diff --git a/dbsim/db_simulator.cpp b/dbsim/db_simulator.cpp
index 594b847..318ea47 100644
--- a/dbsim/db_simulator.cpp
+++ b/dbsim/db_simulator.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void db::simulator::start()
         std::string server_options(params_.wsrep_provider_options);
 
         if (server.server_state().load_provider(
-                params_.wsrep_provider, server_options))
+                params_.wsrep_provider, server_options, false))
         {
             throw wsrep::runtime_error("Failed to load provider");
         }
diff --git a/include/wsrep/provider.hpp b/include/wsrep/provider.hpp
index 5d50a38..e2fe27a 100644
--- a/include/wsrep/provider.hpp
+++ b/include/wsrep/provider.hpp
@@ -384,7 +384,8 @@ namespace wsrep
         static provider* make_provider(
             wsrep::server_state&,
             const std::string& provider_spec,
-            const std::string& provider_options);
+            const std::string& provider_options,
+            bool encrypt);
     protected:
         wsrep::server_state& server_state_;
     };
diff --git a/include/wsrep/server_state.hpp b/include/wsrep/server_state.hpp
index 9dda7d5..3fe5b29 100644
--- a/include/wsrep/server_state.hpp
+++ b/include/wsrep/server_state.hpp
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ namespace wsrep
          * @return Zero on success, non-zero on error.
          */
         int load_provider(const std::string& provider,
-                          const std::string& provider_options);
+                          const std::string& provider_options,
+                          bool encrypt);
 
         void unload_provider();
 
diff --git a/src/provider.cpp b/src/provider.cpp
index 6bc855b..89f0aad 100644
--- a/src/provider.cpp
+++ b/src/provider.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@
 wsrep::provider* wsrep::provider::make_provider(
     wsrep::server_state& server_state,
     const std::string& provider_spec,
-    const std::string& provider_options)
+    const std::string& provider_options,
+    bool const encrypt)
 {
     try
     {
         return new wsrep::wsrep_provider_v26(
-            server_state, provider_options, provider_spec);
+            server_state, provider_options, provider_spec, encrypt);
     }
     catch (const wsrep::runtime_error& e)
     {
diff --git a/src/server_state.cpp b/src/server_state.cpp
index 2cef657..4258f17 100644
--- a/src/server_state.cpp
+++ b/src/server_state.cpp
@@ -335,14 +335,15 @@ static int apply_toi(wsrep::provider& provider,
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 int wsrep::server_state::load_provider(const std::string& provider_spec,
-                                       const std::string& provider_options)
+                                       const std::string& provider_options,
+                                       bool const encrypt)
 {
     wsrep::log_info() << "Loading provider "
                       << provider_spec
                       << "initial position: "
                       << initial_position_;
     provider_ = wsrep::provider::make_provider(
-        *this, provider_spec, provider_options);
+        *this, provider_spec, provider_options, encrypt);
     return (provider_ ? 0 : 1);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wsrep_provider_v26.cpp b/src/wsrep_provider_v26.cpp
index 8577c31..4ec2f0a 100644
--- a/src/wsrep_provider_v26.cpp
+++ b/src/wsrep_provider_v26.cpp
@@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ namespace
 wsrep::wsrep_provider_v26::wsrep_provider_v26(
     wsrep::server_state& server_state,
     const std::string& provider_options,
-    const std::string& provider_spec)
+    const std::string& provider_spec,
+    bool const encrypt)
     : provider(server_state)
     , wsrep_()
 {
@@ -591,7 +592,7 @@ wsrep::wsrep_provider_v26::wsrep_provider_v26(
     init_args.connected_cb = &connected_cb;
     init_args.view_cb = &view_cb;
     init_args.sst_request_cb = &sst_request_cb;
-    init_args.encrypt_cb = &encrypt_cb;
+    init_args.encrypt_cb = encrypt ? &encrypt_cb : NULL;
     init_args.apply_cb = &apply_cb;
     init_args.unordered_cb = 0;
     init_args.sst_donate_cb = &sst_donate_cb;
diff --git a/src/wsrep_provider_v26.hpp b/src/wsrep_provider_v26.hpp
index 695cd40..1e1e59b 100644
--- a/src/wsrep_provider_v26.hpp
+++ b/src/wsrep_provider_v26.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace wsrep
     public:
 
         wsrep_provider_v26(wsrep::server_state&, const std::string&,
-                           const std::string&);
+                           const std::string&, bool encrypt);
         ~wsrep_provider_v26();
         enum wsrep::provider::status
         connect(const std::string&, const std::string&, const std::string&,