diff --git a/compute_worker/celery_config.py b/compute_worker/celery_config.py
index 1a3f86d83..674a3ae60 100644
--- a/compute_worker/celery_config.py
+++ b/compute_worker/celery_config.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import os
-
+import ssl
 
 broker_url = os.environ.get('BROKER_URL')
-broker_use_ssl = os.environ.get('BROKER_USE_SSL', False)
+if os.environ.get('BROKER_USE_SSL', False):
+    broker_use_ssl = {
+        "cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE,
+    }
 worker_concurrency = 1
 worker_prefetch_multiplier = 1
 task_acks_late = True