diff --git a/docs/data-sources/http.md b/docs/data-sources/http.md
index fc697339..98ba3549 100644
--- a/docs/data-sources/http.md
+++ b/docs/data-sources/http.md
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `request_headers` - (Optional) A map of strings representing additional HTTP
   headers to include in the request.
 
+* `ca_certificate` - (Optional) PEM-encoded root certificates bundle for TLS authentication.
+
+* `insecure` - (Optional) Whether server should be accessed without verifying the TLS certificate. Defaults to false.
+
 ## Attributes Reference
 
 The following attributes are exported:
diff --git a/internal/provider/data_source.go b/internal/provider/data_source.go
index a1c43ff1..a8fb7820 100644
--- a/internal/provider/data_source.go
+++ b/internal/provider/data_source.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package provider
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"mime"
@@ -49,6 +51,16 @@ func dataSource() *schema.Resource {
 					Type: schema.TypeString,
 				},
 			},
+			"ca_certificate": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+
+			"insecure": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional: true,
+				Default:  false,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -56,8 +68,32 @@ func dataSource() *schema.Resource {
 func dataSourceRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) (diags diag.Diagnostics) {
 	url := d.Get("url").(string)
 	headers := d.Get("request_headers").(map[string]interface{})
+	caCert := d.Get("ca_certificate").(string)
+
+	// Get the System Cert Pool
+	caCertPool, err := x509.SystemCertPool()
+	if err != nil {
+		return append(diags, diag.Errorf("Error tls: %s", err)...)
+	}
+
+	// Use `ca_certificate` cert pool
+	if caCert != "" {
+		caCertPool = x509.NewCertPool()
+		if ok := caCertPool.AppendCertsFromPEM([]byte(caCert)); !ok {
+			return append(diags, diag.Errorf("Error tls: Can't add the CA certificate to certificate pool")...)
+		}
+	}
 
-	client := &http.Client{}
+	tr := &http.Transport{
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+			RootCAs:            caCertPool,
+			InsecureSkipVerify: d.Get("insecure").(bool),
+		},
+	}
+
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Transport: tr,
+	}
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/provider/data_source_test.go b/internal/provider/data_source_test.go
index cdad29ce..33e8197b 100644
--- a/internal/provider/data_source_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/data_source_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package provider
 
 import (
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"encoding/pem"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
@@ -254,42 +257,193 @@ func TestDataSource_utf16(t *testing.T) {
 // 		},
 // 	})
 // }
+const testDataSourceConfig_basic_TLS_insecure = `
+data "http" "http_test" {
+  url = "%s/meta_%d.txt"
+  insecure = true
+}
+
+output "body" {
+  value = data.http.http_test.body
+}
+
+output "response_headers" {
+  value = data.http.http_test.response_headers
+}
+`
+
+func TestDataSource_http200_TLS_insecure(t *testing.T) {
+	testHttpMock := setUpMockHttpTLSServer()
+
+	defer testHttpMock.server.Close()
+
+	resource.UnitTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		Providers: testProviders,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: fmt.Sprintf(testDataSourceConfig_basic_TLS_insecure, testHttpMock.server.URL, 200),
+				Check: func(s *terraform.State) error {
+					_, ok := s.RootModule().Resources["data.http.http_test"]
+					if !ok {
+						return fmt.Errorf("missing data resource")
+					}
+
+					outputs := s.RootModule().Outputs
+
+					if outputs["body"].Value != "1.0.0" {
+						return fmt.Errorf(
+							`'body' output is %s; want '1.0.0'`,
+							outputs["body"].Value,
+						)
+					}
+
+					response_headers := outputs["response_headers"].Value.(map[string]interface{})
+
+					if response_headers["X-Single"].(string) != "foobar" {
+						return fmt.Errorf(
+							`'X-Single' response header is %s; want 'foobar'`,
+							response_headers["X-Single"].(string),
+						)
+					}
+
+					if response_headers["X-Double"].(string) != "1, 2" {
+						return fmt.Errorf(
+							`'X-Double' response header is %s; want '1, 2'`,
+							response_headers["X-Double"].(string),
+						)
+					}
+
+					return nil
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+const testDataSourceConfig_basic_TLS_CA = `
+data "http" "http_test" {
+  url = "%s/meta_%d.txt"
+  ca_certificate = <<EOF
+%s
+EOF
+}
+
+output "body" {
+  value = data.http.http_test.body
+}
+
+output "response_headers" {
+  value = data.http.http_test.response_headers
+}
+`
+
+func TestDataSource_http200_TLS_CA(t *testing.T) {
+	testHttpMock := setUpMockHttpTLSServer()
+
+	defer testHttpMock.server.Close()
+
+	resource.UnitTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		Providers: testProviders,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: fmt.Sprintf(testDataSourceConfig_basic_TLS_CA, testHttpMock.server.URL, 200, CertToPEM(testHttpMock.server.Certificate())),
+				Check: func(s *terraform.State) error {
+					_, ok := s.RootModule().Resources["data.http.http_test"]
+					if !ok {
+						return fmt.Errorf("missing data resource")
+					}
+
+					outputs := s.RootModule().Outputs
+
+					if outputs["body"].Value != "1.0.0" {
+						return fmt.Errorf(
+							`'body' output is %s; want '1.0.0'`,
+							outputs["body"].Value,
+						)
+					}
+
+					response_headers := outputs["response_headers"].Value.(map[string]interface{})
+
+					if response_headers["X-Single"].(string) != "foobar" {
+						return fmt.Errorf(
+							`'X-Single' response header is %s; want 'foobar'`,
+							response_headers["X-Single"].(string),
+						)
+					}
+
+					if response_headers["X-Double"].(string) != "1, 2" {
+						return fmt.Errorf(
+							`'X-Double' response header is %s; want '1, 2'`,
+							response_headers["X-Double"].(string),
+						)
+					}
+
+					return nil
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+const testDataSourceConfig_utf8_TLS_insecure = `
+data "http" "http_test" {
+  url = "%s/utf-8/meta_%d.txt"
+  insecure = true
+}
+
+output "body" {
+  value = "${data.http.http_test.body}"
+}
+`
+
+func TestDataSource_utf8_TLS_insecure(t *testing.T) {
+	testHttpMock := setUpMockHttpTLSServer()
+
+	defer testHttpMock.server.Close()
+
+	resource.UnitTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		Providers: testProviders,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: fmt.Sprintf(testDataSourceConfig_utf8_TLS_insecure, testHttpMock.server.URL, 200),
+				Check: func(s *terraform.State) error {
+					_, ok := s.RootModule().Resources["data.http.http_test"]
+					if !ok {
+						return fmt.Errorf("missing data resource")
+					}
+
+					outputs := s.RootModule().Outputs
+
+					if outputs["body"].Value != "1.0.0" {
+						return fmt.Errorf(
+							`'body' output is %s; want '1.0.0'`,
+							outputs["body"].Value,
+						)
+					}
+
+					return nil
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
 
 func setUpMockHttpServer() *TestHttpMock {
 	Server := httptest.NewServer(
 		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			httpReqHandler(w, r)
+		}),
+	)
+
+	return &TestHttpMock{
+		server: Server,
+	}
+}
 
-			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
-			w.Header().Add("X-Single", "foobar")
-			w.Header().Add("X-Double", "1")
-			w.Header().Add("X-Double", "2")
-			if r.URL.Path == "/meta_200.txt" {
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-				w.Write([]byte("1.0.0"))
-			} else if r.URL.Path == "/restricted/meta_200.txt" {
-				if r.Header.Get("Authorization") == "Zm9vOmJhcg==" {
-					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-					w.Write([]byte("1.0.0"))
-				} else {
-					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
-				}
-			} else if r.URL.Path == "/utf-8/meta_200.txt" {
-				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=UTF-8")
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-				w.Write([]byte("1.0.0"))
-			} else if r.URL.Path == "/utf-16/meta_200.txt" {
-				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-16")
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-				w.Write([]byte("\"1.0.0\""))
-			} else if r.URL.Path == "/x509/cert.pem" {
-				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/x-x509-ca-cert")
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-				w.Write([]byte("pem"))
-			} else if r.URL.Path == "/meta_404.txt" {
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
-			} else {
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
-			}
+func setUpMockHttpTLSServer() *TestHttpMock {
+	Server := httptest.NewTLSServer(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			httpReqHandler(w, r)
 		}),
 	)
 
@@ -297,3 +451,44 @@ func setUpMockHttpServer() *TestHttpMock {
 		server: Server,
 	}
 }
+
+func httpReqHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+	w.Header().Add("X-Single", "foobar")
+	w.Header().Add("X-Double", "1")
+	w.Header().Add("X-Double", "2")
+	if r.URL.Path == "/meta_200.txt" {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.Write([]byte("1.0.0"))
+	} else if r.URL.Path == "/restricted/meta_200.txt" {
+		if r.Header.Get("Authorization") == "Zm9vOmJhcg==" {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			w.Write([]byte("1.0.0"))
+		} else {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
+		}
+	} else if r.URL.Path == "/utf-8/meta_200.txt" {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=UTF-8")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.Write([]byte("1.0.0"))
+	} else if r.URL.Path == "/utf-16/meta_200.txt" {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-16")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.Write([]byte("\"1.0.0\""))
+	} else if r.URL.Path == "/x509/cert.pem" {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/x-x509-ca-cert")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.Write([]byte("pem"))
+	} else if r.URL.Path == "/meta_404.txt" {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+	} else {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+	}
+}
+
+// CertToPEM is a utility function returns a PEM encoded x509 Certificate
+func CertToPEM(cert *x509.Certificate) string {
+	certPem := string(pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: cert.Raw}))
+
+	return strings.Trim(certPem, "\n")
+}