diff --git a/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.integration.client/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/integration/client/util/Utils.java b/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.integration.client/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/integration/client/util/Utils.java
index ed5a587986..aaf2a0b877 100644
--- a/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.integration.client/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/integration/client/util/Utils.java
+++ b/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.integration.client/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/integration/client/util/Utils.java
@@ -21,24 +21,43 @@ package org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.integration.client.util;
 
 import feign.Client;
 
-import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
-import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
-import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.*;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.security.KeyManagementException;
-import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.security.*;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import feign.Logger;
 import feign.Request;
 import feign.Response;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.wso2.carbon.base.ServerConfiguration;
 
 public class Utils {
 
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(Utils.class);
+
+    private static final String KEY_STORE_TYPE = "JKS";
+    /**
+     * Default truststore type of the client
+     */
+    private static final String TRUST_STORE_TYPE = "JKS";
+    /**
+     * Default keymanager type of the client
+     */
+    private static final String KEY_MANAGER_TYPE = "SunX509"; //Default Key Manager Type
+    /**
+     * Default trustmanager type of the client
+     */
+    private static final String TRUST_MANAGER_TYPE = "SunX509"; //Default Trust Manager Type
+
+    private static final String SSLV3 = "SSLv3";
+
+
     //This method is only used if the mb features are within DAS.
     public static String replaceProperties(String text) {
         String regex = "\\$\\{(.*?)\\}";
@@ -55,15 +74,22 @@ public class Utils {
     }
 
     public static Client getSSLClient() {
-        return new Client.Default(getTrustedSSLSocketFactory(), new HostnameVerifier() {
-            @Override
-            public boolean verify(String s, SSLSession sslSession) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        });
+
+        boolean isIgnoreHostnameVerification = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("org.wso2.ignoreHostnameVerification"));
+        if(isIgnoreHostnameVerification) {
+            return new Client.Default(getSimpleTrustedSSLSocketFactory(), new HostnameVerifier() {
+                @Override
+                public boolean verify(String s, SSLSession sslSession) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+            });
+        }else {
+            return new Client.Default(getTrustedSSLSocketFactory(), null);
+        }
     }
 
-    private static SSLSocketFactory getTrustedSSLSocketFactory() {
+    private static SSLSocketFactory getSimpleTrustedSSLSocketFactory() {
         try {
             TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[]{
                     new X509TrustManager() {
@@ -86,4 +112,74 @@ public class Utils {
         }
 
     }
+
+    private static SSLSocketFactory getTrustedSSLSocketFactory() {
+        try {
+            String keyStorePassword = ServerConfiguration.getInstance().getFirstProperty("Security.KeyStore.Password");
+            String keyStoreLocation = ServerConfiguration.getInstance().getFirstProperty("Security.KeyStore.Location");
+            String trustStorePassword = ServerConfiguration.getInstance().getFirstProperty(
+                    "Security.TrustStore.Password");
+            String trustStoreLocation = ServerConfiguration.getInstance().getFirstProperty(
+                    "Security.TrustStore.Location");
+            KeyStore keyStore = loadKeyStore(keyStoreLocation,keyStorePassword,KEY_STORE_TYPE);
+            KeyStore trustStore = loadTrustStore(trustStoreLocation,trustStorePassword);
+
+            return initSSLConnection(keyStore,keyStorePassword,trustStore);
+
+        } catch (KeyManagementException | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyStoreException
+                |CertificateException | IOException | UnrecoverableKeyException e) {
+            log.error("Error while creating the SSL socket factory due to "+e.getMessage(),e);
+            return null;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+    private static SSLSocketFactory initSSLConnection(KeyStore keyStore,String keyStorePassword,KeyStore trustStore) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, UnrecoverableKeyException,
+            KeyStoreException, KeyManagementException {
+        KeyManagerFactory keyManagerFactory = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance(KEY_MANAGER_TYPE);
+        keyManagerFactory.init(keyStore, keyStorePassword.toCharArray());
+        TrustManagerFactory trustManagerFactory = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TRUST_MANAGER_TYPE);
+        trustManagerFactory.init(trustStore);
+
+        // Create and initialize SSLContext for HTTPS communication
+        SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance(SSLV3);
+        sslContext.init(keyManagerFactory.getKeyManagers(), trustManagerFactory.getTrustManagers(), null);
+        SSLContext.setDefault(sslContext);
+        return  sslContext.getSocketFactory();
+    }
+
+
+    private static KeyStore loadKeyStore(String keyStorePath, String ksPassword,String type)
+            throws KeyStoreException, IOException, CertificateException, NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        InputStream fis = null;
+        try {
+            char[] keypassChar = ksPassword.toCharArray();
+            KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance(type);
+            FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(keyStorePath);
+
+            keyStore.load(fileInputStream, keypassChar);
+            return keyStore;
+        } finally {
+            if (fis != null) {
+                fis.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loads the trustore
+     *
+     * @param trustStorePath - the trustore path in the filesystem.
+     * @param tsPassword     - the truststore password
+     */
+    private static KeyStore loadTrustStore(String trustStorePath, String tsPassword)
+            throws KeyStoreException, IOException, CertificateException, NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+
+        return loadKeyStore(trustStorePath,tsPassword,TRUST_STORE_TYPE);
+    }
+
+
+
+
 }