diff --git a/src/lib/core/config.js b/src/lib/core/config.js
index 122e545e4..26a4c1199 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/config.js
+++ b/src/lib/core/config.js
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ Config.prototype.loadWebServerConfigFile = function() {
       };
       webServerConfig.protocol = 'https';
     } catch (e) {
+      webServerConfig.certOptions = {};
       webServerConfig.protocol = 'http';
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/authenticator/index.js b/src/lib/modules/authenticator/index.js
index 5bef5f1a9..4bdc6831c 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/authenticator/index.js
+++ b/src/lib/modules/authenticator/index.js
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ class Authenticator {
     let self = this;
 
     this.events.once('outputDone', () => {
-      const {port, host, enabled} = this.embark.config.webServerConfig;
+      const {protocol, port, host, enabled} = this.embark.config.webServerConfig;
 
       if (enabled) {
         this.logger.info(__('Access the web backend with the following url: %s',
-          (`http://${host}:${port}/embark?token=${this.authToken}`.underline)));
+          (`${protocol}://${host}:${port}/embark?token=${this.authToken}`.underline)));
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchain.js b/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchain.js
index c2ecb9002..064af13e9 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchain.js
+++ b/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchain.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var Blockchain = function(userConfig, clientClass) {
   this.events = userConfig.events;
   this.proxyIpc = null;
   this.isStandalone = userConfig.isStandalone;
+  this.certOptions = userConfig.certOptions;
 
 
   let defaultWsApi = clientClass.DEFAULTS.WS_API;
@@ -150,10 +151,10 @@ Blockchain.prototype.setupProxy = async function () {
 
   let wsProxy;
   if (this.config.wsRPC) {
-    wsProxy = proxy.serve(this.proxyIpc, this.config.wsHost, this.config.wsPort, true, this.config.wsOrigins);
+    wsProxy = proxy.serve(this.proxyIpc, this.config.wsHost, this.config.wsPort, true, this.config.wsOrigins, this.certOptions);
   }
 
-  [this.rpcProxy, this.wsProxy] = await Promise.all([proxy.serve(this.proxyIpc, this.config.rpcHost, this.config.rpcPort, false), wsProxy]);
+  [this.rpcProxy, this.wsProxy] = await Promise.all([proxy.serve(this.proxyIpc, this.config.rpcHost, this.config.rpcPort, false, undefined, this.certOptions), wsProxy]);
 };
 
 Blockchain.prototype.shutdownProxy = function () {
@@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ Blockchain.prototype.initChainAndGetAddress = function (callback) {
   });
 };
 
-var BlockchainClient = function(userConfig, clientName, env, onReadyCallback, onExitCallback, logger, _events, _isStandalone) {
+var BlockchainClient = function(userConfig, clientName, env, certOptions, onReadyCallback, onExitCallback, logger, _events, _isStandalone) {
   if ((userConfig === {} || JSON.stringify(userConfig) === '{"enabled":true}') && env !== 'development') {
     logger.info("===> " + __("warning: running default config on a non-development environment"));
   }
@@ -473,6 +474,7 @@ var BlockchainClient = function(userConfig, clientName, env, onReadyCallback, on
   userConfig.onReadyCallback = onReadyCallback;
   userConfig.onExitCallback = onExitCallback;
   userConfig.logger = logger;
+  userConfig.certOptions = certOptions;
   return new Blockchain(userConfig, clientClass);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchainProcess.js b/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchainProcess.js
index 3f6b62bb2..e44d72223 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchainProcess.js
+++ b/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchainProcess.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class BlockchainProcess extends ProcessWrapper {
     this.client = options.client;
     this.env = options.env;
     this.isDev = options.isDev;
+    this.certOptions = options.certOptions;
 
     i18n.setOrDetectLocale(options.locale);
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class BlockchainProcess extends ProcessWrapper {
       this.blockchainConfig,
       this.client,
       this.env,
+      this.certOptions,
       this.blockchainReady.bind(this),
       this.blockchainExit.bind(this),
       console
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchainProcessLauncher.js b/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchainProcessLauncher.js
index c3e45905c..6bf058b72 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchainProcessLauncher.js
+++ b/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/blockchainProcessLauncher.js
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ class BlockchainProcessLauncher {
         client: this.client,
         env: this.env,
         isDev: this.isDev,
-        locale: this.locale
+        locale: this.locale,
+        certOptions: this.embark.config.webServerConfig.certOptions
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/proxy.js b/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/proxy.js
index c3ad2d5e7..478b205e0 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/proxy.js
+++ b/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/proxy.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const parseJsonMaybe = (string) => {
   return object;
 };
 
-exports.serve = async (ipc, host, port, ws, origin) => {
+exports.serve = async (ipc, host, port, ws, origin, certOptions={}) => {
   const commList = {};
   const receipts = {};
   const transactions = {};
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ exports.serve = async (ipc, host, port, ws, origin) => {
     logLevel: 'warn',
     target: `http://${canonicalHost(host)}:${port}`,
     ws: ws,
+    ssl: certOptions,
 
     onError(err, _req, _res) {
       console.error(
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/simulator.js b/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/simulator.js
index 5c503f986..ebfce2756 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/simulator.js
+++ b/src/lib/modules/blockchain_process/simulator.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Simulator {
 
     if(useProxy){
       let ipcObject = new Ipc({ipcRole: 'client'});
-      proxy.serve(ipcObject, host, port, false);
+      proxy.serve(ipcObject, host, port, false, undefined);
     }
   }
 }