diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 2942d7f..7d559b0 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Config {
         }
 
         // If there's still no configured settings, force some defaults.
+        this.data.mqtt_options = this.data.mqtt_options ? this.data.mqtt_options : {}
         this.data.ring_topic = this.data.ring_topic ? this.data.ring_topic : 'ring'
         this.data.hass_topic = this.data.hass_topic ? this.data.hass_topic : 'homeassistant/status'
         if (!this.data.hasOwnProperty('enable_cameras')) { this.data.enable_cameras = true }
diff --git a/lib/mqtt.js b/lib/mqtt.js
index 8a6c9f2..c186d3f 100644
--- a/lib/mqtt.js
+++ b/lib/mqtt.js
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ const mqttApi = require('mqtt')
 const debug = require('debug')('ring-mqtt')
 const colors = require('colors/safe')
 const utils = require('./utils')
-const aedes = require('aedes')()
-const mqttServer = require('net').createServer(aedes.handle)
+const fs = require('fs')
+const parseArgs = require('minimist')
+const mqttServer = require('aedes')()
+const net = require('net')
 
 class Mqtt {
     constructor() {
@@ -12,7 +14,8 @@ class Mqtt {
         this.connected = false
 
         // Start internal broker, used only for inter-process communication (IPC)
-        mqttServer.listen(51883, '127.0.0.1')
+        net.createServer(mqttServer.handle)
+        net.listen(51883, '127.0.0.1')
 
         // Configure event listeners
         utils.event.on('ring_api_state', async (state) => {
@@ -45,10 +48,29 @@ class Mqtt {
 
     async init() {
         try {
+            let mqttOptions = utils.config.mqtt_options ? parseArgs(utils.config.mqtt_options) : {}
+            console.log(mqttOptions)
+            if (Object.keys(mqttOptions).length > 0) {
+                // If any of the cerficiate keys are in mqtt_options, read the data from the file
+                try {
+                    if (utils.config.mqtt_options.hasOwnProperty('key')) {
+                        utils.config.mqtt_options.key = fs.readFileSync(utils.config.mqtt_options.key)
+                    }
+                    if (utils.config.mqtt_options.hasOwnProperty('cert')) {
+                        utils.config.mqtt_options.cert = fs.readFileSync(utils.config.mqtt_options.cert)
+                    }
+                    if (utils.config.mqtt_options.hasOwnProperty('ca')) {
+                        utils.config.mqtt_options.ca = fs.readFileSync(utils.config.mqtt_options.ca)
+                    }
+                } catch(err) {
+                    debug(colors.yellow('Could not parse MQTT advanced options, continuing with default settings'))
+                }
+            }
             debug('Attempting connection to MQTT broker...')
 
             // Connect to client facing MQTT broker
-            this.client = await mqttApi.connect(utils.config.mqtt_url, {});
+            console.log(utils.config.mqtt_options)
+            this.client = await mqttApi.connect(utils.config.mqtt_url, utils.config.mqtt_options);
 
             // Connect to internal IPC broker
             this.ipcClient = await mqttApi.connect('mqtt://127.0.0.1:51883', {})
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b89b60b..a13087f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         "got": "^11.8.3",
         "ip": "^1.1.5",
         "is-online": "^9.0.1",
+        "minimist": "^1.2.6",
         "mqtt": "4.3.7",
         "ring-client-api": "10.0.0-beta.5",
         "write-file-atomic": "^4.0.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a6c212f..3b40ce0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "ip": "^1.1.5",
     "is-online": "^9.0.1",
     "write-file-atomic": "^4.0.1",
+    "minimist": "^1.2.6",
     "mqtt": "4.3.7",
     "aedes": "0.46.3",
     "ring-client-api": "10.0.0-beta.5"