diff --git a/redis_cache/rediscache.py b/redis_cache/rediscache.py
index f951bd8..f8a0887 100644
--- a/redis_cache/rediscache.py
+++ b/redis_cache/rediscache.py
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ class RedisConnect(object):
     This makes the Simple Cache class a little more flexible, for cases
     where redis connection configuration needs customizing.
     """
-    def __init__(self, host=None, port=None, db=None, password=None):
+    def __init__(self, host=None, port=None, db=None, password=None, ssl=False):
         self.host = host if host else 'localhost'
         self.port = port if port else 6379
         self.db = db if db else 0
         self.password = password
+        self.ssl = ssl
 
     def connect(self):
         """
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ def connect(self):
         :return: redis.StrictRedis Connection Object
         """
         try:
-            redis.StrictRedis(host=self.host, port=self.port, password=self.password).ping()
+            redis.StrictRedis(host=self.host, port=self.port, password=self.password, ssl=self.ssl).ping()
         except redis.ConnectionError as e:
             raise RedisNoConnException("Failed to create connection to redis",
                                        (self.host,
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ def __init__(self,
                  port=None,
                  db=None,
                  password=None,
+                 ssl=False,
+                 client=None,
                  namespace="SimpleCache"):
 
         self.limit = limit  # No of json encoded strings to cache
@@ -86,10 +89,14 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.db = db
 
         try:
-            self.connection = RedisConnect(host=self.host,
-                                           port=self.port,
-                                           db=self.db,
-                                           password=password).connect()
+            if client:
+                self.connection = client
+            else:
+                self.connection = RedisConnect(host=self.host,
+                                               port=self.port,
+                                               db=self.db,
+                                               password=password,
+                                               ssl=ssl).connect()
         except RedisNoConnException, e:
             self.connection = None
             pass
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ac2a2ea..9dc585a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def openf(fname):
 
 setup(
     name="redis-simple-cache",
-    version="0.0.6",
+    version="0.0.7",
     author="Vivek Narayanan, Flávio Juvenal, Sam Zaydel",
     author_email="flaviojuvenal@gmail.com",
     description="redis-simple-cache is a pythonic interface for creating a cache over redis. "