diff --git a/Authors b/Authors
index 6fe9a836..cf4b4056 100644
--- a/Authors
+++ b/Authors
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ Joseph W. Breu <breu@breu.org>
 Josh Durgin <joshd@hq.newdream.net>
 Josh Kearney <josh@jk0.org>
 Josh Kleinpeter <josh@kleinpeter.org>
+Joshua Harlow <harlowja@yahoo-inc.com>
 Joshua McKenty <jmckenty@gmail.com>
 Juan G. Hernando Rivero <ghe@debian.org>
 Julien Danjou <julien.danjou@enovance.com>
diff --git a/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py b/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py
index 99402f6b..82103b38 100644
--- a/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py
+++ b/nova/rpc/impl_kombu.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import itertools
 import socket
+import ssl
 import sys
 import time
 import uuid
@@ -28,11 +29,28 @@ import kombu.messaging
 import kombu.connection
 
 from nova import flags
-from nova.rpc import common as rpc_common
+from nova.openstack.common import cfg
 from nova.rpc import amqp as rpc_amqp
+from nova.rpc import common as rpc_common
 
+kombu_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('kombu_ssl_version',
+               default='',
+               help='SSL version to use (valid only if SSL enabled)'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('kombu_ssl_keyfile',
+               default='',
+               help='SSL key file (valid only if SSL enabled)'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('kombu_ssl_certfile',
+               default='',
+               help='SSL cert file (valid only if SSL enabled)'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('kombu_ssl_ca_certs',
+               default='',
+               help=('SSL certification authority file '
+                    '(valid only if SSL enabled)')),
+    ]
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
+FLAGS.register_opts(kombu_opts)
 LOG = rpc_common.LOG
 
 
@@ -345,9 +363,38 @@ class Connection(object):
             self.memory_transport = True
         else:
             self.memory_transport = False
+
+        if FLAGS.rabbit_use_ssl:
+            self.params['ssl'] = self._fetch_ssl_params()
+
         self.connection = None
         self.reconnect()
 
+    def _fetch_ssl_params(self):
+        """Handles fetching what ssl params
+        should be used for the connection (if any)"""
+        ssl_params = dict()
+
+        # http://docs.python.org/library/ssl.html - ssl.wrap_socket
+        if FLAGS.kombu_ssl_version:
+            ssl_params['ssl_version'] = FLAGS.kombu_ssl_version
+        if FLAGS.kombu_ssl_keyfile:
+            ssl_params['keyfile'] = FLAGS.kombu_ssl_keyfile
+        if FLAGS.kombu_ssl_certfile:
+            ssl_params['certfile'] = FLAGS.kombu_ssl_certfile
+        if FLAGS.kombu_ssl_ca_certs:
+            ssl_params['ca_certs'] = FLAGS.kombu_ssl_ca_certs
+            # We might want to allow variations in the
+            # future with this?
+            ssl_params['cert_reqs'] = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
+
+        if not ssl_params:
+            # Just have the default behavior
+            return True
+        else:
+            # Return the extended behavior
+            return ssl_params
+
     def _connect(self):
         """Connect to rabbit.  Re-establish any queues that may have
         been declared before if we are reconnecting.  Exceptions should
diff --git a/nova/tests/rpc/test_kombu_ssl.py b/nova/tests/rpc/test_kombu_ssl.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..246968b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/rpc/test_kombu_ssl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
+# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+"""
+Unit Tests for remote procedure calls using kombu + ssl
+"""
+
+from nova import test
+from nova.rpc import impl_kombu
+
+# Flag settings we will ensure get passed to amqplib
+SSL_VERSION = "SSLv2"
+SSL_CERT = "/tmp/cert.blah.blah"
+SSL_CA_CERT = "/tmp/cert.ca.blah.blah"
+SSL_KEYFILE = "/tmp/keyfile.blah.blah"
+
+
+class RpcKombuSslTestCase(test.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        test.TestCase.setUp(self)
+        self.flags(kombu_ssl_keyfile=SSL_KEYFILE,
+                   kombu_ssl_ca_certs=SSL_CA_CERT,
+                   kombu_ssl_certfile=SSL_CERT,
+                   kombu_ssl_version=SSL_VERSION,
+                   rabbit_use_ssl=True)
+
+    def test_ssl_on_extended(self):
+        rpc = impl_kombu
+        conn = rpc.create_connection(True)
+        c = conn.connection
+        #This might be kombu version dependent...
+        #Since we are now peaking into the internals of kombu...
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(c.connection.ssl, dict))
+        self.assertEqual(SSL_VERSION, c.connection.ssl.get("ssl_version"))
+        self.assertEqual(SSL_CERT, c.connection.ssl.get("certfile"))
+        self.assertEqual(SSL_CA_CERT, c.connection.ssl.get("ca_certs"))
+        self.assertEqual(SSL_KEYFILE, c.connection.ssl.get("keyfile"))
+        #That hash then goes into amqplib which then goes
+        #Into python ssl creation...