string) (*clickhouse, error) {
 	if v, err := strconv.ParseBool(query.Get("no_delay")); err == nil && !v {
 		noDelay = false
 	}
+	if v, err := strconv.ParseBool(query.Get("secure")); err == nil && v {
+		secure = true
+	}
+	if v, err := strconv.ParseBool(query.Get("skip_verify")); err == nil && !v {
+		skipVerify = false
+	}
 	if duration, err := strconv.ParseFloat(query.Get("read_timeout"), 64); err == nil {
 		readTimeout = time.Duration(duration * float64(time.Second))
 	}
@@ -115,7 +123,7 @@ func open(dsn string) (*clickhouse, error) {
 		database,
 		username,
 	)
-	if ch.conn, err = dial("tcp", hosts, noDelay, connOpenStrategy, ch.logf); err != nil {
+	if ch.conn, err = dial(secure, skipVerify, hosts, noDelay, connOpenStrategy, ch.logf); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	logger.SetPrefix(fmt.Sprintf("[clickhouse][connect=%d]", ch.conn.ident))
diff --git a/connect.go b/connect.go
index 1edaa04f49..b532184edf 100644
--- a/connect.go
+++ b/connect.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package clickhouse
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"database/sql/driver"
 	"net"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 	connOpenInOrder
 )
 
-func dial(network string, hosts []string, noDelay bool, openStrategy openStrategy, logf func(string, ...interface{})) (*connect, error) {
+func dial(secure, skipVerify bool, hosts []string, noDelay bool, openStrategy openStrategy, logf func(string, ...interface{})) (*connect, error) {
 	var (
 		err error
 		abs = func(v int) int {
@@ -45,8 +46,22 @@ func dial(network string, hosts []string, noDelay bool, openStrategy openStrateg
 		case connOpenRandom:
 			num = (ident + 1) % len(hosts)
 		}
-		if conn, err = net.DialTimeout(network, hosts[num], 20*time.Second); err == nil {
-			logf("[dial] strategy=%s, ident=%d, server=%d -> %s", openStrategy, ident, num, conn.RemoteAddr())
+		switch {
+		case secure:
+			conn, err = tls.DialWithDialer(
+				&net.Dialer{
+					Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+				},
+				"tcp",
+				hosts[num],
+				&tls.Config{
+					InsecureSkipVerify: skipVerify,
+				})
+		default:
+			conn, err = net.DialTimeout("tcp", hosts[num], 5*time.Second)
+		}
+		if err == nil {
+			logf("[dial] secure=%t, skip_verify=%t, strategy=%s, ident=%d, server=%d -> %s", secure, skipVerify, openStrategy, ident, num, conn.RemoteAddr())
 			if tcp, ok := conn.(*net.TCPConn); ok {
 				tcp.SetNoDelay(noDelay) // Disable or enable the Nagle Algorithm for this tcp socket
 			}