diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 013870b..63bab8a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ test.db
 venv/
 build/
 dist/
+certs/*
+!/certs/generate-certs.sh
+tests/.env.ssl
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a52279..9f674c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Python 3.7+
 The following environment variables are exposed to allow SASL authentication with Kafka (along with their default assignment):
 
 ```
-KAFKA_SECURITY_PROTOCOL=PLAINTEXT   # PLAINTEXT, SASL_PLAINTEXT, SASL_SSL
+KAFKA_SECURITY_PROTOCOL=PLAINTEXT   # PLAINTEXT, SASL_PLAINTEXT, SASL_SSL, SSL
 KAFKA_SASL_MECHANISM=PLAIN   # PLAIN, SCRAM-SHA-256, SCRAM-SHA-512
 KAFKA_PLAIN_USERNAME=None   # any str
 KAFKA_PLAIN_PASSWORD=None   # any str
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 60073b4..64aaa6d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -19,10 +19,17 @@ services:
     environment:
       - KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:32181
       - KAFKA_OFFSETS_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR=1
-      - KAFKA_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP=PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT
-      - KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT_HOST://localhost:29092,PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092
+      - KAFKA_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP=PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,SSL:SSL
+      - KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=SSL://localhost:29092,PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092
       - KAFKA_BROKER_ID=1
+      - KAFKA_SSL_KEYSTORE_FILENAME=broadcaster-localhost.jks
+      - KAFKA_SSL_KEYSTORE_CREDENTIALS=password.txt
+      - KAFKA_SSL_KEY_CREDENTIALS=password.txt
+      - KAFKA_SSL_TRUSTSTORE_FILENAME=broadcaster-localhost.jks
+      - KAFKA_SSL_TRUSTSTORE_CREDENTIALS=password.txt
       - ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER=yes
+    volumes:
+      - ./certs:/etc/kafka/secrets
   redis:
     image: "redis:alpine"
     ports:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 02846f0..f1b0a7c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ isort==5.10.1
 mypy==0.971
 pytest==7.1.2
 pytest-asyncio==0.19.0
+python-dotenv
diff --git a/scripts/generate-certs.sh b/scripts/generate-certs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44f2dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate-certs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Setup params
+PASSWORD=guessme
+VALIDITY=365
+PROJECT_PREFIX=broadcaster
+BROKERS='localhost'
+CLIENT_ALIAS=myclientname
+CLIENT_KEYSTORE=$PROJECT_PREFIX.client.keystore.jks
+CLIENT_CERT_FILE=$PROJECT_PREFIX-client-cert-file.txt
+CLIENT_CERT_SIGNED=$PROJECT_PREFIX-client-cert-signed.crt
+CA_ROOT_ALIAS=ca-root
+CA_CERT_NAME=ca-cert.crt
+CA_KEY=ca-key.key
+BROKER_TRUSTSTORE=$PROJECT_PREFIX.truststore.jks
+echo -e "OpenSSL based Keys/Cert generation for Kafka"
+
+rm $CLIENT_KEYSTORE
+rm $BROKER_TRUSTSTORE
+
+# Generate CA
+openssl req -new -x509 -keyout ca-key.key -out ca-cert.crt -days 365 -passin pass:$PASSWORD -subj "/CN=ca-root/OU=SomeUnit/O=SomeOrg/L=London/S=England/C=GB" -passout pass:$PASSWORD
+
+# Generate for all brokers
+echo -e "\n\n###\n###Generating Keys for listed brokers = $BROKERS\n\n###\n###"
+for BROKER in $BROKERS
+do
+keytool -genkeypair -keysize 2048 -keyalg RSA -keystore $PROJECT_PREFIX-$BROKER.jks -alias $BROKER -dname "CN=$BROKER,OU=SomeUnit,O=SomeOrg,L=London,S=England,C=GB" -ext SAN=DNS:$BROKER -validity $VALIDITY -keypass $PASSWORD -storepass $PASSWORD
+echo -e "subjectAltName=DNS:$BROKER" > $PROJECT_PREFIX-x509v3-$BROKER.ext
+done
+echo -e "\n\n###\n###Signing and importing certificates using CA file $CA_CERT_NAME and CA keys file $CA_KEY\n\n###\n###"
+for BROKER in $BROKERS
+do
+keytool -certreq -keystore $PROJECT_PREFIX-$BROKER.jks -alias $BROKER -ext SAN=DNS:$BROKER -file $PROJECT_PREFIX-$BROKER-cert-file.txt -storepass $PASSWORD -keypass $PASSWORD
+openssl x509 -req -CA $CA_CERT_NAME -CAkey $CA_KEY -in $PROJECT_PREFIX-$BROKER-cert-file.txt -out $PROJECT_PREFIX-$BROKER-cert-signed.crt -days $VALIDITY -CAcreateserial -passin pass:$PASSWORD -extfile $PROJECT_PREFIX-x509v3-$BROKER.ext
+done
+echo -e "\n\n###\n###Importing CA root $CA_CERT_NAME and signed broker certs into keystoere\n\n###\n###"
+for BROKER in $BROKERS
+do
+keytool -import -keystore $PROJECT_PREFIX-$BROKER.jks -alias $CA_ROOT_ALIAS -file $CA_CERT_NAME -storepass $PASSWORD -keypass $PASSWORD -noprompt
+keytool -import -keystore $PROJECT_PREFIX-$BROKER.jks -alias $BROKER -file $PROJECT_PREFIX-$BROKER-cert-signed.crt -storepass $PASSWORD -keypass $PASSWORD -noprompt
+done
+echo -e "\n\n###\n###Preparing Client Certificates and keystores###\n\n###"
+keytool -genkeypair -keysize 2048 -keyalg RSA -keystore $CLIENT_KEYSTORE -alias $CLIENT_ALIAS -dname "CN=$CLIENT_ALIAS,OU=SomeUnit,O=SomeOrg,L=London,S=England,C=GB" -validity $VALIDITY -storepass $PASSWORD -keypass $PASSWORD
+keytool -certreq -keystore $CLIENT_KEYSTORE -alias $CLIENT_ALIAS -file $CLIENT_CERT_FILE -storepass $PASSWORD -keypass $PASSWORD
+openssl x509 -req -CA $CA_CERT_NAME -CAkey $CA_KEY -in $CLIENT_CERT_FILE -out $CLIENT_CERT_SIGNED -days $VALIDITY -CAcreateserial -passin pass:$PASSWORD
+keytool -import -keystore $CLIENT_KEYSTORE -alias $CA_ROOT_ALIAS -file $CA_CERT_NAME -storepass $PASSWORD -keypass $PASSWORD -noprompt
+keytool -import -keystore $CLIENT_KEYSTORE -alias $CLIENT_ALIAS -file $CLIENT_CERT_SIGNED -storepass $PASSWORD -keypass $PASSWORD -noprompt
+###
+# Once everything is done - import CA into broker and client trust stores correctly
+
+#write password to password.txt for docker-compose kafka secrets
+echo $PASSWORD > password.txt
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diff --git a/scripts/start b/scripts/start
index 188ffae..4f4a722 100755
--- a/scripts/start
+++ b/scripts/start
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ if [ -n "$1" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+(cd ../certs && ./generate-certs.sh)
+
 docker-compose up $1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4efa50b..7334a5a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def get_packages(package):
         "redis": ["asyncio-redis"],
         "postgres": ["asyncpg"],
         "kafka": ["aiokafka"],
-        "test": ["pytest", "pytest-asyncio"],
+        "test": ["pytest", "pytest-asyncio", "python-dotenv"],
     },
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
diff --git a/tests/test_broadcast.py b/tests/test_broadcast.py
index e3313bc..f450132 100644
--- a/tests/test_broadcast.py
+++ b/tests/test_broadcast.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from broadcaster import Broadcast
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -44,3 +45,15 @@ async def test_kafka():
             event = await subscriber.get()
             assert event.channel == "chatroom"
             assert event.message == "hello"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip("Deadlock on `next_published`")
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_kafka_ssl():
+    load_dotenv(".env.ssl")
+    async with Broadcast("kafka://localhost:29092") as broadcast:
+        async with broadcast.subscribe("chatroom") as subscriber:
+            await broadcast.publish("chatroom", "hello")
+            event = await subscriber.get()
+            assert event.channel == "chatroom"
+            assert event.message == "hello"
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