diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5dc3597..a7bf028b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## 0.17.0 (2022-XX-XX)
 
+- Add ability to connect to PostgreSQL over TLS/SSL [#745](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/745)
+
 ## 0.16.3 (2022-08-17)
 
 ### Changes
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ This is a part of aligning `headscale`'s behaviour with Tailscale's upstream beh
 - OpenID Connect users will be mapped per namespaces
   - Each user will get its own namespace, created if it does not exist
   - `oidc.domain_map` option has been removed
-  - `strip_email_domain` option has been added (see [config-example.yaml](./config_example.yaml))
+  - `strip_email_domain` option has been added (see [config-example.yaml](./config-example.yaml))
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 9f113c2b..7ed9d2ed 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -129,12 +129,16 @@ func NewHeadscale(cfg *Config) (*Headscale, error) {
 	switch cfg.DBtype {
 	case Postgres:
 		dbString = fmt.Sprintf(
-			"host=%s dbname=%s user=%s sslmode=disable",
+			"host=%s dbname=%s user=%s",
 			cfg.DBhost,
 			cfg.DBname,
 			cfg.DBuser,
 		)
 
+		if !cfg.DBssl {
+			dbString += " sslmode=disable"
+		}
+
 		if cfg.DBport != 0 {
 			dbString += fmt.Sprintf(" port=%d", cfg.DBport)
 		}
diff --git a/config-example.yaml b/config-example.yaml
index ed447f9a..b369029c 100644
--- a/config-example.yaml
+++ b/config-example.yaml
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ db_path: /var/lib/headscale/db.sqlite
 # db_name: headscale
 # db_user: foo
 # db_pass: bar
+# db_ssl: false
 
 ### TLS configuration
 #
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 69358401..3c241b29 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	DBname string
 	DBuser string
 	DBpass string
+	DBssl  bool
 
 	TLS TLSConfig
 
@@ -506,6 +507,7 @@ func GetHeadscaleConfig() (*Config, error) {
 		DBname: viper.GetString("db_name"),
 		DBuser: viper.GetString("db_user"),
 		DBpass: viper.GetString("db_pass"),
+		DBssl:  viper.GetBool("db_ssl"),
 
 		TLS: GetTLSConfig(),