diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 207f6510f61..15044a7b8e8 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package api
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp"
+	rootcerts "github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts"
 )
 
 // QueryOptions are used to parameterize a query
@@ -102,6 +104,35 @@ type Config struct {
 	// WaitTime limits how long a Watch will block. If not provided,
 	// the agent default values will be used.
 	WaitTime time.Duration
+
+	// TLSConfig provides the various TLS related configurations for the http
+	// client
+	TLSConfig *TLSConfig
+}
+
+// TLSConfig contains the parameters needed to configure TLS on the HTTP client
+// used to communicate with Nomad.
+type TLSConfig struct {
+	// CACert is the path to a PEM-encoded CA cert file to use to verify the
+	// Nomad server SSL certificate.
+	CACert string
+
+	// CAPath is the path to a directory of PEM-encoded CA cert files to verify
+	// the Nomad server SSL certificate.
+	CAPath string
+
+	// ClientCert is the path to the certificate for Nomad communication
+	ClientCert string
+
+	// ClientKey is the path to the private key for Nomad communication
+	ClientKey string
+
+	// TLSServerName, if set, is used to set the SNI host when connecting via
+	// TLS.
+	TLSServerName string
+
+	// Insecure enables or disables SSL verification
+	Insecure bool
 }
 
 // DefaultConfig returns a default configuration for the client
@@ -109,7 +140,15 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	config := &Config{
 		Address:    "http://127.0.0.1:4646",
 		HttpClient: cleanhttp.DefaultClient(),
+		TLSConfig:  &TLSConfig{},
 	}
+	config.HttpClient.Timeout = time.Second * 60
+	transport := config.HttpClient.Transport.(*http.Transport)
+	transport.TLSHandshakeTimeout = 10 * time.Second
+	transport.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{
+		MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12,
+	}
+
 	if addr := os.Getenv("NOMAD_ADDR"); addr != "" {
 		config.Address = addr
 	}
@@ -128,9 +167,71 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			Password: password,
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Read TLS specific env vars
+	if v := os.Getenv("NOMAD_CACERT"); v != "" {
+		config.TLSConfig.CACert = v
+	}
+	if v := os.Getenv("NOMAD_CAPATH"); v != "" {
+		config.TLSConfig.CAPath = v
+	}
+	if v := os.Getenv("NOMAD_CLIENT_CERT"); v != "" {
+		config.TLSConfig.ClientCert = v
+	}
+	if v := os.Getenv("NOMAD_CLIENT_KEY"); v != "" {
+		config.TLSConfig.ClientKey = v
+	}
+	if v := os.Getenv("NOMAD_SKIP_VERIFY"); v != "" {
+		if insecure, err := strconv.ParseBool(v); err == nil {
+			config.TLSConfig.Insecure = insecure
+		}
+	}
+
 	return config
 }
 
+// ConfigureTLS applies a set of TLS configurations to the the HTTP client.
+func (c *Config) ConfigureTLS() error {
+	if c.HttpClient == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("config HTTP Client must be set")
+	}
+
+	var clientCert tls.Certificate
+	foundClientCert := false
+	if c.TLSConfig.ClientCert != "" || c.TLSConfig.ClientKey != "" {
+		if c.TLSConfig.ClientCert != "" && c.TLSConfig.ClientKey != "" {
+			var err error
+			clientCert, err = tls.LoadX509KeyPair(c.TLSConfig.ClientCert, c.TLSConfig.ClientKey)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			foundClientCert = true
+		} else if c.TLSConfig.ClientCert != "" || c.TLSConfig.ClientKey != "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Both client cert and client key must be provided")
+		}
+	}
+
+	clientTLSConfig := c.HttpClient.Transport.(*http.Transport).TLSClientConfig
+	rootConfig := &rootcerts.Config{
+		CAFile: c.TLSConfig.CACert,
+		CAPath: c.TLSConfig.CAPath,
+	}
+	if err := rootcerts.ConfigureTLS(clientTLSConfig, rootConfig); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	clientTLSConfig.InsecureSkipVerify = c.TLSConfig.Insecure
+
+	if foundClientCert {
+		clientTLSConfig.Certificates = []tls.Certificate{clientCert}
+	}
+	if c.TLSConfig.TLSServerName != "" {
+		clientTLSConfig.ServerName = c.TLSConfig.TLSServerName
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Client provides a client to the Nomad API
 type Client struct {
 	config Config
@@ -151,6 +252,11 @@ func NewClient(config *Config) (*Client, error) {
 		config.HttpClient = defConfig.HttpClient
 	}
 
+	// Configure the TLS cofigurations
+	if err := config.ConfigureTLS(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	client := &Client{
 		config: *config,
 	}
diff --git a/client/config/config.go b/client/config/config.go
index c52aecd2498..14a689030f4 100644
--- a/client/config/config.go
+++ b/client/config/config.go
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	PublishAllocationMetrics bool
 
 	// HttpTLS enables TLS for the HTTP endpoints on the clients.
-	HttpTLS bool `mapstructure:"http_tls"`
+	HttpTLS bool
 
 	// RpcTLS enables TLS for the outgoing TLS connections to the Nomad servers.
-	RpcTLS bool `mapstructure:"rpc_tls"`
+	RpcTLS bool
 
 	// VerifyServerHostname is used to enable hostname verification of servers. This
 	// ensures that the certificate presented is valid for server.<datacenter>.<domain>.
@@ -146,19 +146,19 @@ type Config struct {
 	// intercepting request traffic as well as being added as a raft peer. This should be
 	// enabled by default with VerifyOutgoing, but for legacy reasons we cannot break
 	// existing clients.
-	VerifyServerHostname bool `mapstructure:"verify_server_hostname"`
+	VerifyServerHostname bool
 
 	// CAFile is a path to a certificate authority file. This is used with VerifyIncoming
 	// or VerifyOutgoing to verify the TLS connection.
-	CAFile string `mapstructure:"ca_file"`
+	CAFile string
 
 	// CertFile is used to provide a TLS certificate that is used for serving TLS connections.
 	// Must be provided to serve TLS connections.
-	CertFile string `mapstructure:"cert_file"`
+	CertFile string
 
 	// KeyFile is used to provide a TLS key that is used for serving TLS connections.
 	// Must be provided to serve TLS connections.
-	KeyFile string `mapstructure:"key_file"`
+	KeyFile string
 }
 
 func (c *Config) Copy() *Config {
diff --git a/command/agent/config-test-fixtures/basic.hcl b/command/agent/config-test-fixtures/basic.hcl
index bce114fd839..f4d5bdef893 100644
--- a/command/agent/config-test-fixtures/basic.hcl
+++ b/command/agent/config-test-fixtures/basic.hcl
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ vault {
     tls_skip_verify = true
 }
 tls {
-    enable_http = true
-    enable_rpc = true
+    http = true
+    rpc = true
     verify_server_hostname = true
     ca_file = "foo"
     cert_file = "bar"
diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index 3791cc81910..19dd5995b6f 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ type AtlasConfig struct {
 type TLSConfig struct {
 
 	// EnableHTTP enabled TLS for http traffic to the Nomad server and clients
-	EnableHTTP bool `mapstructure:"enable_http"`
+	EnableHTTP bool `mapstructure:"http"`
 
 	// EnableRPC enables TLS for RPC and Raft traffic to the Nomad servers
-	EnableRPC bool `mapstructure:"enable_rpc"`
+	EnableRPC bool `mapstructure:"rpc"`
 
 	// VerifyServerHostname is used to enable hostname verification of servers. This
 	// ensures that the certificate presented is valid for server.<datacenter>.<domain>.
diff --git a/command/agent/config_parse.go b/command/agent/config_parse.go
index e1fd5049c42..2f12c216e21 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_parse.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_parse.go
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ func parseTLSConfig(result **TLSConfig, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 	listVal := list.Items[0].Val
 
 	valid := []string{
-		"enable_http",
-		"enable_rpc",
+		"http",
+		"rpc",
 		"verify_server_hostname",
 		"ca_file",
 		"cert_file",
diff --git a/command/agent/http.go b/command/agent/http.go
index 02567da1625..050a5940642 100644
--- a/command/agent/http.go
+++ b/command/agent/http.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func NewHTTPServer(agent *Agent, config *Config, logOutput io.Writer) (*HTTPServ
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to start HTTP listener: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// If TLS is enabled, wrap the listener with a TLS listener
 	if config.TLSConfig.EnableHTTP {
 		tlsConf := &tlsutil.Config{
 			VerifyIncoming:       false,
diff --git a/command/meta.go b/command/meta.go
index 2f1ecbb25fb..0b40de46181 100644
--- a/command/meta.go
+++ b/command/meta.go
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ type Meta struct {
 
 	// The region to send API requests
 	region string
+
+	caCert     string
+	caPath     string
+	clientCert string
+	clientKey  string
+	insecure   bool
 }
 
 // FlagSet returns a FlagSet with the common flags that every
@@ -61,6 +67,13 @@ func (m *Meta) FlagSet(n string, fs FlagSetFlags) *flag.FlagSet {
 		f.StringVar(&m.flagAddress, "address", "", "")
 		f.StringVar(&m.region, "region", "", "")
 		f.BoolVar(&m.noColor, "no-color", false, "")
+		f.StringVar(&m.caCert, "ca-cert", "", "")
+		f.StringVar(&m.caPath, "ca-path", "", "")
+		f.StringVar(&m.clientCert, "client-cert", "", "")
+		f.StringVar(&m.clientKey, "client-key", "", "")
+		f.BoolVar(&m.insecure, "insecure", false, "")
+		f.BoolVar(&m.insecure, "tls-skip-verify", false, "")
+
 	}
 
 	// Create an io.Writer that writes to our UI properly for errors.
@@ -95,6 +108,18 @@ func (m *Meta) Client() (*api.Client, error) {
 	if m.region != "" {
 		config.Region = m.region
 	}
+	// If we need custom TLS configuration, then set it
+	if m.caCert != "" || m.caPath != "" || m.clientCert != "" || m.clientKey != "" || m.insecure {
+		t := &api.TLSConfig{
+			CACert:     m.caCert,
+			CAPath:     m.caPath,
+			ClientCert: m.clientCert,
+			ClientKey:  m.clientKey,
+			Insecure:   m.insecure,
+		}
+		config.TLSConfig = t
+	}
+
 	return api.NewClient(config)
 }
 
@@ -121,6 +146,31 @@ func generalOptionsUsage() string {
   
   -no-color
     Disables colored command output.
+
+  -ca-cert=<path>           
+    Path to a PEM encoded CA cert file to use to verify the 
+    Nomad server SSL certificate.  Overrides the NOMAD_CACERT 
+    environment variable if set.
+
+  -ca-path=<path>           
+    Path to a directory of PEM encoded CA cert files to verify 
+    the Nomad server SSL certificate. If both -ca-cert and 
+    -ca-path are specified, -ca-cert is used. Overrides the 
+    NOMAD_CAPATH environment variable if set.
+
+  -client-cert=<path>       
+    Path to a PEM encoded client certificate for TLS authentication 
+    to the Nomad server. Must also specify -client-key. Overrides 
+    the NOMAD_CLIENT_CERT environment variable if set.
+
+  -client-key=<path>        
+    Path to an unencrypted PEM encoded private key matching the 
+    client certificate from -client-cert. Overrides the 
+    NOMAD_CLIENT_KEY environment variable if set.
+
+  -tls-skip-verify        
+    Do not verify TLS certificate. This is highly not recommended. Verification
+    will also be skipped if NOMAD_SKIP_VERIFY is set.
 `
 	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
 }