diff --git a/lib/PgSQL_Monitor.cpp b/lib/PgSQL_Monitor.cpp
index 4db02cf77..7090ecad3 100644
--- a/lib/PgSQL_Monitor.cpp
+++ b/lib/PgSQL_Monitor.cpp
@@ -876,11 +876,12 @@ string build_conn_str(const task_st_t& task_st) {
 
 	return string {
 		"host='" + srv_info.addr + "' "
-			+ "port='" + std::to_string(srv_info.port) + "' "
-			+ "user='" + user_info.user + "' "
-			+ "password='" + user_info.pass + "' "
-			+ "dbname='" + user_info.dbname + "' "
-			+ "application_name=ProxySQL-Monitor"
+		+ "port='" + std::to_string(srv_info.port) + "' "
+		+ "user='" + user_info.user + "' "
+		+ "password='" + user_info.pass + "' "
+		+ "dbname='" + user_info.dbname + "' "
+		+ "application_name=ProxySQL-Monitor "
+		+ (srv_info.ssl ? "sslmode=require " : "sslmode=disable ")
 	};
 }