diff --git a/presto-cassandra/pom.xml b/presto-cassandra/pom.xml
index 208d251d0adab..17e089c46afa6 100644
--- a/presto-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/presto-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@
             <artifactId>testing</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.facebook.airlift</groupId>
+            <artifactId>security</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraClientConfig.java b/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraClientConfig.java
index 421ebe65f8ada..203e8e3b84f35 100644
--- a/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraClientConfig.java
+++ b/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraClientConfig.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@ public class CassandraClientConfig
     private int speculativeExecutionLimit = 1;
     private Duration speculativeExecutionDelay = new Duration(500, MILLISECONDS);
     private ProtocolVersion protocolVersion = ProtocolVersion.V3;
+    private boolean tlsEnabled;
+    private File truststorePath;
+    private String truststorePassword;
+    private File keystorePath;
+    private String keystorePassword;
 
     @NotNull
     @Size(min = 1)
@@ -407,4 +413,66 @@ public CassandraClientConfig setProtocolVersion(ProtocolVersion version)
         this.protocolVersion = version;
         return this;
     }
+
+    public boolean isTlsEnabled()
+    {
+        return tlsEnabled;
+    }
+
+    @Config("cassandra.tls.enabled")
+    public CassandraClientConfig setTlsEnabled(boolean tlsEnabled)
+    {
+        this.tlsEnabled = tlsEnabled;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public Optional<File> getKeystorePath()
+    {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(keystorePath);
+    }
+
+    @Config("cassandra.tls.keystore-path")
+    public CassandraClientConfig setKeystorePath(File keystorePath)
+    {
+        this.keystorePath = keystorePath;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public Optional<String> getKeystorePassword()
+    {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(keystorePassword);
+    }
+
+    @Config("cassandra.tls.keystore-password")
+    @ConfigSecuritySensitive
+    public CassandraClientConfig setKeystorePassword(String keystorePassword)
+    {
+        this.keystorePassword = keystorePassword;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public Optional<File> getTruststorePath()
+    {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(truststorePath);
+    }
+
+    @Config("cassandra.tls.truststore-path")
+    public CassandraClientConfig setTruststorePath(File truststorePath)
+    {
+        this.truststorePath = truststorePath;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public Optional<String> getTruststorePassword()
+    {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(truststorePassword);
+    }
+
+    @Config("cassandra.tls.truststore-password")
+    @ConfigSecuritySensitive
+    public CassandraClientConfig setTruststorePassword(String truststorePassword)
+    {
+        this.truststorePassword = truststorePassword;
+        return this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraClientModule.java b/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraClientModule.java
index d2990a32bb800..364779296f020 100644
--- a/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraClientModule.java
+++ b/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraClientModule.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package com.facebook.presto.cassandra;
 
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.JdkSSLOptions;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.QueryOptions;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.SocketOptions;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.policies.ConstantSpeculativeExecutionPolicy;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.datastax.driver.core.policies.TokenAwarePolicy;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.policies.WhiteListPolicy;
 import com.facebook.airlift.json.JsonCodec;
+import com.facebook.presto.cassandra.util.SslContextProvider;
 import com.google.inject.Binder;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 import com.google.inject.Provides;
@@ -124,6 +126,12 @@ public static CassandraSession createCassandraSession(
         if (config.getClientSoLinger() != null) {
             socketOptions.setSoLinger(config.getClientSoLinger());
         }
+        if (config.isTlsEnabled()) {
+            SslContextProvider sslContextProvider = new SslContextProvider(config.getKeystorePath(),
+                    config.getKeystorePassword(), config.getTruststorePath(), config.getTruststorePassword());
+            sslContextProvider.buildSslContext().ifPresent(context ->
+                    clusterBuilder.withSSL(JdkSSLOptions.builder().withSSLContext(context).build()));
+        }
         clusterBuilder.withSocketOptions(socketOptions);
 
         if (config.getUsername() != null && config.getPassword() != null) {
diff --git a/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraErrorCode.java b/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraErrorCode.java
index 70d415ebebba8..80fa5112e6a7f 100644
--- a/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraErrorCode.java
+++ b/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/CassandraErrorCode.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 public enum CassandraErrorCode
         implements ErrorCodeSupplier
 {
-    CASSANDRA_METADATA_ERROR(0, EXTERNAL), CASSANDRA_VERSION_ERROR(1, EXTERNAL);
+    CASSANDRA_METADATA_ERROR(0, EXTERNAL),
+    CASSANDRA_VERSION_ERROR(1, EXTERNAL),
+    CASSANDRA_SSL_INITIALIZATION_FAILURE(2, EXTERNAL);
 
     private final ErrorCode errorCode;
 
diff --git a/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/util/SslContextProvider.java b/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/util/SslContextProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..285029a5d6158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/presto-cassandra/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/util/SslContextProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.facebook.presto.cassandra.util;
+
+import com.facebook.presto.spi.PrestoException;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.KeyManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.KeyManagerFactory;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory;
+import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
+import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
+import java.security.KeyStore;
+import java.security.cert.Certificate;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateExpiredException;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateNotYetValidException;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static com.facebook.airlift.security.pem.PemReader.loadKeyStore;
+import static com.facebook.airlift.security.pem.PemReader.readCertificateChain;
+import static com.facebook.presto.cassandra.CassandraErrorCode.CASSANDRA_SSL_INITIALIZATION_FAILURE;
+import static java.util.Collections.list;
+
+public class SslContextProvider
+{
+    private final Optional<File> keystorePath;
+    private final Optional<String> keystorePassword;
+    private final Optional<File> truststorePath;
+    private final Optional<String> truststorePassword;
+
+    public SslContextProvider(
+            Optional<File> keystorePath,
+            Optional<String> keystorePassword,
+            Optional<File> truststorePath,
+            Optional<String> truststorePassword)
+    {
+        this.keystorePath = keystorePath;
+        this.keystorePassword = keystorePassword;
+        this.truststorePath = truststorePath;
+        this.truststorePassword = truststorePassword;
+    }
+
+    public Optional<SSLContext> buildSslContext()
+    {
+        if (!keystorePath.isPresent() && !truststorePath.isPresent()) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        try {
+            // load KeyStore if configured and get KeyManagers
+            KeyStore keystore = null;
+            KeyManager[] keyManagers = null;
+            if (keystorePath.isPresent()) {
+                char[] keyManagerPassword;
+                try {
+                    // attempt to read the key store as a PEM file
+                    keystore = loadKeyStore(keystorePath.get(), keystorePath.get(), keystorePassword);
+                    // for PEM encoded keys, the password is used to decrypt the specific key (and does not
+                    // protect the keystore itself)
+                    keyManagerPassword = new char[0];
+                }
+                catch (IOException | GeneralSecurityException ignored) {
+                    keyManagerPassword = keystorePassword.map(String::toCharArray).orElse(null);
+                    keystore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
+                    try (InputStream in = new FileInputStream(keystorePath.get())) {
+                        keystore.load(in, keyManagerPassword);
+                    }
+                }
+                validateCertificates(keystore);
+                KeyManagerFactory keyManagerFactory =
+                        KeyManagerFactory.getInstance(KeyManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
+                keyManagerFactory.init(keystore, keyManagerPassword);
+                keyManagers = keyManagerFactory.getKeyManagers();
+            }
+            // load TrustStore if configured, otherwise use KeyStore
+            KeyStore truststore = keystore;
+            if (truststorePath.isPresent()) {
+                truststore = loadTrustStore(truststorePath.get(), truststorePassword);
+            }
+
+            // create TrustManagerFactory
+            TrustManagerFactory trustManagerFactory =
+                    TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
+            trustManagerFactory.init(truststore);
+
+            // get X509TrustManager
+            TrustManager[] trustManagers = trustManagerFactory.getTrustManagers();
+            if ((trustManagers.length != 1) || !(trustManagers[0] instanceof X509TrustManager)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected default trust managers:" + Arrays.toString(trustManagers));
+            }
+
+            X509TrustManager trustManager = (X509TrustManager) trustManagers[0];
+            // create SSLContext
+            SSLContext result = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
+            result.init(keyManagers, new TrustManager[] {trustManager}, null);
+            return Optional.of(result);
+        }
+        catch (GeneralSecurityException | IOException e) {
+            throw new PrestoException(CASSANDRA_SSL_INITIALIZATION_FAILURE, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public KeyStore loadTrustStore(File trustStorePath, Optional<String> trustStorePassword)
+            throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException
+    {
+        KeyStore trustStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
+        try {
+            // attempt to read the trust store as a PEM file
+            List<X509Certificate> certificateChain = readCertificateChain(trustStorePath);
+            if (!certificateChain.isEmpty()) {
+                trustStore.load(null, null);
+                for (X509Certificate certificate : certificateChain) {
+                    X500Principal principal = certificate.getSubjectX500Principal();
+                    trustStore.setCertificateEntry(principal.getName(), certificate);
+                }
+                return trustStore;
+            }
+        }
+        catch (IOException | GeneralSecurityException ignored) {
+        }
+        try (InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(trustStorePath)) {
+            trustStore.load(inputStream, trustStorePassword.map(String::toCharArray).orElse(null));
+        }
+        return trustStore;
+    }
+
+    public void validateCertificates(KeyStore keyStore) throws GeneralSecurityException
+    {
+        for (String alias : list(keyStore.aliases())) {
+            if (!keyStore.isKeyEntry(alias)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            Certificate certificate = keyStore.getCertificate(alias);
+            if (!(certificate instanceof X509Certificate)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            try {
+                ((X509Certificate) certificate).checkValidity();
+            }
+            catch (CertificateExpiredException e) {
+                throw new CertificateExpiredException("KeyStore certificate is expired: " + e.getMessage());
+            }
+            catch (CertificateNotYetValidException e) {
+                throw new CertificateNotYetValidException("KeyStore certificate is not yet valid: " + e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/presto-cassandra/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/TestCassandraClientConfig.java b/presto-cassandra/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/TestCassandraClientConfig.java
index 331aba77a2504..7b6ec6e476abb 100644
--- a/presto-cassandra/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/TestCassandraClientConfig.java
+++ b/presto-cassandra/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/cassandra/TestCassandraClientConfig.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import io.airlift.units.Duration;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static com.datastax.driver.core.ProtocolVersion.V2;
@@ -59,7 +60,12 @@ public void testDefaults()
                 .setNoHostAvailableRetryTimeout(new Duration(1, MINUTES))
                 .setSpeculativeExecutionLimit(1)
                 .setSpeculativeExecutionDelay(new Duration(500, MILLISECONDS))
-                .setProtocolVersion(V3));
+                .setProtocolVersion(V3)
+                .setKeystorePath(null)
+                .setKeystorePassword(null)
+                .setTruststorePath(null)
+                .setTruststorePassword(null)
+                .setTlsEnabled(false));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -92,6 +98,11 @@ public void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
                 .put("cassandra.speculative-execution.limit", "10")
                 .put("cassandra.speculative-execution.delay", "101s")
                 .put("cassandra.protocol-version", "V2")
+                .put("cassandra.tls.enabled", "true")
+                .put("cassandra.tls.keystore-path", "/tmp/keystore")
+                .put("cassandra.tls.keystore-password", "keystore-password")
+                .put("cassandra.tls.truststore-path", "/tmp/truststore")
+                .put("cassandra.tls.truststore-password", "truststore-password")
                 .build();
 
         CassandraClientConfig expected = new CassandraClientConfig()
@@ -120,7 +131,12 @@ public void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
                 .setNoHostAvailableRetryTimeout(new Duration(3, MINUTES))
                 .setSpeculativeExecutionLimit(10)
                 .setSpeculativeExecutionDelay(new Duration(101, SECONDS))
-                .setProtocolVersion(V2);
+                .setProtocolVersion(V2)
+                .setTlsEnabled(true)
+                .setKeystorePath(new File("/tmp/keystore"))
+                .setKeystorePassword("keystore-password")
+                .setTruststorePath(new File("/tmp/truststore"))
+                .setTruststorePassword("truststore-password");
 
         ConfigAssertions.assertFullMapping(properties, expected);
     }
diff --git a/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/cassandra.rst b/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/cassandra.rst
index 1700be1f1a761..153aaad18cba9 100644
--- a/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/cassandra.rst
+++ b/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/cassandra.rst
@@ -144,6 +144,16 @@ Property Name                                                 Description
 ``cassandra.speculative-execution.limit``                     The number of speculative executions (defaults to ``1``).
 
 ``cassandra.speculative-execution.delay``                     The delay between each speculative execution (defaults to ``500ms``).
+
+``cassandra.tls.enabled``                                     Whether TLS security is enabled (defaults to ``false``).
+
+``cassandra.tls.keystore-path``                               Path to the PEM or JKS key store.
+
+``cassandra.tls.truststore-path``                             Path to the PEM or JKS trust store.
+
+``cassandra.tls.keystore-password``                           Password for the key store.
+
+``cassandra.tls.truststore-password``                         Password for the trust store.
 ============================================================= ======================================================================
 
 Querying Cassandra Tables