diff --git a/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OpenflowPipelineFactory.java b/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OpenflowPipelineFactory.java
index c7ba105..1467520 100644
--- a/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OpenflowPipelineFactory.java
+++ b/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OpenflowPipelineFactory.java
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 import org.jboss.netty.util.ExternalResourceReleasable;
 import org.jboss.netty.util.HashedWheelTimer;
 import org.jboss.netty.util.Timer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
 
 /**
  * Creates a ChannelPipeline for a server-side openflow channel.
@@ -34,6 +38,9 @@
 public class OpenflowPipelineFactory
     implements ChannelPipelineFactory, ExternalResourceReleasable {
 
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private final SSLEngine sslEngine;
     protected Controller controller;
     protected ThreadPoolExecutor pipelineExecutor;
     protected Timer timer;
@@ -41,13 +48,15 @@
     protected ReadTimeoutHandler readTimeoutHandler;
 
     public OpenflowPipelineFactory(Controller controller,
-                                   ThreadPoolExecutor pipelineExecutor) {
+                                   ThreadPoolExecutor pipelineExecutor,
+                                   SSLEngine sslEngine) {
         super();
         this.controller = controller;
         this.pipelineExecutor = pipelineExecutor;
         this.timer = new HashedWheelTimer();
         this.idleHandler = new IdleStateHandler(timer, 20, 25, 0);
         this.readTimeoutHandler = new ReadTimeoutHandler(timer, 30);
+        this.sslEngine = sslEngine;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -55,6 +64,13 @@
         OFChannelHandler handler = new OFChannelHandler(controller);
 
         ChannelPipeline pipeline = Channels.pipeline();
+        if (sslEngine != null) {
+            log.info("OpenFlow SSL enabled.");
+            pipeline.addLast("ssl",
+                             new org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler(sslEngine));
+        } else {
+            log.info("OpenFlow SSL disabled");
+        }
         pipeline.addLast("ofmessagedecoder", new OFMessageDecoder());
         pipeline.addLast("ofmessageencoder", new OFMessageEncoder());
         pipeline.addLast("idle", idleHandler);