diff --git a/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c b/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
index aa5e11cd..36509ca2 100644
--- a/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
+++ b/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
@@ -973,7 +973,9 @@ mysql_ssl_set(MYSQL *mysql, const char *key, const char *cert,
         const char *ca, const char *capath, const char *cipher)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_TLS
-  return (mysql_optionsv(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_SSL_KEY, key) |
+  char enable= 1;
+  return (mysql_optionsv(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_SSL_ENFORCE, &enable) |
+          mysql_optionsv(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_SSL_KEY, key) |
           mysql_optionsv(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_SSL_CERT, cert) |
           mysql_optionsv(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_SSL_CA, ca) |
           mysql_optionsv(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_SSL_CAPATH, capath) |