diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b983a71..207d546 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Note that Home Assistant includes a component (`emulated_hue`) to communicate wi
 | `url`                 | `https://home-assistant.io/demo/`                                                                                                                                           | **Yes**   | The API endpoint of your Home Assistant instance.                                                                                                                       |
 | `password `           | `securepassword`                                                                                                                                                            | **Yes**   | The API password of your Home Assistant instance.                                                                                                                       |
 | `ssl_verify`          | `mycert.crt`                                                                                                                                                                | No        | This will be passed as the `verify` parameter for all requests; see [here](http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#ssl-cert-verification) for options. |
+| `ssl_client`          | `['mycert.crt','mycert.key']`                                                                                                                                               | No        | This will be passed as the `cert` parameter for all requests; see [here](http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#ssl-cert-verification) for options. |
 | `expose_by_default`   | `true`                                                                                                                                                                      | No        | Whether or not entities should be exposed to Alexa by default. If not specified, this defaults to true.                                                                 |
 | `exposed_domains`     | `["alert", "automation", "climate", "cover", "fan", "garage_door", "group", "input_boolean", "input_slider", "light", "lock", "media_player", "scene", "script", "switch"]` | No        | A JSON array of entity types to expose to Alexa. If not provided, the example value is used.                                                                            |
 | `entity_suffixes`     | `{"group": "Group", "scene": "Scene"}`                                                                                                                                      | No        | A JSON object of entity suffixes to expose to Alexa. If not provided, the example value is used.                                                                        |
diff --git a/haaska.py b/haaska.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f1e3f43..85a141b
--- a/haaska.py
+++ b/haaska.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
                                 'content-type': 'application/json',
                                 'User-Agent': agent_fmt}
         self.session.verify = config.ssl_verify
+        self.session.cert = config.ssl_client
 
     def build_url(self, relurl):
         return '%s/%s' % (self.config.url, relurl)
@@ -627,6 +628,7 @@ def __init__(self, filename=None, optsDict=None):
         opts['exposed_domains'] = \
             sorted(self.get(['exposed_domains', 'ha_allowed_entities'],
                             default=DOMAINS.keys()))
+        opts['ssl_client'] = self.get(['ssl_client'],default='')
 
         default_entity_suffixes = {'group': 'Group', 'scene': 'Scene'}
         opts['entity_suffixes'] = {domain: '' for domain in DOMAINS.keys()}