diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 88d1aaacd..e51c79c62 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Flowise support different environment variables to configure your instance. You
 | DATABASE_USER               | Database username (When DATABASE_TYPE is not sqlite)                         | String                                           |                                     |
 | DATABASE_PASSWORD           | Database password (When DATABASE_TYPE is not sqlite)                         | String                                           |                                     |
 | DATABASE_NAME               | Database name (When DATABASE_TYPE is not sqlite)                             | String                                           |                                     |
+| DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64     | Database SSL client cert in base64 (takes priority over DATABASE_SSL)        | Boolean                                          | false                               |
 | DATABASE_SSL                | Database connection overssl (When DATABASE_TYPE is postgre)                  | Boolean                                          | false                               |
 | SECRETKEY_PATH              | Location where encryption key (used to encrypt/decrypt credentials) is saved | String                                           | `your-path/Flowise/packages/server` |
 | FLOWISE_SECRETKEY_OVERWRITE | Encryption key to be used instead of the key stored in SECRETKEY_PATH        | String                                           |
diff --git a/docker/.env.example b/docker/.env.example
index 0fe69dd1f..c703ae4b5 100644
--- a/docker/.env.example
+++ b/docker/.env.example
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ LOG_PATH=/root/.flowise/logs
 # DATABASE_USER=""
 # DATABASE_PASSWORD=""
 # DATABASE_SSL=true
+# DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64=<Self signed certificate in BASE64>
 
 # FLOWISE_USERNAME=user
 # FLOWISE_PASSWORD=1234
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index c8c88bf37..99b7c5a83 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ services:
             - DATABASE_USER=${DATABASE_USER}
             - DATABASE_PASSWORD=${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
             - DATABASE_SSL=${DATABASE_SSL}
+            - DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64=${DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64}
             - APIKEY_PATH=${APIKEY_PATH}
             - SECRETKEY_PATH=${SECRETKEY_PATH}
             - FLOWISE_SECRETKEY_OVERWRITE=${FLOWISE_SECRETKEY_OVERWRITE}
diff --git a/packages/server/.env.example b/packages/server/.env.example
index ed54ac66a..58812cabf 100644
--- a/packages/server/.env.example
+++ b/packages/server/.env.example
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ PORT=3000
 # DATABASE_USER=""
 # DATABASE_PASSWORD=""
 # DATABASE_SSL=true
+# DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64=<Self signed certificate in BASE64>
 
 # FLOWISE_USERNAME=user
 # FLOWISE_PASSWORD=1234
diff --git a/packages/server/src/DataSource.ts b/packages/server/src/DataSource.ts
index 762315ac9..4cd9225fd 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/DataSource.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/DataSource.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,18 @@ export const init = async (): Promise<void> => {
                 username: process.env.DATABASE_USER,
                 password: process.env.DATABASE_PASSWORD,
                 database: process.env.DATABASE_NAME,
-                ssl: process.env.DATABASE_SSL === 'true',
+                ...(process.env.DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64
+                    ? {
+                          ssl: {
+                              rejectUnauthorized: false,
+                              cert: Buffer.from(process.env.DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64, 'base64')
+                          }
+                      }
+                    : process.env.DATABASE_SSL === 'true'
+                    ? {
+                          ssl: true
+                      }
+                    : {}),
                 synchronize: false,
                 migrationsRun: false,
                 entities: Object.values(entities),
diff --git a/packages/server/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/server/src/commands/start.ts
index 08cd82989..09ce2aa4c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export default class Start extends Command {
         DATABASE_USER: Flags.string(),
         DATABASE_PASSWORD: Flags.string(),
         DATABASE_SSL: Flags.string(),
+        DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64: Flags.string(),
         LANGCHAIN_TRACING_V2: Flags.string(),
         LANGCHAIN_ENDPOINT: Flags.string(),
         LANGCHAIN_API_KEY: Flags.string(),
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ export default class Start extends Command {
         if (flags.DATABASE_USER) process.env.DATABASE_USER = flags.DATABASE_USER
         if (flags.DATABASE_PASSWORD) process.env.DATABASE_PASSWORD = flags.DATABASE_PASSWORD
         if (flags.DATABASE_SSL) process.env.DATABASE_SSL = flags.DATABASE_SSL
+        if (flags.DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64) process.env.DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64 = flags.DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64
 
         // Langsmith tracing
         if (flags.LANGCHAIN_TRACING_V2) process.env.LANGCHAIN_TRACING_V2 = flags.LANGCHAIN_TRACING_V2