diff --git a/collector/executor.go b/collector/executor.go
index 648efb0..5fe0d52 100644
--- a/collector/executor.go
+++ b/collector/executor.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package collector
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -19,11 +23,12 @@ type NsqExecutor struct {
 
 	collectors []StatsCollector
 	summary    *prometheus.SummaryVec
+	client     *http.Client
 	mutex      sync.RWMutex
 }
 
 // NewNsqExecutor creates a new executor for collecting NSQ metrics.
-func NewNsqExecutor(namespace, nsqdURL string) *NsqExecutor {
+func NewNsqExecutor(namespace, nsqdURL, tlsCACert, tlsCert, tlsKey string) (*NsqExecutor, error) {
 	sum := prometheus.NewSummaryVec(prometheus.SummaryOpts{
 		Namespace: namespace,
 		Subsystem: "exporter",
@@ -31,10 +36,33 @@ func NewNsqExecutor(namespace, nsqdURL string) *NsqExecutor {
 		Help:      "Duration of a scrape job of the NSQ exporter",
 	}, []string{"result"})
 	prometheus.MustRegister(sum)
+
+	transport := &http.Transport{}
+	if tlsCert != "" && tlsKey != "" {
+		cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(tlsCert, tlsKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		caCertPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+		if tlsCACert != "" {
+			caCert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(tlsCACert)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			caCertPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(caCert)
+		}
+		tlsConfig := &tls.Config{
+			Certificates: []tls.Certificate{cert},
+			RootCAs:      caCertPool,
+		}
+		tlsConfig.BuildNameToCertificate()
+		transport.TLSClientConfig = tlsConfig
+	}
 	return &NsqExecutor{
 		nsqdURL: nsqdURL,
 		summary: sum,
-	}
+		client:  &http.Client{Transport: transport},
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // Use configures a specific stats collector, so the stats could be
@@ -63,7 +91,7 @@ func (e *NsqExecutor) Collect(out chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 		c.reset()
 	}
 
-	stats, err := getNsqdStats(e.nsqdURL)
+	stats, err := getNsqdStats(e.client, e.nsqdURL)
 	tScrape := time.Since(start).Seconds()
 
 	result := "success"
diff --git a/collector/stats.go b/collector/stats.go
index 53dfab2..9926ad0 100644
--- a/collector/stats.go
+++ b/collector/stats.go
@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ func getPercentile(t *topic, percentile int) float64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func getNsqdStats(nsqdURL string) (*stats, error) {
-
-	resp, err := http.Get(nsqdURL)
+func getNsqdStats(client *http.Client, nsqdURL string) (*stats, error) {
+	resp, err := client.Get(nsqdURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 57ea9d5..464260f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ var (
 	nsqdURL           = flag.String("nsqd.addr", "http://localhost:4151/stats", "Address of the nsqd node.")
 	enabledCollectors = flag.String("collect", "stats.topics,stats.channels", "Comma-separated list of collectors to use.")
 	namespace         = flag.String("namespace", "nsq", "Namespace for the NSQ metrics.")
+	tlsCACert         = flag.String("tls.ca_cert", "", "CA certificate file to be used for nsqd connections.")
+	tlsCert           = flag.String("tls.cert", "", "TLS certificate file to be used for client connections to nsqd.")
+	tlsKey            = flag.String("tls.key", "", "TLS key file to be used for TLS client connections to nsqd.")
 
 	statsRegistry = map[string]func(namespace string) collector.StatsCollector{
 		"topics":   collector.TopicStats,
@@ -60,13 +63,15 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func createNsqExecutor() (*collector.NsqExecutor, error) {
-
 	nsqdURL, err := normalizeURL(*nsqdURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	ex := collector.NewNsqExecutor(*namespace, nsqdURL)
+	ex, err := collector.NewNsqExecutor(*namespace, nsqdURL, *tlsCACert, *tlsCert, *tlsKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	for _, param := range strings.Split(*enabledCollectors, ",") {
 		param = strings.TrimSpace(param)
 		parts := strings.SplitN(param, ".", 2)