diff --git a/src/python/database.py b/src/python/database.py
index 4aec8cf39ffdbbc956aa773a3d076f70517bd1fe..5d79941515cf830f81d4aff4a1897c4525d99e82 100644
--- a/src/python/database.py
+++ b/src/python/database.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class Connection(object):
 			"database" : database,
 			"user"     : user,
 			"password" : password,
+			"sslmode"  : "require",
 		}
 
 		try: