diff --git a/lib/pdnsadmin.sh b/lib/pdnsadmin.sh
index c643999..49490d6 100644
--- a/lib/pdnsadmin.sh
+++ b/lib/pdnsadmin.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_PORT="'3306'"
 PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_USER="'pdns'"
 PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_PASSWORD="'$MYSQL_PASSWORD'"
 PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_NAME="'pdns'"
+PDNS_ADMIN_SERVER_EXTERNAL_SSL=True
 PDNS_API_URL="http://pdns.$DOMAIN:8081/"
 PDNS_API_KEY="$PDNS_APIKEY"
 PDNS_VERSION="4.9.0"