diff --git a/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/defaults/main.yml
index 7fbeb17d70..6e8c98fcbc 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1070,3 +1070,4 @@ cloud_store_base_path_placeholder: "CLOUD_BASE_PATH"
 #Youtube Standard Licence Validation
 youtube_app_name: fetch-youtube-license
 youtube_api_key: "{{ lp_vault_youtube_api_key }}"
+pgssl: "false"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/odk.env b/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/odk.env
index 64ca86b1ec..5fcd16ddd4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/odk.env
+++ b/ansible/roles/stack-sunbird/templates/odk.env
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-DB_URL=jdbc:postgresql://{{uci_postgres_host}}:5432/{{uci_odk_postgres_database}}?user={{uci_postgres_user}}&password={{uci_postgres_password}}
 DB_USERNAME={{uci_postgres_user}}
 DB_PASSWORD={{uci_postgres_password}}
 DB_SCHEMA=public
 DB_NAME={{uci_odk_postgres_database}}
 DB_PORT=5432
-AGGREGATE_HOST=
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+AGGREGATE_HOST=
+{% if pgssl == "true" %}
+DB_URL=jdbc:postgresql://{{uci_postgres_host}}:5432/{{uci_odk_postgres_database}}?user={{uci_postgres_user}}&password={{uci_postgres_password}}&sslmode=require
+{% else %}
+DB_URL=jdbc:postgresql://{{uci_postgres_host}}:5432/{{uci_odk_postgres_database}}?user={{uci_postgres_user}}&password={{uci_postgres_password}}
+{% endif %}
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