diff --git a/app/signals/apps/search/apps.py b/app/signals/apps/search/apps.py
index e7f5ff568e..486808ced7 100644
--- a/app/signals/apps/search/apps.py
+++ b/app/signals/apps/search/apps.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 # Copyright (C) 2019 - 2021 Gemeente Amsterdam
 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from ssl import create_default_context
 
 
 class SearchConfig(AppConfig):
@@ -13,5 +14,9 @@ def ready(self):
 
         from .settings import app_settings
 
+        ssl_context = None
+        if app_settings.CONNECTION['CA_BUNDLE']:
+            ssl_context = create_default_context(cafile=app_settings.CONNECTION['CA_BUNDLE'])
+
         host = app_settings.CONNECTION['HOST'] or 'localhost'
-        connections.create_connection(hosts=[host, ])
+        connections.create_connection(hosts=[host, ], ssl_context=ssl_context)
diff --git a/app/signals/apps/search/settings.py b/app/signals/apps/search/settings.py
index 4e5f4cc525..c361d18dc6 100644
--- a/app/signals/apps/search/settings.py
+++ b/app/signals/apps/search/settings.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     CONNECTION=dict(
         HOST='http://127.0.0.1:9200',
         INDEX='signals',
+        CA_BUNDLE=None,
     ),
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ def user_settings(self):
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         if attr not in self.defaults:
-            raise AttributeError('Invalid SEARCH setting: {}'.format(attr))
+            raise AttributeError('Cannot retrieve non-existing SEARCH setting: {}'.format(attr))
 
         try:
             val = self.user_settings[attr]
diff --git a/app/signals/settings/base.py b/app/signals/settings/base.py
index ff58c0c874..85bcf280db 100644
--- a/app/signals/settings/base.py
+++ b/app/signals/settings/base.py
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ def is_super_user(user):
     'CONNECTION': {
         'HOST': os.getenv('ELASTICSEARCH_HOST', 'elastic-index.service.consul:9200'),
         'INDEX': os.getenv('ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX', 'signals'),
+        'CA_BUNDLE': os.getenv('ELASTICSEARCH_CA_BUNDLE', None)
     },
 }