diff --git a/cmd/app/serve.go b/cmd/app/serve.go
index 016e42ba0..499de9085 100644
--- a/cmd/app/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/app/serve.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package app
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ func newServeCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().String("grpc-tls-certificate", "", "the certificate file to use for secure connections - only applies to grpc-port")
 	cmd.Flags().String("grpc-tls-key", "", "the private key file to use for secure connections (without passphrase) - only applies to grpc-port")
 	cmd.Flags().Duration("idle-connection-timeout", 30*time.Second, "The time allowed for connections (HTTP or gRPC) to go idle before being closed by the server")
+	cmd.Flags().String("ct-log.tls-ca-cert", "", "Path to TLS CA certificate used to connect to ct-log")
 
 	// convert "http-host" flag to "host" and "http-port" flag to be "port"
 	cmd.Flags().SetNormalizeFunc(func(_ *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
@@ -273,7 +275,33 @@ func runServeCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { //nolint: revive
 			}
 			opts.PublicKey = string(pemPubKey)
 		}
-		ctClient, err = ctclient.New(logURL, &http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second}, opts)
+		var httpClient *http.Client
+		if tlsCaCertPath := viper.GetString("ct-log.tls-ca-cert"); tlsCaCertPath != "" {
+			tlsCaCert, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(tlsCaCertPath))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Logger.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			caCertPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+			if ok := caCertPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(tlsCaCert); !ok {
+				log.Logger.Fatal("failed to append TLS CA certificate")
+			}
+			tlsConfig := &tls.Config{
+				RootCAs:    caCertPool,
+				MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12,
+			}
+			transport := &http.Transport{
+				TLSClientConfig: tlsConfig,
+			}
+			httpClient = &http.Client{
+				Timeout:   30 * time.Second,
+				Transport: transport,
+			}
+		} else {
+			httpClient = &http.Client{
+				Timeout: 30 * time.Second,
+			}
+		}
+		ctClient, err = ctclient.New(logURL, httpClient, opts)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Logger.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/config/tls/ca.crt b/config/tls/ca.crt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6cd2b249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/tls/ca.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIFAzCCAuugAwIBAgIUCroIEpa8ZFgrBpmwERTYRbp1TEkwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/config/tls/key_cert_generation.md b/config/tls/key_cert_generation.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a16f62da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/tls/key_cert_generation.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generation of ct_server key/cert and CA certficate
+
+## Commands
+
+```
+# 1. Generate CA's private key and self-signed certificate
+openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -days 36500 -nodes -keyout ca.key -out ca.crt -subj "/CN=My CA"
+
+# 2. Generate ct_server's private key and certificate signing request (CSR)
+openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -keyout tls.key -out server-req.pem -subj "/=Server TLS/OU=Server/CN=*/emailAddress=tls@gmail.com"
+
+# 3. SAN
+echo "subjectAltName=DNS:*,DNS:ct_server,IP:0.0.0.0" > server-ext.cnf
+
+# 3. Use CA's private key to sign ct_server's CSR and get back the signed certificate
+openssl x509 -req -in server-req.pem -days 60 -CA ca.crt -CAkey ca.key -CAcreateserial -out tls.crt -extfile server-ext.cnf
+
+# 4. Clean-up 
+rm ca.key ca.srl server-ext.cnf server-req.pem
+
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/tls/tls.crt b/config/tls/tls.crt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c5838c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/tls/tls.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/config/tls/tls.key b/config/tls/tls.key
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c43830336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/tls/tls.key
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a720943c9..6228ac7f0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ services:
       "--port=5555",
       "--grpc-port=5554",
       "--ca=ephemeralca",
-      "--ct-log-url=http://ct_server:6962/test",
+      "--ct-log-url=https://ct_server:6962/test",
+      "--ct-log.tls-ca-cert=/config/tls/ca.crt",
       # Uncomment this for production logging
       # "--log_type=prod",
       ]
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ~/.config/gcloud:/root/.config/gcloud/:z # for GCP authentication
       - ${FULCIO_CONFIG:-./config/identity/config.yaml}:/etc/fulcio-config/config.yaml:z
+      - ./config/tls:/config/tls:z
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:5555/healthz"]
       interval: 10s
@@ -79,10 +81,13 @@ services:
     image: gcr.io/trillian-opensource-ci/ctfe
     volumes:
       - ctfeConfig:/etc/config/:ro
+      - ./config/tls:/config/tls:z
     command: [
         "--log_config" ,"/etc/config/ct_server.cfg",
         "--log_rpc_server", "trillian-log-server:8096",
         "--http_endpoint", "0.0.0.0:6962",
+        "--tls_certificate", "/config/tls/tls.crt",
+        "--tls_key", "/config/tls/tls.key",
         "--alsologtostderr",
     ]
     restart: always # retry while ctfe_init is running