diff --git a/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/DatabaseClientBuilder.java b/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/DatabaseClientBuilder.java
index 219a59ab6..0bf7f5561 100644
--- a/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/DatabaseClientBuilder.java
+++ b/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/DatabaseClientBuilder.java
@@ -301,6 +301,49 @@ public DatabaseClientBuilder withKeyStoreAlgorithm(String algorithm) {
 		props.put(PREFIX + "ssl.keystore.algorithm", algorithm);
 		return this;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Supports constructing an {@code X509TrustManager} based on the given file path, which should point to a Java
+	 * key store or trust store.
+	 *
+	 * @param path
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 6.5.0
+	 */
+	public DatabaseClientBuilder withTrustStorePath(String path) {
+		props.put(PREFIX + "ssl.truststore.path", path);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param password optional password for a trust store
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 6.5.0
+	 */
+	public DatabaseClientBuilder withTrustStorePassword(String password) {
+		props.put(PREFIX + "ssl.truststore.password", password);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param type e.g. "JKS"
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 6.5.0
+	 */
+	public DatabaseClientBuilder withTrustStoreType(String type) {
+		props.put(PREFIX + "ssl.truststore.type", type);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param algorithm e.g. "SunX509"
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 6.5.0
+	 */
+	public DatabaseClientBuilder withTrustStoreAlgorithm(String algorithm) {
+		props.put(PREFIX + "ssl.truststore.algorithm", algorithm);
+		return this;
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/DatabaseClientFactory.java b/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/DatabaseClientFactory.java
index 0f01216c6..d158c2580 100644
--- a/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/DatabaseClientFactory.java
+++ b/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/DatabaseClientFactory.java
@@ -1303,6 +1303,10 @@ public String getCertificatePassword() {
 	 *     <li>marklogic.client.ssl.keystore.password = must be a String; optional password for a key store; since 6.4.0.</li>
 	 *     <li>marklogic.client.ssl.keystore.type = must be a String; optional type for a key store, defaults to "JKS"; since 6.4.0.</li>
 	 *     <li>marklogic.client.ssl.keystore.algorithm = must be a String; optional algorithm for a key store, defaults to "SunX509"; since 6.4.0.</li>
+	 *     <li>marklogic.client.ssl.truststore.path = must be a String; specifies a file path for a trust store for SSL and/or certificate authentication; since 6.5.0.</li>
+	 *     <li>marklogic.client.ssl.truststore.password = must be a String; optional password for a trust store; since 6.5.0.</li>
+	 *     <li>marklogic.client.ssl.truststore.type = must be a String; optional type for a trust store, defaults to "JKS"; since 6.5.0.</li>
+	 *     <li>marklogic.client.ssl.truststore.algorithm = must be a String; optional algorithm for a trust store, defaults to "SunX509"; since 6.5.0.</li>
 	 * </ol>
 	 *
 	 * @param propertySource
diff --git a/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/DatabaseClientPropertySource.java b/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/DatabaseClientPropertySource.java
index b36f0b8aa..8047f93bc 100644
--- a/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/DatabaseClientPropertySource.java
+++ b/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/DatabaseClientPropertySource.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
 import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -317,9 +318,29 @@ private X509TrustManager getTrustManager() {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Trust manager must be an instanceof " + X509TrustManager.class.getName());
 			}
 		}
+
+		String path = getNullableStringValue("ssl.truststore.path");
+		if (path != null && path.trim().length() > 0) {
+			return buildTrustManagerFromTrustStorePath(path);
+		}
+
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Added in 6.5.0 to support configuring a trust manager via properties.
+	 *
+	 * @param path
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private X509TrustManager buildTrustManagerFromTrustStorePath(String path) {
+		final String password = getNullableStringValue("ssl.truststore.password");
+		final String type = getNullableStringValue("ssl.truststore.type", "JKS");
+		final String algorithm = getNullableStringValue("ssl.truststore.algorithm", "SunX509");
+		KeyStore trustStore = SSLUtil.getKeyStore(path, password != null ? password.toCharArray() : null, type);
+		return (X509TrustManager) SSLUtil.getTrustManagers(algorithm, trustStore)[0];
+	}
+
 	private SSLContext getSSLContext() {
 		Object val = propertySource.apply(PREFIX + "sslContext");
 		if (val != null) {
diff --git a/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/SSLUtil.java b/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/SSLUtil.java
index 099b51c38..00b15bc79 100644
--- a/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/SSLUtil.java
+++ b/marklogic-client-api/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/SSLUtil.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public static TrustManager[] getDefaultTrustManagers() {
 	 * @param trustManagerAlgorithm e.g. "SunX509".
 	 * @param optionalKeyStore      if not null, used to initialize the TrustManagerFactory constructed based on the
 	 *                              given algorithm.
-	 * @return
+	 * @return an array of at least length 1 where the first instance is an {@code X509TrustManager}
 	 */
 	public static TrustManager[] getTrustManagers(String trustManagerAlgorithm, KeyStore optionalKeyStore) {
 		TrustManagerFactory trustManagerFactory;
diff --git a/marklogic-client-api/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/ssl/TwoWaySSLTest.java b/marklogic-client-api/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/ssl/TwoWaySSLTest.java
index 56274cff0..767661d43 100644
--- a/marklogic-client-api/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/ssl/TwoWaySSLTest.java
+++ b/marklogic-client-api/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/ssl/TwoWaySSLTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import com.marklogic.client.test.junit5.RequireSSLExtension;
 import com.marklogic.mgmt.ManageClient;
 import com.marklogic.mgmt.resource.appservers.ServerManager;
+import com.marklogic.mgmt.resource.security.CertificateTemplateManager;
 import com.marklogic.rest.util.Fragment;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ public static void setup() throws Exception {
 		createKeystoreFile(tempDir);
 		keyStoreFile = new File(tempDir.toFile(), "client.jks");
 		p12File = new File(tempDir.toFile(), "client.p12");
+		addServerCertificateToKeyStore(tempDir);
 	}
 
 	@AfterAll
@@ -99,11 +101,15 @@ void digestAuthentication() {
 		DatabaseClient clientWithCert = Common.newClientBuilder()
 			.withKeyStorePath(keyStoreFile.getAbsolutePath())
 			.withKeyStorePassword(KEYSTORE_PASSWORD)
+
 			// Still need this as "common"/"strict" don't work for our temporary server certificate.
 			.withSSLHostnameVerifier(DatabaseClientFactory.SSLHostnameVerifier.ANY)
-			// This is a reasonable trust manager since it references the temporary server certificate as something
-			// that it accepts instead of accepting everything.
-			.withTrustManager(RequireSSLExtension.newSecureTrustManager())
+
+			// Starting in 6.5.0, we can use a real trust manager as the server certificate is in the keystore.
+			.withTrustStorePath(keyStoreFile.getAbsolutePath())
+			.withTrustStorePassword(KEYSTORE_PASSWORD)
+			.withTrustStoreType("JKS")
+			.withTrustStoreAlgorithm("SunX509")
 			.build();
 
 		verifyTestDocumentCanBeRead(clientWithCert);
@@ -416,11 +422,7 @@ private static void createPkcs12File(Path tempDir) throws Exception {
 			"-name", "my-client",
 			"-passout", "pass:" + KEYSTORE_PASSWORD);
 
-		ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
-		Process process = builder.start();
-		executorService.submit(new StreamGobbler(process.getInputStream(), System.out::println));
-		executorService.submit(new StreamGobbler(process.getErrorStream(), System.err::println));
-		int exitCode = process.waitFor();
+		int exitCode = runProcess(builder);
 		assertEquals(0, exitCode, "Unable to create pkcs12 file using openssl");
 	}
 
@@ -436,12 +438,43 @@ private static void createKeystoreFile(Path tempDir) throws Exception {
 			"-srcstorepass", KEYSTORE_PASSWORD,
 			"-alias", "my-client");
 
+		int exitCode = runProcess(builder);
+		assertEquals(0, exitCode, "Unable to create keystore using keytool");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves the server certificate associated with the certificate template for this test and stores it in the
+	 * key store so that the key store can also act as a trust store.
+	 *
+	 * @param tempDir
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	private static void addServerCertificateToKeyStore(Path tempDir) throws Exception {
+		Fragment xml = new CertificateTemplateManager(Common.newManageClient()).getCertificatesForTemplate("java-unittest-template");
+		String serverCertificate = xml.getElementValue("/msec:certificate-list/msec:certificate/msec:pem");
+
+		File certificateFile = new File(tempDir.toFile(), "server.cert");
+		FileCopyUtils.copy(serverCertificate.getBytes(), certificateFile);
+
+		ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder();
+		builder.directory(tempDir.toFile());
+		builder.command("keytool", "-importcert",
+			"-keystore", keyStoreFile.getAbsolutePath(),
+			"-storepass", KEYSTORE_PASSWORD,
+			"-file", certificateFile.getAbsolutePath(),
+			"-noprompt",
+			"-alias", "java-unittest-template-certificate");
+
+		int exitCode = runProcess(builder);
+		assertEquals(0, exitCode, "Unable to add server public certificate to keystore.");
+	}
+
+	private static int runProcess(ProcessBuilder builder) throws Exception {
 		Process process = builder.start();
 		ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
 		executorService.submit(new StreamGobbler(process.getInputStream(), System.out::println));
 		executorService.submit(new StreamGobbler(process.getErrorStream(), System.err::println));
-		int exitCode = process.waitFor();
-		assertEquals(0, exitCode, "Unable to create keystore using keytool");
+		return process.waitFor();
 	}
 
 	/**