diff --git a/src/lib/connectors/_custom_agent.js b/src/lib/connectors/_keep_alive_agent.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/lib/connectors/_custom_agent.js
rename to src/lib/connectors/_keep_alive_agent.js
diff --git a/src/lib/connectors/http.js b/src/lib/connectors/http.js
index fb054ddd0..d2e6b409a 100644
--- a/src/lib/connectors/http.js
+++ b/src/lib/connectors/http.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var handles = {
 };
 var _ = require('../utils');
 var qs = require('querystring');
-var ForeverAgent = require('./_custom_agent');
+var KeepAliveAgent = require('./_keep_alive_agent');
 var ConnectionAbstract = require('../connection');
 var zlib = require('zlib');
 
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ function HttpConnector(host, config) {
       '", expected one of ' + _.keys(handles).join(', '));
   }
 
+  this.useSsl = this.host.protocol === 'https';
+
   config = _.defaults(config || {}, {
     keepAlive: true,
     minSockets: 10,
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ HttpConnector.prototype.createAgent = function (config) {
   }
 
   if (config.keepAlive) {
-    Agent = this.host.protocol === 'https' ? ForeverAgent.SSL : ForeverAgent;
+    Agent = this.useSsl ? KeepAliveAgent.SSL : KeepAliveAgent;
     this.on('status set', this.bound.onStatusSet);
   }
 
@@ -85,10 +87,16 @@ HttpConnector.prototype.createAgent = function (config) {
 };
 
 HttpConnector.prototype.makeAgentConfig = function (config) {
-  return {
+  var agentConfig =  {
     maxSockets: config.maxSockets,
     minSockets: config.minSockets
   };
+
+  if (this.useSsl) {
+    _.merge(agentConfig, this.host.ssl);
+  }
+
+  return agentConfig;
 };
 
 HttpConnector.prototype.makeReqParams = function (params) {
diff --git a/src/lib/host.js b/src/lib/host.js
index 8d95779c0..05e30091b 100644
--- a/src/lib/host.js
+++ b/src/lib/host.js
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ var urlParseFields = [
 
 var simplify = ['host', 'path'];
 
+var sslDefaults = {
+  pfx: null,
+  key: null,
+  passphrase: null,
+  cert: null,
+  ca: null,
+  ciphers: null,
+  rejectUnauthorized: false,
+  secureProtocol: null
+};
+
 // simple reference used when formatting as a url
 // and defines when parsing from a string
 Host.defaultPorts = {
@@ -44,6 +55,8 @@ function Host(config, globalConfig) {
   this.headers = null;
   this.suggestCompression = !!globalConfig.suggestCompression;
 
+  this.ssl = _.defaults({}, config.ssl || {}, globalConfig.ssl || {}, sslDefaults);
+
   if (typeof config === 'string') {
     var firstColon = config.indexOf(':');
     var firstSlash = config.indexOf('/');
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/host.js b/test/unit/specs/host.js
index 395123234..d77282eb3 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/host.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/host.js
@@ -12,7 +12,17 @@ var hostDefaults = {
   auth: null,
   query: {},
   headers: null,
-  suggestCompression: false
+  suggestCompression: false,
+  ssl: {
+    pfx: null,
+    key: null,
+    passphrase: null,
+    cert: null,
+    ca: null,
+    ciphers: null,
+    rejectUnauthorized: false,
+    secureProtocol: null
+  }
 };
 
 describe('Host class', function () {
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/http_connector.js b/test/unit/specs/http_connector.js
index def0b1569..84c78f177 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/http_connector.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/http_connector.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
   var util = require('util');
   var http = require('http');
   var https = require('https');
-  var CustomAgent = require('../../../src/lib/connectors/_custom_agent');
+  var KeepAliveAgent = require('../../../src/lib/connectors/_keep_alive_agent');
 
   var Host = require('../../../src/lib/host');
   var errors = require('../../../src/lib/errors');
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
       con.request({}, function () {
         expect(http.request.callCount).to.be(1);
         expect(https.request.callCount).to.be(0);
-        expect(http.request.lastCall.args[0].agent).to.be.a(CustomAgent);
+        expect(http.request.lastCall.args[0].agent).to.be.a(KeepAliveAgent);
         done();
       });
     });
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
       con.request({}, function () {
         expect(http.request.callCount).to.be(0);
         expect(https.request.callCount).to.be(1);
-        expect(https.request.lastCall.args[0].agent).to.be.a(CustomAgent.SSL);
+        expect(https.request.lastCall.args[0].agent).to.be.a(KeepAliveAgent.SSL);
         done();
       });
     });
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
 
   describe('Connection cleanup', function () {
     // skip these tests if native keep alive requests are supported
-    if (CustomAgent.supportsNativeKeepAlive) {
+    if (KeepAliveAgent.supportsNativeKeepAlive) {
       return;
     }