diff --git a/refinery/Cargo.toml b/refinery/Cargo.toml
index eba439d9..6f32d6aa 100644
--- a/refinery/Cargo.toml
+++ b/refinery/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 default = []
 rusqlite-bundled = ["refinery-core/rusqlite-bundled"]
 rusqlite = ["refinery-core/rusqlite"]
-postgres = ["refinery-core/postgres"]
+postgres = ["refinery-core/postgres", "refinery-core/postgres-openssl", "refinery-core/openssl"]
 mysql = ["refinery-core/mysql", "refinery-core/flate2"]
 tokio-postgres = ["refinery-core/tokio-postgres"]
 mysql_async = ["refinery-core/mysql_async"]
diff --git a/refinery_cli/Cargo.toml b/refinery_cli/Cargo.toml
index ae58a2ee..8712cd79 100644
--- a/refinery_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/refinery_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = ["mysql", "postgresql", "sqlite-bundled", "mssql"]
-postgresql = ["refinery-core/postgres"]
+postgresql = ["refinery-core/postgres", "refinery-core/postgres-openssl", "refinery-core/openssl"]
 mysql = ["refinery-core/mysql", "refinery-core/flate2"]
 sqlite = ["refinery-core/rusqlite"]
 sqlite-bundled = ["sqlite", "refinery-core/rusqlite-bundled"]
diff --git a/refinery_core/Cargo.toml b/refinery_core/Cargo.toml
index 11b46917..b3fe9cc1 100644
--- a/refinery_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/refinery_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ walkdir = "2.3.1"
 # allow multiple versions of the same dependency if API is similar
 rusqlite = { version = ">= 0.23, <= 0.28", optional = true }
 postgres = { version = "0.19", optional = true }
+postgres-openssl = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
+openssl = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
 tokio-postgres = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
 mysql = { version = ">= 21.0.0, <= 23", optional = true, default-features = false}
 mysql_async = { version = ">= 0.28, <= 0.30", optional = true }
diff --git a/refinery_core/src/config.rs b/refinery_core/src/config.rs
index c1fac221..a5f4ccac 100644
--- a/refinery_core/src/config.rs
+++ b/refinery_core/src/config.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::HashMap};
 use url::Url;
 
 // refinery config file used by migrate_from_config if migration from a Config struct is preferred instead of using the macros
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ impl Config {
                 db_user: None,
                 db_pass: None,
                 db_name: None,
+                use_tls: None,
                 #[cfg(feature = "tiberius-config")]
                 trust_cert: false,
             },
@@ -138,6 +140,10 @@ impl Config {
         self.main.db_port.as_deref()
     }
 
+    pub fn use_tls(&self) -> Option<bool> {
+        self.main.use_tls
+    }
+
     pub fn set_db_user(self, db_user: &str) -> Config {
         Config {
             main: Main {
@@ -202,13 +208,12 @@ impl TryFrom<Url> for Config {
             }
         };
 
+        let query_params = url
+            .query_pairs()
+            .collect::<HashMap<Cow<'_, str>, Cow<'_, str>>>();
+
         cfg_if::cfg_if! {
             if #[cfg(feature = "tiberius-config")] {
-                use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::HashMap};
-                let query_params = url
-                    .query_pairs()
-                    .collect::<HashMap< Cow<'_, str>,  Cow<'_, str>>>();
-
                 let trust_cert = query_params.
                     get("trust_cert")
                     .unwrap_or(&Cow::Borrowed("false"))
@@ -222,6 +227,21 @@ impl TryFrom<Url> for Config {
             }
         }
 
+        let use_tls = match query_params
+            .get("sslmode")
+            .unwrap_or(&Cow::Borrowed("disable"))
+        {
+            &Cow::Borrowed("disable") => Ok(false),
+            &Cow::Borrowed("require") => Ok(true),
+            _ => Err(()),
+        }
+        .map_err(|_| {
+            Error::new(
+                Kind::ConfigError("Invalid sslmode value, please use disable/require".into()),
+                None,
+            )
+        })?;
+
         Ok(Self {
             main: Main {
                 db_type,
@@ -237,6 +257,7 @@ impl TryFrom<Url> for Config {
                 db_user: Some(url.username().to_string()),
                 db_pass: url.password().map(|r| r.to_string()),
                 db_name: Some(url.path().trim_start_matches('/').to_string()),
+                use_tls: Some(use_tls),
                 #[cfg(feature = "tiberius-config")]
                 trust_cert,
             },
@@ -268,6 +289,7 @@ struct Main {
     db_user: Option<String>,
     db_pass: Option<String>,
     db_name: Option<String>,
+    use_tls: Option<bool>,
     #[cfg(feature = "tiberius-config")]
     #[serde(default)]
     trust_cert: bool,
@@ -451,6 +473,24 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn build_no_tls_conn_from_str() {
+        let config =
+            Config::from_str("postgres://root:1234@localhost:5432/refinery?sslmode=disable")
+                .unwrap();
+        assert!(config.use_tls().is_some());
+        assert!(!config.use_tls().unwrap());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn build_tls_conn_from_str() {
+        let config =
+            Config::from_str("postgres://root:1234@localhost:5432/refinery?sslmode=require")
+                .unwrap();
+        assert!(config.use_tls().is_some());
+        assert!(config.use_tls().unwrap());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn builds_db_env_var_failure() {
         std::env::set_var("DATABASE_URL", "this_is_not_a_url");
diff --git a/refinery_core/src/drivers/config.rs b/refinery_core/src/drivers/config.rs
index 92a00582..86675489 100644
--- a/refinery_core/src/drivers/config.rs
+++ b/refinery_core/src/drivers/config.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,16 @@ macro_rules! with_connection {
                 cfg_if::cfg_if! {
                     if #[cfg(feature = "postgres")] {
                         let path = build_db_url("postgresql", &$config);
-                        let conn = postgres::Client::connect(path.as_str(), postgres::NoTls).migration_err("could not connect to database", None)?;
+
+                        let conn;
+                        if $config.use_tls().is_some() && $config.use_tls().unwrap() {
+                            let builder = openssl::ssl::SslConnector::builder(openssl::ssl::SslMethod::tls()).unwrap();
+                            let connector = postgres_openssl::MakeTlsConnector::new(builder.build());
+                            conn = postgres::Client::connect(path.as_str(), connector).migration_err("could not connect to database", None)?;
+                        } else {
+                            conn = postgres::Client::connect(path.as_str(), postgres::NoTls).migration_err("could not connect to database", None)?;
+                        }
+
                         $op(conn)
                     } else {
                         panic!("tried to migrate from config for a postgresql database, but feature postgres not enabled!");