diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
index 91f0e8a963a..d8166377ffc 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ package vclib
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/pem"
+	"errors"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
+	"net/http"
 	neturl "net/url"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ type VSphereConnection struct {
 	Password          string
 	Hostname          string
 	Port              string
+	CACert            string
 	Insecure          bool
 	RoundTripperCount uint
 	credentialsLock   sync.Mutex
@@ -130,11 +135,50 @@ func (connection *VSphereConnection) login(ctx context.Context, client *vim25.Cl
 // Logout calls SessionManager.Logout for the given connection.
 func (connection *VSphereConnection) Logout(ctx context.Context) {
 	m := session.NewManager(connection.Client)
+
+	hasActiveSession, err := m.SessionIsActive(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Logout failed: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if !hasActiveSession {
+		glog.Errorf("No active session, cannot logout")
+		return
+	}
 	if err := m.Logout(ctx); err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Logout failed: %s", err)
 	}
 }
 
+var (
+	ErrCaCertNotReadable    = errors.New("Could not read CA cert file")
+	ErrCaCertInvalid        = errors.New("Could not parse CA cert file")
+	ErrUnsupportedTransport = errors.New("Only support HTTP transport if configuring TLS")
+)
+
+func (connection *VSphereConnection) ConfigureTransportWithCA(transport http.RoundTripper) error {
+	caCertBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(connection.CACert)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Could not read CA cert file, %s", connection.CACert)
+		return ErrCaCertNotReadable
+	}
+	certPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+
+	if ok := certPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(caCertBytes); !ok {
+		glog.Errorf("Cannot add CA to cert pool")
+		return ErrCaCertInvalid
+	}
+	httpTransport, ok := transport.(*http.Transport)
+	if !ok {
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to http transport")
+		return ErrUnsupportedTransport
+	}
+
+	httpTransport.TLSClientConfig.RootCAs = certPool
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // NewClient creates a new govmomi client for the VSphereConnection obj
 func (connection *VSphereConnection) NewClient(ctx context.Context) (*vim25.Client, error) {
 	url, err := soap.ParseURL(net.JoinHostPort(connection.Hostname, connection.Port))
@@ -144,11 +188,19 @@ func (connection *VSphereConnection) NewClient(ctx context.Context) (*vim25.Clie
 	}
 
 	sc := soap.NewClient(url, connection.Insecure)
+
+	if connection.CACert != "" {
+		if err := connection.ConfigureTransportWithCA(sc.Client.Transport); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	client, err := vim25.NewClient(ctx, sc)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to create new client. err: %+v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	err = connection.login(ctx, client)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab76b4cc227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package vclib_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib"
+)
+
+func createTestServer(t *testing.T, caCertPath, serverCertPath, serverKeyPath string, handler http.HandlerFunc) *httptest.Server {
+	caCertPEM, err := ioutil.ReadFile(caCertPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not read ca cert from file")
+	}
+
+	serverCert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(serverCertPath, serverKeyPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not load server cert and server key from files: %#v", err)
+	}
+
+	certPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+	if ok := certPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(caCertPEM); !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Cannot add CA to CAPool")
+	}
+
+	server := httptest.NewUnstartedServer(http.HandlerFunc(handler))
+	server.TLS = &tls.Config{
+		Certificates: []tls.Certificate{
+			serverCert,
+		},
+		RootCAs: certPool,
+	}
+
+	return server
+}
+
+func TestSomething(t *testing.T) {
+	caCertPath := "fixtures/ca.pem"
+	serverCertPath := "fixtures/server.pem"
+	serverKeyPath := "fixtures/server.key"
+
+	gotRequest := false
+	handler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		gotRequest = true
+	}
+
+	server := createTestServer(t, caCertPath, serverCertPath, serverKeyPath, handler)
+	server.StartTLS()
+
+	u, err := url.Parse(server.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Cannot parse URL: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	connection := &vclib.VSphereConnection{
+		Hostname: u.Hostname(),
+		Port:     u.Port(),
+		CACert:   "fixtures/ca.pem",
+	}
+
+	// Ignoring error here, because we only care about the TLS connection
+	connection.NewClient(context.Background())
+
+	if !gotRequest {
+		t.Fatalf("Never saw a request, TLS connection could not be established")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWithInvalidCaCertPath(t *testing.T) {
+	connection := &vclib.VSphereConnection{
+		Hostname: "should-not-matter",
+		Port:     "should-not-matter",
+		CACert:   "invalid-path",
+	}
+
+	_, err := connection.NewClient(context.Background())
+
+	if err != vclib.ErrCaCertNotReadable {
+		t.Fatalf("should have occoured")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInvalidCaCert(t *testing.T) {
+	connection := &vclib.VSphereConnection{
+		Hostname: "should-not-matter",
+		Port:     "should-not-matter",
+		CACert:   "fixtures/invalid.pem",
+	}
+
+	_, err := connection.NewClient(context.Background())
+
+	if err != vclib.ErrCaCertInvalid {
+		t.Fatalf("should have occoured")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnsupportedTransport(t *testing.T) {
+	notHttpTransport := new(fakeTransport)
+
+	connection := &vclib.VSphereConnection{
+		Hostname: "should-not-matter",
+		Port:     "should-not-matter",
+		CACert:   "fixtures/ca.pem",
+	}
+
+	err := connection.ConfigureTransportWithCA(notHttpTransport)
+	if err != vclib.ErrUnsupportedTransport {
+		t.Fatalf("should have occured")
+	}
+}
+
+type fakeTransport struct{}
+
+func (ft fakeTransport) RoundTrip(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/ca.key b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/ca.key
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c9848e9ff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/ca.key
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/ca.pem b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/ca.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4359bb5045e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/ca.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/createCerts.sh b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/createCerts.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..0efd8d6ddc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/createCerts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eu
+
+# 1. create CA key
+# 2. create CA cert
+# 3. create CSR with IP SAN
+# 4. create server cert with IP SAN
+
+createKey() {
+  openssl genrsa -out "$1" 4096
+}
+
+createCaCert() {
+  openssl req -x509 \
+    -subj "/C=US/ST=CA/O=Acme, Inc./CN=someCA" \
+    -new -nodes -key "$2" -sha256 -days 10240 -out "$1"
+}
+
+createCSR() {
+  openssl req -new -sha256 \
+    -key "$2" \
+    -subj "/C=US/ST=CA/O=Acme, Inc./CN=localhost" \
+    -reqexts SAN \
+    -config <(
+      cat /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf ; \
+      printf '\n[SAN]\n' ; \
+      getSAN
+      ) \
+    -out "$1"
+}
+
+signCSR() {
+  openssl x509 -req -in "$2" \
+    -CA "$3" \
+    -CAkey "$4" \
+    -CAcreateserial \
+    -days 3650 -sha256 \
+    -extfile <( getSAN ) \
+    -out "$1"
+}
+
+getSAN() {
+  printf "subjectAltName=DNS:localhost,IP:127.0.0.1"
+}
+
+main() {
+  local caCertPath="./ca.pem"
+  local caKeyPath="./ca.key"
+  local serverCsrPath="./server.csr"
+  local serverCertPath="./server.pem"
+  local serverKeyPath="./server.key"
+
+  createKey "$caKeyPath"
+  createCaCert "$caCertPath" "$caKeyPath"
+  createKey "$serverKeyPath"
+  createCSR "$serverCsrPath" "$serverKeyPath"
+  signCSR "$serverCertPath" "$serverCsrPath" "$caCertPath" "$caKeyPath"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/invalid.pem b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/invalid.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..253d11958ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/invalid.pem
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is some invalid content
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/server.csr b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/server.csr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6998bb632f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/server.csr
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
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diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/server.key b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/server.key
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b08afaaee01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/server.key
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/server.pem b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/server.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a43b6366e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/fixtures/server.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
index fbe5d50e98c..af1408a4eed 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ type VSphereConfig struct {
 		VCenterPort string `gcfg:"port"`
 		// True if vCenter uses self-signed cert.
 		InsecureFlag bool `gcfg:"insecure-flag"`
+		// Specifies the path to a CA certificate in PEM format. Optional; if not
+		// configured, the system's CA certificates will be used.
+		CAFile string `gcfg:"ca-file"`
 		// Datacenter in which VMs are located.
 		// Deprecated. Use "datacenters" instead.
 		Datacenter string `gcfg:"datacenter"`
@@ -345,7 +348,9 @@ func populateVsphereInstanceMap(cfg *VSphereConfig) (map[string]*VSphereInstance
 			Insecure:          cfg.Global.InsecureFlag,
 			RoundTripperCount: vcConfig.RoundTripperCount,
 			Port:              vcConfig.VCenterPort,
+			CACert:            cfg.Global.CAFile,
 		}
+
 		vsphereIns := VSphereInstance{
 			conn: &vSphereConn,
 			cfg:  &vcConfig,
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
index 0533405b190..aa13921a117 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package vsphere
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
@@ -89,8 +91,12 @@ func configFromEnv() (cfg VSphereConfig, ok bool) {
 	return
 }
 
-// configFromSim starts a vcsim instance and returns config for use against the vcsim instance.
 func configFromSim() (VSphereConfig, func()) {
+	return configFromSimWithTLS(new(tls.Config), true)
+}
+
+// configFromSim starts a vcsim instance and returns config for use against the vcsim instance.
+func configFromSimWithTLS(tlsConfig *tls.Config, insecureAllowed bool) (VSphereConfig, func()) {
 	var cfg VSphereConfig
 	model := simulator.VPX()
 
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ func configFromSim() (VSphereConfig, func()) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	model.Service.TLS = new(tls.Config)
+	model.Service.TLS = tlsConfig
 	s := model.Service.NewServer()
 
 	// STS simulator
@@ -109,7 +115,8 @@ func configFromSim() (VSphereConfig, func()) {
 	// Lookup Service simulator
 	model.Service.RegisterSDK(lookup.New())
 
-	cfg.Global.InsecureFlag = true
+	cfg.Global.InsecureFlag = insecureAllowed
+
 	cfg.Global.VCenterIP = s.URL.Hostname()
 	cfg.Global.VCenterPort = s.URL.Port()
 	cfg.Global.User = s.URL.User.Username()
@@ -160,6 +167,7 @@ insecure-flag = true
 datacenter = us-west
 vm-uuid = 1234
 vm-name = vmname
+ca-file = /some/path/to/a/ca.pem
 `))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Should succeed when a valid config is provided: %s", err)
@@ -180,6 +188,10 @@ vm-name = vmname
 	if cfg.Global.VMName != "vmname" {
 		t.Errorf("incorrect vm-name: %s", cfg.Global.VMName)
 	}
+
+	if cfg.Global.CAFile != "/some/path/to/a/ca.pem" {
+		t.Errorf("incorrect ca-file: %s", cfg.Global.CAFile)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestNewVSphere(t *testing.T) {
@@ -250,6 +262,57 @@ func TestVSphereLoginByToken(t *testing.T) {
 	vcInstance.conn.Logout(ctx)
 }
 
+func TestVSphereLoginWithCaCert(t *testing.T) {
+	caCertPath := "./vclib/fixtures/ca.pem"
+	serverCertPath := "./vclib/fixtures/server.pem"
+	serverKeyPath := "./vclib/fixtures/server.key"
+
+	caCertPEM, err := ioutil.ReadFile(caCertPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not read ca cert from file")
+	}
+
+	serverCert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(serverCertPath, serverKeyPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not load server cert and server key from files: %#v", err)
+	}
+
+	certPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+	if ok := certPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(caCertPEM); !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Cannot add CA to CAPool")
+	}
+
+	tlsConfig := tls.Config{
+		Certificates: []tls.Certificate{serverCert},
+		RootCAs:      certPool,
+	}
+
+	cfg, cleanup := configFromSimWithTLS(&tlsConfig, false)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	cfg.Global.CAFile = caCertPath
+
+	// Create vSphere configuration object
+	vs, err := newControllerNode(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to construct/authenticate vSphere: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Create vSphere client
+	vcInstance, ok := vs.vsphereInstanceMap[cfg.Global.VCenterIP]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Couldn't get vSphere instance: %s", cfg.Global.VCenterIP)
+	}
+
+	err = vcInstance.conn.Connect(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to connect to vSphere: %s", err)
+	}
+	vcInstance.conn.Logout(ctx)
+}
+
 func TestZones(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := VSphereConfig{}
 	cfg.Global.Datacenter = "myDatacenter"