diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f5d843f37..b60709831 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const mongod = new MongodbMemoryServer({
     downloadDir?: string, // by default %HOME/.mongodb-binaries
     platform?: string, // by default os.platform()
     arch?: string, // by default os.arch()
-    http?: any, // see mongodb-download package
+    ssl?: boolean, // by default false
     debug?: boolean, // by default false
   },
   debug?: boolean, // by default false
diff --git a/src/MongoMemoryServer.js b/src/MongoMemoryServer.js
index 89b0aa1a5..a4e2617e8 100644
--- a/src/MongoMemoryServer.js
+++ b/src/MongoMemoryServer.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export type MongoMemoryServerOptsT = {
     downloadDir?: string,
     platform?: string,
     arch?: string,
-    http?: any,
+    ssl?: boolean,
     debug?: boolean | Function,
   },
   debug?: boolean,
diff --git a/src/util/MongoBinary.js b/src/util/MongoBinary.js
index 33b7d2822..8e1717546 100644
--- a/src/util/MongoBinary.js
+++ b/src/util/MongoBinary.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export type MongoBinaryOpts = {
   downloadDir?: string,
   platform?: string,
   arch?: string,
-  http?: any,
+  ssl?: boolean,
   debug?: boolean | Function,
 };
 
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ export default class MongoBinary {
       downloadDir = path.resolve(os.homedir(), '.mongodb-binaries'),
       platform = os.platform(),
       arch = os.arch(),
+      ssl = false,
       version = '3.4.4',
-      http = {},
     } = opts;
 
     let debug;
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ export default class MongoBinary {
           downloadDir,
           platform,
           arch,
+          ssl,
           version,
-          http,
         });
 
         downloader.debug = debug;
diff --git a/src/util/MongoBinaryDownload.js b/src/util/MongoBinaryDownload.js
index 45df0f6c2..eae8dd042 100644
--- a/src/util/MongoBinaryDownload.js
+++ b/src/util/MongoBinaryDownload.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export type MongoBinaryDownloadOpts = {
   downloadDir: string,
   platform: string,
   arch: string,
-  http: any,
+  ssl: boolean,
   debug?: boolean | Function,
 };
 
@@ -32,22 +32,22 @@ export default class MongoBinaryDownload {
 
   downloadDir: string;
   arch: string;
+  ssl: boolean;
   version: string;
   platform: string;
-  http: any;
 
   constructor({
     platform,
     arch,
+    ssl,
     downloadDir,
     version,
-    http,
     debug,
   }: $Shape<MongoBinaryDownloadOpts>) {
     this.platform = platform || os.platform();
     this.arch = arch || os.arch();
+    this.ssl = ssl || false;
     this.version = version || 'latest';
-    this.http = http || {};
     this.downloadDir = path.resolve(downloadDir || 'mongodb-download');
     this.dlProgress = {
       current: 0,
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export default class MongoBinaryDownload {
     const mbdUrl = new MongoBinaryDownloadUrl({
       platform: this.platform,
       arch: this.arch,
+      ssl: this.ssl,
       version: this.version,
     });
 
diff --git a/src/util/MongoBinaryDownloadUrl.js b/src/util/MongoBinaryDownloadUrl.js
index 3ff6303e3..fc10c3750 100644
--- a/src/util/MongoBinaryDownloadUrl.js
+++ b/src/util/MongoBinaryDownloadUrl.js
@@ -14,18 +14,21 @@ export type MongoBinaryDownloadUrlOpts = {
   version: string,
   platform: string,
   arch: string,
+  ssl?: boolean,
   os?: ?OS, // getos() result
 };
 
 export default class MongoBinaryDownloadUrl {
   platform: string;
   arch: string;
+  ssl: ?boolean;
   version: string;
   os: ?OS;
 
-  constructor({ platform, arch, version, os }: MongoBinaryDownloadUrlOpts) {
+  constructor({ platform, arch, ssl, version, os }: MongoBinaryDownloadUrlOpts) {
     this.platform = this.translatePlatform(platform);
     this.arch = this.translateArch(arch, this.platform);
+    this.ssl = ssl;
     this.version = version;
     this.os = os;
   }
@@ -36,7 +39,13 @@ export default class MongoBinaryDownloadUrl {
   }
 
   async getArchiveName(): Promise<string> {
-    let name = `mongodb-${this.platform}-${this.arch}`;
+    let name = `mongodb-${this.platform}`;
+
+    if (this.ssl) {
+      name += '-ssl';
+    }
+
+    name += `-${this.arch}`;
 
     let osString;
     if (this.platform === 'linux' && this.arch !== 'i686') {
diff --git a/src/util/__tests__/MongoBinaryDownloadUrl-test.js b/src/util/__tests__/MongoBinaryDownloadUrl-test.js
index bad8838b0..fdf67d1df 100644
--- a/src/util/__tests__/MongoBinaryDownloadUrl-test.js
+++ b/src/util/__tests__/MongoBinaryDownloadUrl-test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,43 @@ import MongoBinaryDownloadUrl from '../MongoBinaryDownloadUrl';
 
 describe('MongoBinaryDownloadUrl', () => {
   describe('getDownloadUrl()', () => {
+    describe('for mac', () => {
+      it('3.4.4 without ssl', async () => {
+        const du = new MongoBinaryDownloadUrl({
+          platform: 'darwin',
+          arch: 'x64',
+          version: '3.4.4',
+        });
+        expect(await du.getDownloadUrl()).toBe(
+          'https://downloads.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-x86_64-3.4.4.tgz'
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('3.4.4 with ssl', async () => {
+        const du = new MongoBinaryDownloadUrl({
+          platform: 'darwin',
+          arch: 'x64',
+          version: '3.4.4',
+          ssl: true,
+        });
+        expect(await du.getDownloadUrl()).toBe(
+          'https://downloads.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-ssl-x86_64-3.4.4.tgz'
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('3.6.2 with ssl', async () => {
+        const du = new MongoBinaryDownloadUrl({
+          platform: 'darwin',
+          arch: 'x64',
+          version: '3.6.2',
+          ssl: true,
+        });
+        expect(await du.getDownloadUrl()).toBe(
+          'https://downloads.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-ssl-x86_64-3.6.2.tgz'
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
     it('for ubuntu', async () => {
       const du = new MongoBinaryDownloadUrl({
         platform: 'linux',