diff --git a/test/rb/integration/TestClient.rb b/test/rb/integration/TestClient.rb
index 5259680..639aca9 100755
--- a/test/rb/integration/TestClient.rb
+++ b/test/rb/integration/TestClient.rb
@@ -27,19 +27,21 @@
 require 'thrift_test'
 
 $domain_socket = nil
-$protocolType = "binary"
 $host = "localhost"
 $port = 9090
+$protocolType = "binary"
+$ssl = false
 $transport = "buffered"
 
 ARGV.each do|a|
   if a == "--help"
     puts "Allowed options:"
     puts "\t -h [ --help ] \t produce help message"
-    puts "\t--domain-socket arg (=) \t Unix domain socket path - if not empty, host and port are ignored"
-    puts "\t--host arg (=localhost) \t Host to connect"
-    puts "\t--port arg (=9090) \t Port number to listen"
+    puts "\t--domain-socket arg (=) \t Unix domain socket path"
+    puts "\t--host arg (=localhost) \t Host to connect \t not valid with domain-socket"
+    puts "\t--port arg (=9090) \t Port number to listen \t not valid with domain-socket"
     puts "\t--protocol arg (=binary) \t protocol: accel, binary, compact, json"
+    puts "\t--ssl \t use ssl \t not valid with domain-socket"
     puts "\t--transport arg (=buffered) transport: buffered, framed, http"
     exit
   elsif a.start_with?("--domain-socket")
@@ -48,21 +50,37 @@
     $host = a.split("=")[1]
   elsif a.start_with?("--protocol")
     $protocolType = a.split("=")[1]
+  elsif a == "--ssl"
+    $ssl = true
   elsif a.start_with?("--transport")
     $transport = a.split("=")[1]
   elsif a.start_with?("--port")
     $port = a.split("=")[1].to_i
   end
 end
-ARGV=[]
 
 class SimpleClientTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     unless @socket
       if $domain_socket.to_s.strip.empty?
-        @socket   = Thrift::Socket.new($host, $port)
+        if $ssl
+          # the working directory for ruby crosstest is test/rb/gen-rb
+          keysDir = File.join(File.dirname(File.dirname(Dir.pwd)), "keys")
+          ctx = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
+          ctx.ca_file = File.join(keysDir, "CA.pem")
+          ctx.cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(File.open(File.join(keysDir, "client.crt")))
+          ctx.cert_store = OpenSSL::X509::Store.new
+          ctx.cert_store.add_file(File.join(keysDir, 'server.pem'))
+          ctx.key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(File.open(File.join(keysDir, "client.key")))
+          ctx.options = OpenSSL::SSL::OP_NO_SSLv2 | OpenSSL::SSL::OP_NO_SSLv3
+          ctx.ssl_version = :SSLv23
+          ctx.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
+          @socket = Thrift::SSLSocket.new($host, $port, nil, ctx)
+        else
+          @socket = Thrift::Socket.new($host, $port)
+        end
       else
-        @socket   = Thrift::UNIXSocket.new($domain_socket)
+        @socket = Thrift::UNIXSocket.new($domain_socket)
       end
       
       if $transport == "buffered"
@@ -84,7 +102,7 @@
       else
         raise 'Unknown protocol type'
       end
-      @client   = Thrift::Test::ThriftTest::Client.new(@protocol)
+      @client = Thrift::Test::ThriftTest::Client.new(@protocol)
       @socket.open
     end
   end