diff --git a/kombu/transport/mongodb.py b/kombu/transport/mongodb.py
index 60b6df66..1a09d1f4 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/mongodb.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/mongodb.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
         #
         #   mongodb://[username:password@]host1[:port1][,host2[:port2],
         #   ...[,hostN[:portN]]][/[?options]]
-        mongoconn = Connection(host=hostname)
+        mongoconn = Connection(host=hostname, ssl=conninfo.ssl)
         version = mongoconn.server_info()['version']
         if tuple(map(int, version.split('.')[:2])) < (1, 3):
             raise NotImplementedError(