diff --git a/examples/ssl/.gitignore b/examples/ssl/.gitignore
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+**/*.pem
diff --git a/examples/ssl/Readme.md b/examples/ssl/Readme.md
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+# Express server with SSL enabled
+
+Please create the self-signed certificate and private key to path `/certs` by following command:
+
+```bash
+./create_certs.sh
+```
+
+When running this example, the application runs on
+
+* https://localhost:8443
+
+and asks the user to make a security exception in the browser in order to see the pages.
+CAUTION: *Self-signed certificates should never be used in production environments!*
diff --git a/examples/ssl/create_certs.sh b/examples/ssl/create_certs.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir -p certs && \
+cd certs && \
+openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -sha256 -subj '/CN=localhost' -days 3650 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem
diff --git a/examples/ssl/index.js b/examples/ssl/index.js
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+/**
+ * Module dependencies.
+ */
+
+var express = require('../..');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+var https = require('https');
+
+var app = module.exports = express();
+
+app.use(function(req, res) {
+  res
+    .set('Content-Type', 'text/html;charset=utf-8')
+    .status(200)
+    .send('<h1>Hello world from a SSL-enabled server!</h1>')
+    .end();
+});
+
+/* istanbul ignore next */
+if (!module.parent) {
+  try {
+    /* These certificates should be created manually as specified in the
+     * Readme.md */
+    var certsPath = path.join(__dirname, 'certs');
+    var options = {
+      key: fs.readFileSync(path.join(certsPath, 'key.pem')),
+      cert: fs.readFileSync(path.join(certsPath, 'cert.pem'))
+    };
+
+    /* Instead of using app.listen() directly, you should create a regular
+     * Node.js HTTPS server and place the Express server as its only midware. */
+    var httpsServer = https.createServer(options, app);
+    var PORT = 8443;
+    httpsServer.listen(PORT, function() {
+      console.log('SSL Express server responds in https://localhost:' + PORT);
+    });
+  } catch(er) {
+    console.error('Please create the certificates manually first according to the Readme.md.');
+  }
+}