diff --git a/dotnet/Razorvine.Pyrolite/Pyrolite/Pyro/Config.cs b/dotnet/Razorvine.Pyrolite/Pyrolite/Pyro/Config.cs
index 366a6b9..207d784 100644
--- a/dotnet/Razorvine.Pyrolite/Pyrolite/Pyro/Config.cs
+++ b/dotnet/Razorvine.Pyrolite/Pyrolite/Pyro/Config.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ public static class Config  {
 	public static int NS_PORT = 9090;
 	public static int NS_BCPORT = 9091;
 	public static bool SERPENT_INDENT = false;
+	public static bool SSL = false;
+	public static string SSL_CACERTS = "";
+	public static string SSL_CLIENTCERT = ""; // only clientcert option because it needs to be in pkcs12 format which integrates the key. PEM files are not supported!
+	public static string SSL_CLIENTCERTPASSWD = "";
 
 	public const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 502;	  // Pyro5
 	public const string PYROLITE_VERSION="5.0";
diff --git a/dotnet/Razorvine.Pyrolite/Pyrolite/Pyro/PyroProxy.cs b/dotnet/Razorvine.Pyrolite/Pyrolite/Pyro/PyroProxy.cs
index 5bcdba5..3f96d6f 100644
--- a/dotnet/Razorvine.Pyrolite/Pyrolite/Pyro/PyroProxy.cs
+++ b/dotnet/Razorvine.Pyrolite/Pyrolite/Pyro/PyroProxy.cs
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Security;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 using System.Text;
 using Razorvine.Pyro.Serializer;
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ public class PyroProxy : DynamicObject, IDisposable {
 
 	private ushort sequenceNr;
 	private TcpClient sock;
-	private NetworkStream sock_stream;
+	private Stream sock_stream;
 	
 	public ISet<string> pyroMethods = new HashSet<string>();	// remote methods
 	public ISet<string> pyroAttrs = new HashSet<string>();	// remote attributes
@@ -83,7 +85,23 @@ protected void connect() {
 			sock = new TcpClient();
 			sock.Connect(hostname,port);
 			sock.NoDelay=true;
-			sock_stream=sock.GetStream();
+			
+			if (Config.SSL)
+			{
+				var sslStream = new SslStream(sock.GetStream(), true, ValidateServerCertificate);
+				if (File.Exists(Config.SSL_CLIENTCERT))
+				{
+					var clientCert = new X509CertificateCollection();
+					clientCert.Add(new X509Certificate(Config.SSL_CLIENTCERT, Config.SSL_CLIENTCERTPASSWD));
+					sslStream.AuthenticateAsClient(hostname, clientCert, System.Security.Authentication.SslProtocols.Default, false);
+				} else {
+					sslStream.AuthenticateAsClient(hostname);
+				}
+				sock_stream = sslStream;
+			} else {
+				sock_stream = sock.GetStream();
+			}
+
 			sequenceNr = 0;
 			_handshake();
 
@@ -97,6 +115,35 @@ protected void connect() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// custom certificate validator to trust self signed CAs
+	/// </summary>
+	public static bool ValidateServerCertificate(object sender, X509Certificate certificate, X509Chain chain, SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors) {
+		X509Certificate2Collection trustedCaCollection = new X509Certificate2Collection();
+
+		if (File.Exists(Config.SSL_CACERTS)) {
+			X509Certificate2 authority = new X509Certificate2(Config.SSL_CACERTS);
+			trustedCaCollection.Add(authority);
+		} else if (Directory.Exists(Config.SSL_CACERTS) && Directory.GetFiles(Config.SSL_CACERTS).Length > 0) {
+			foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(Config.SSL_CACERTS))
+			{
+				X509Certificate2 authority = new X509Certificate2(Config.SSL_CACERTS);
+				trustedCaCollection.Add(authority);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (chain.ChainStatus.Any(status => status.Status != X509ChainStatusFlags.UntrustedRoot))
+			return false;
+
+		foreach (var element in chain.ChainElements)
+		{
+			if (element.ChainElementStatus.Any(status => status.Status == X509ChainStatusFlags.UntrustedRoot) && !trustedCaCollection.Contains(element.Certificate))
+				return false;
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// get metadata from server (methods, attrs, oneway, ...) and remember them in some attributes of the proxy
 	/// </summary>
@@ -182,7 +229,7 @@ public override bool TrySetMember(SetMemberBinder binder, object value)
 		return true;
 	}
 	
-	    
+	
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Call a method on the remote Pyro object this proxy is for.
 	/// </summary>