diff --git a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/defaults/main.yml
index 70c39f190c..c51f9e9e84 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/defaults/main.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ cloudkitty_custom_metrics_yaml_file: "metrics.yml"
 # cloudkitty_influxdb_retention_policy: "autogen"
 
 # Set to true to use SSL for InfluxDB connections.
-# cloudkitty_influxdb_use_ssl: false
+cloudkitty_influxdb_use_ssl: false
 
 # Path of the CA certificate to trust for HTTPS connections.
 # cloudkitty_influxdb_cafile: "{{ openstack_cacert }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/tasks/bootstrap.yml b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/tasks/bootstrap.yml
index 2ba2906564..3960b15267 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/tasks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cloudkitty/tasks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     module_args:
       hostname: "{{ influxdb_address }}"
       port: "{{ influxdb_http_port }}"
+      ssl: "{{ cloudkitty_influxdb_use_ssl | bool }}"
       database_name: "{{ cloudkitty_influxdb_name }}"
   run_once: True
   delegate_to: "{{ groups['cloudkitty-api'][0] }}"