diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0e98ea1..8fd5bae 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -65,13 +65,27 @@ Possible options for ``CONFIG`` are listed below.
 ``hosts``
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
-The server(s) to connect to, as either URIs, ``(host, port)`` tuples, or dicts conforming to `redis Connection <https://redis-py.readthedocs.io/en/v4.3.3/connections.html#redis.connection.Connection>`_.
+The server(s) to connect to.
+Can be either:
+
+- URIs with extra connection kwargs like
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    {
+        "address": "redis://localhost:6379",
+        "ssl_cert_reqs": None,
+    }
+
+
+- or ``(host, port)`` tuples
+- or dicts conforming to `redis Connection <https://redis-py.readthedocs.io/en/v4.3.3/connections.html#redis.connection.Connection>`_.
 Defaults to ``redis://localhost:6379``. Pass multiple hosts to enable sharding,
 but note that changing the host list will lose some sharded data.
 
 Sentinel connections require dicts conforming to:
 
-.. code-block::
+.. code-block:: python
 
     {
         "sentinels": [
diff --git a/channels_redis/core.py b/channels_redis/core.py
index 7c04ecd..30c94e0 100644
--- a/channels_redis/core.py
+++ b/channels_redis/core.py
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ def create_pool(self, index):
         host = self.hosts[index]
 
         if "address" in host:
-            return aioredis.ConnectionPool.from_url(host["address"])
+            address = host.pop("address")
+            return aioredis.ConnectionPool.from_url(address, **host)
         elif "master_name" in host:
             sentinels = host.pop("sentinels")
             master_name = host.pop("master_name")
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index 6d2ff2a..db83252 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -652,3 +652,19 @@ def test_deserialize():
 
     assert isinstance(deserialized, dict)
     assert deserialized == {"a": True, "b": None, "c": {"d": []}}
+
+
+def test_create_pool_from_url():
+    """
+    Test allowing passing additional parameters to the connection via host
+    configuration.
+    """
+    hosts = [
+        {
+            "address": "rediss://localhost:6379/0",
+            "ssl_cert_reqs": None,
+        }
+    ]
+    channel_layer = RedisChannelLayer(hosts=hosts)
+    pool = channel_layer.create_pool(0)
+    assert "ssl_cert_reqs" in pool.connection_kwargs