diff --git a/examples/web_server/Makefile b/examples/web_server/Makefile
index ba3a2084..ee9bc1b0 100644
--- a/examples/web_server/Makefile
+++ b/examples/web_server/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,25 @@
 PROG = web_server
 CFLAGS = -W -Wall -I../.. -pthread -g -O0 -DMONGOOSE_ENABLE_THREADS $(CFLAGS_EXTRA)
 SOURCES = $(PROG).c ../../mongoose.c
+OPENSSL_FLAGS = -DNS_ENABLE_SSL -lssl
+
+# PolarSSL paths and flags
+POLARSSL_PATH = /usr/local
+POLARSSLCOMPAT_PATH = ./../../../polar
+SOURCES_POLAR = $(SOURCES) $(POLARSSLCOMPAT_PATH)/polarssl_compat.c
+INCDIR_POLAR = -I$(POLARSSLCOMPAT_PATH) -I$(POLARSSL_PATH)/include
+LDFLAGS_POLAR = -L$(POLARSSL_PATH)/lib -lmbedtls
+CFLAGS_POLAR = $(CFLAGS) $(INCDIR_POLAR) -DNS_ENABLE_SSL
+#
 
 $(PROG): $(SOURCES)
 	$(CC) -o $(PROG) $(SOURCES) $(CFLAGS)
 
+openssl:
+	$(CC) -o $(PROG) $(SOURCES) $(CFLAGS) $(OPENSSL_FLAGS)
+
+polarssl:
+	$(CC) -o $(PROG) $(SOURCES_POLAR) $(LDFLAGS_POLAR) $(CFLAGS_POLAR)
+	
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(PROG) *.exe *.dSYM *.obj *.exp .*o *.lib
diff --git a/examples/web_server/certs/cert.pem b/examples/web_server/certs/cert.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f191e3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/web_server/certs/cert.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIC+zCCAeOgAwIBAgIJAPhB8jbL+G82MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMBQxEjAQBgNV
+BAMMCTEyNy4wLjAuMTAeFw0xNTAzMDYxMjQzMzNaFw0yNTAzMDMxMjQzMzNaMBQx
+EjAQBgNVBAMMCTEyNy4wLjAuMTCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoC
+ggEBALi3b3daMgzUEROKob1Caf68i+//cTRkPdBJv2cOBak21CdQzY0Nvx73GLzf
+5TKB347BCHNbYRKGJXDbYdmFp20/WeBHkY7RS3Ad2Q5lzyx66u9PxNx7hJIiqBgF
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+FbtLKMEOyLsk2bEIScOXgum7g2sCAwEAAaNQME4wHQYDVR0OBBYEFHtLzUqAsXkH
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+dvGO/g2rEhbtAP+xIgOR3GvzqjZh30er3no7zjDMn65tTME18Aq3tBQY7vPDKms=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIIEvQIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKcwggSjAgEAAoIBAQC4t293WjIM1BET
+iqG9Qmn+vIvv/3E0ZD3QSb9nDgWpNtQnUM2NDb8e9xi83+Uygd+OwQhzW2EShiVw
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+/sLQoqtzcJKfsxgSZkt9q8zBFfW3CsUszK5H0YRflwERHQ8DPb3z4OlkW/2/r79O
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+X771AnX7vmDX5w2PjeN2DE7emV3NEAwd5w7qz1wFZWFfQ6jrgYaZWjRixxGZ5IVl
+aeLlU7OtCGrwEPJ1KTWCO3IgDoHh+Hr1+6o7Imhk+QlmrTcfqHWGvO9s9MGVWt2S
+RLAnSTFiOe5brdJnmlqq1sKZmnLmpydBaPUOYpZGAgRasrjdMZB+lZOazd1x23/5
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+vaA0HpFTW9PsYgaMwLMJ7uAY3lVkIzx84e849i2HqHMgLkl0dbW+WFXL2xblxylv
+yU2wuNNED/EB4lTawcpycAvTKYvrBXt4lVE4S9exAoGAGl6vZV3zyw4jpIw4uDfk
+LTPYUrghFDDGKExyeOnC/W9pqR2veqzfBz02C3jqwhewoqgAcnNc2sg0rJmM+6Oz
+Z2mmGZTHO9xR++7+W7e8AkQBbS6TB8a+7yNcM4USLP+b9sX5N+8gFhFs9tG7j/no
+G44qLsJ/yve7/QsOA37uEMs=
+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/examples/web_server/web_server.c b/examples/web_server/web_server.c
index 8f8567af..07fda84e 100644
--- a/examples/web_server/web_server.c
+++ b/examples/web_server/web_server.c
@@ -71,7 +71,12 @@ static char server_name[50];        // Set by init_server_name()
 static char s_config_file[PATH_MAX];  // Set by process_command_line_arguments
 static struct mg_server *server;    // Set by start_mongoose()
 static const char *s_default_document_root = ".";
+#ifndef NS_ENABLE_SSL
 static const char *s_default_listening_port = "8080";
+#else
+static const char *s_default_listening_port = "ssl://8443:certs/cert.pem";
+#endif
+
 static char **s_argv = { NULL };
 
 static void set_options(char *argv[]);