diff --git a/R/moduleExport.R b/R/moduleExport.R
index ef2a8afa..d7e002f9 100644
--- a/R/moduleExport.R
+++ b/R/moduleExport.R
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ exportDb <- function(registryName, compress = FALSE, session) {
   conf <- rapbase::getConfig()[[registryName]]
   cmd <- paste0(
     "mysqldump ",
-    "--no-tablespaces --single-transaction --add-drop-database "
+    "--no-tablespaces --single-transaction --add-drop-database --ssl "
   )
   cmd <- paste0(
     cmd, "-B -u ", conf$user, " -p", conf$pass, " -h ", conf$host,