diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4c981e..2623ac4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ method = POST
 url = influxdb.corp.com
 port = 80
 database = tilty
+password = foo # optional
+ssl = True # default is False
+verify_ssl = True # default is False
 gravity_payload_template = {"measurement": "gravity", "tags": {"color": "{{ color }}", "mac": "{{ mac }}"}, "fields": {"value": {{ gravity }}}}
 temperature_payload_template = {"measurement": "temperature", "tags": {"color": "{{ color }}", "mac": "{{ mac }}"}, "fields": {"value": {{ temp }}}}
 # `% curl  -s -G 'http://influxdb.service.consul:8086/query?pretty=true' --data-urlencode "db=tilty" --data-urlencode 'q=SELECT "value", "mac", "color" FROM "autogen"."gravity"' | jq '.results[].series[].values[0]'`
diff --git a/tests/test_influxdb.py b/tests/test_influxdb.py
index 952add5..1910037 100644
--- a/tests/test_influxdb.py
+++ b/tests/test_influxdb.py
@@ -27,7 +27,15 @@ def test_influxdb(
         'mac': 'foo',
     })
     assert mock_influx_client.mock_calls == [
-        mock.call('http://www.google.com', 80, None, None, 'foo'),
+        mock.call(
+            database='foo',
+            host='http://www.google.com',
+            password=None,
+            port=80,
+            ssl=False,
+            username=None,
+            verify_ssl=False,
+        ),
         mock.call().write_points([
             {
                 'measurement': 'temperature',
diff --git a/tilty/emitters/influxdb.py b/tilty/emitters/influxdb.py
index a1270f6..735314f 100644
--- a/tilty/emitters/influxdb.py
+++ b/tilty/emitters/influxdb.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 """ InfluxDB emitter """
 import json
 import logging
+from distutils import util as distutil
 
 from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
 from jinja2 import Template
@@ -31,12 +32,20 @@ def __init__(self, config: dict) -> None:
         # temperature_payload_template = {"measurement": "temperature", "tags": {"color": "{{ color }}"}, "fields": {"value": {{ temp }}}}  # noqa  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
         self.gravity_template = Template(config['gravity_payload_template'])  # noqa
         self.temperature_template = Template(config['temperature_payload_template'])  # noqa
+        ssl = bool(distutil.strtobool(
+            safe_get_key(config, 'ssl', 'False')
+        ))
+        verify_ssl = bool(distutil.strtobool(
+            safe_get_key(config, 'verify_ssl', 'False')
+        ))
         self.client = InfluxDBClient(
-            config['url'],
-            safe_get_key(config, 'port', 80),
-            safe_get_key(config, 'user'),
-            safe_get_key(config, 'password'),
-            config['database']
+            host=config['url'],
+            port=safe_get_key(config, 'port', 80),
+            username=safe_get_key(config, 'user'),
+            password=safe_get_key(config, 'password'),
+            ssl=ssl,
+            verify_ssl=verify_ssl,
+            database=config['database']
         )
 
     def emit(self, tilt_data: dict) -> None: