diff --git a/config/runtime.exs b/config/runtime.exs
index a0e5f34c76..c394bf0341 100644
--- a/config/runtime.exs
+++ b/config/runtime.exs
@@ -89,10 +89,30 @@ config :teslamate, TeslaMate.Repo,
   database: Util.fetch_env!("DATABASE_NAME", dev: "teslamate_dev", test: "teslamate_test"),
   hostname: Util.fetch_env!("DATABASE_HOST", all: "localhost"),
   port: System.get_env("DATABASE_PORT", "5432"),
-  ssl: System.get_env("DATABASE_SSL", "false") == "true",
   pool_size: System.get_env("DATABASE_POOL_SIZE", "10") |> String.to_integer(),
   timeout: System.get_env("DATABASE_TIMEOUT", "60000") |> String.to_integer()
 
+case System.get_env("DATABASE_SSL") do
+  "true" ->
+    ca_cert_file =
+      System.get_env("DATABASE_SSL_CA_CERT_FILE") || raise "DATABASE_SSL_CA_CERT_FILE must be set"
+
+    config :teslamate, TeslaMate.Repo,
+      ssl: true,
+      ssl_opts: [
+        verify: :verify_peer,
+        cacertfile: ca_cert_file
+      ]
+
+  "noverify" ->
+    config :teslamate, TeslaMate.Repo,
+      ssl: true,
+      ssl_opts: [verify: :verify_none]
+
+  _false ->
+    config :teslamate, TeslaMate.Repo, ssl: false
+end
+
 if System.get_env("DATABASE_IPV6") == "true" do
   config :teslamate, TeslaMate.Repo, socket_options: [:inet6]
 end
diff --git a/website/docs/configuration/environment_variables.md b/website/docs/configuration/environment_variables.md
index 91cf3f2460..ecea62346c 100644
--- a/website/docs/configuration/environment_variables.md
+++ b/website/docs/configuration/environment_variables.md
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ TeslaMate accepts the following environment variables for runtime configuration:
 | **DATABASE_PORT**                 | Port of the database server                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 5432                          |
 | **DATABASE_POOL_SIZE**            | Size of the database connection pool                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 10                            |
 | **DATABASE_TIMEOUT**              | The time in milliseconds to wait for database query calls to finish                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 60000                         |
-| **DATABASE_SSL**                  | Set to `true` if SSL should be used                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | false                         |
+| **DATABASE_SSL**                  | Set to `true` if SSL should be enabled or `noverify` if certificate verification should not be performed.                                                                                                                                                                                                        | false                         |
+| **DATABASE_SSL_CA_CERT_FILE**     | Path to a file containing PEM-encoded CA certificates (required if `DATABASE_SSL` is set to `true`)                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                               |
 | **DATABASE_IPV6**                 | Set to `true` if IPv6 should be used                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | false                         |
 | **VIRTUAL_HOST**                  | Host part used for generating URLs throughout the app                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | localhost                     |
 | **CHECK_ORIGIN**                  | Configures whether to check the origin header or not. May be `true` (**recommended**), `false` (_default_) or a comma-separated list of hosts that are allowed (e.g. `https://example.com,//another.com:8080`). Hosts also support wildcards. If `true`, it will check against the host value in `VIRTUAL_HOST`. | false                         |