diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 472a362..a05afad 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
+const defaultSSLMode = "disable"
+
 // PoolMaxConnLifetime and PoolMaxConnIdle are string time duration representations
 // as defined in ParseDuration in the stdlib time package
 // the format consists of decimal numbers, each with optional fraction and a unit suffix,
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ type RdbmsConfig struct {
 	OnInit      string
 	DbDriver    string
 	DbStore     string
+	DbSSLMode   string
 
 	PoolMaxConns        int
 	PoolMinConns        int
@@ -30,6 +34,15 @@ type RdbmsConfig struct {
 	DbDriverSettings string
 }
 
+var sslModeMap = map[string]string{
+	"disable":     "disable",
+	"allow":       "allow",
+	"prefer":      "prefer",
+	"require":     "require",
+	"verify-ca":   "verify-ca",
+	"verify-full": "verify-full",
+}
+
 func RdbmsConfigFromEnv() *RdbmsConfig {
 	dbConfig := new(RdbmsConfig)
 	dbConfig.Dbuser = os.Getenv("DBUSER")
@@ -40,11 +53,23 @@ func RdbmsConfigFromEnv() *RdbmsConfig {
 	dbConfig.DbDriver = os.Getenv("DBDRIVER")
 	dbConfig.DbStore = os.Getenv("DBSTORE")
 	dbConfig.ExternalLib = os.Getenv("EXTERNAL_LIB")
+	dbConfig.DbSSLMode = os.Getenv("DBSSLMODE")
 
 	if dbConfig.Dbport == "" {
 		dbConfig.Dbport = "5432"
 	}
 
+	if dbConfig.DbSSLMode == "" {
+		dbConfig.DbSSLMode = defaultSSLMode
+	} else {
+		if sslMode, ok := sslModeMap[strings.ToLower(dbConfig.DbSSLMode)]; ok {
+			dbConfig.DbSSLMode = sslMode
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("Error parsing DBSSLMODE value of \"%s\":  Will fall back to default DBSSLMODE value.\n", dbConfig.DbSSLMode)
+			dbConfig.DbSSLMode = defaultSSLMode
+		}
+	}
+
 	maxConns := os.Getenv("POOLMAXCONNS")
 	mc, err := strconv.Atoi(maxConns)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pg_dialect.go b/pg_dialect.go
index 4befa8e..6ed6714 100644
--- a/pg_dialect.go
+++ b/pg_dialect.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package goquery
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+)
 
 var pgDialect = DbDialect{
 	TableExistsStmt: `SELECT count(*) FROM information_schema.tables WHERE  table_schema = $1 AND table_name = $2`,
@@ -11,7 +14,11 @@ var pgDialect = DbDialect{
 		return fmt.Sprintf("nextval('%s')", sequence)
 	},
 	Url: func(config *RdbmsConfig) string {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("user=%s password=%s host=%s port=%s database=%s sslmode=disable",
-			config.Dbuser, config.Dbpass, config.Dbhost, config.Dbport, config.Dbname)
+		if config.DbSSLMode == "" {
+			config.DbSSLMode = defaultSSLMode
+			log.Printf("No sslmode set, will fall back to default DBSSLMODE value %s. Set value in the dbconfig using DbSSLMode \n", defaultSSLMode)
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("user=%s password=%s host=%s port=%s database=%s sslmode=%s",
+			config.Dbuser, config.Dbpass, config.Dbhost, config.Dbport, config.Dbname, config.DbSSLMode)
 	},
 }
diff --git a/pgx_db.go b/pgx_db.go
index 32038ab..21e16da 100644
--- a/pgx_db.go
+++ b/pgx_db.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package goquery
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"reflect"
 	"time"
 
@@ -107,8 +108,12 @@ type PgxDb struct {
 }
 
 func NewPgxConnection(config *RdbmsConfig) (PgxDb, error) {
-	dburl := fmt.Sprintf("user=%s password=%s host=%s port=%s database=%s sslmode=disable",
-		config.Dbuser, config.Dbpass, config.Dbhost, config.Dbport, config.Dbname)
+	if config.DbSSLMode == "" {
+		config.DbSSLMode = defaultSSLMode
+		log.Printf("No sslmode set, will fall back to default DBSSLMODE value %s. Set value in the dbconfig using DbSSLMode \n", defaultSSLMode)
+	}
+	dburl := fmt.Sprintf("user=%s password=%s host=%s port=%s database=%s sslmode=%s",
+		config.Dbuser, config.Dbpass, config.Dbhost, config.Dbport, config.Dbname, config.DbSSLMode)
 
 	if config.PoolMaxConns > 0 {
 		dburl = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s=%d", dburl, "pool_max_conns", config.PoolMaxConns)