diff --git a/sinks/httpSink.go b/sinks/httpSink.go
index a21f8f2..3080faa 100644
--- a/sinks/httpSink.go
+++ b/sinks/httpSink.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type HttpSinkConfig struct {
 	Port     string `json:"port,omitempty"`
 	Database string `json:"database,omitempty"`
 	JWT      string `json:"jwt,omitempty"`
+	SSL      bool   `json:"ssl,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type HttpSink struct {
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type HttpSink struct {
 
 func (s *HttpSink) Init(config json.RawMessage) error {
 	s.name = "HttpSink"
+	s.config.SSL = false
 	if len(config) > 0 {
 		err := json.Unmarshal(config, &s.config)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -42,7 +44,11 @@ func (s *HttpSink) Init(config json.RawMessage) error {
 	}
 
 	s.client = &http.Client{}
-	s.url = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s/%s", s.config.Host, s.config.Port, s.config.Database)
+	proto := "http"
+	if s.config.SSL {
+		proto = "https"
+	}
+	s.url = fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%s/%s", proto, s.config.Host, s.config.Port, s.config.Database)
 	s.jwt = s.config.JWT
 	s.buffer = &bytes.Buffer{}
 	s.encoder = influx.NewEncoder(s.buffer)
diff --git a/sinks/httpSink.md b/sinks/httpSink.md
index 3c9dfd9..5440a82 100644
--- a/sinks/httpSink.md
+++ b/sinks/httpSink.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The `http` sink uses POST requests to a HTTP server to submit the metrics in the
     "host": "dbhost.example.com",
     "port": "4222",
     "jwt" : "0x0000q231",
+    "ssl" : false
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -22,4 +23,5 @@ The `http` sink uses POST requests to a HTTP server to submit the metrics in the
 - `database`: All metrics are written to this bucket 
 - `host`: Hostname of the InfluxDB database server
 - `port`: Portnumber (as string) of the InfluxDB database server
-- `jwt`: JSON web tokens for authentification
\ No newline at end of file
+- `jwt`: JSON web tokens for authentification
+- `ssl`: Activate SSL encryption
\ No newline at end of file