diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd5c5a04..e54a0fbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ $ echo "$QUEUE_POLICY" | jq .
 $ cat << EOF > /tmp/queue-attributes.json
 {
   "MessageRetentionPeriod": "300",
-  "Policy": "$(echo $QUEUE_POLICY | sed 's/\"/\\"/g' | tr -d -s '\n' " ")"
+  "Policy": "$(echo $QUEUE_POLICY | sed 's/\"/\\"/g' | tr -d -s '\n' " ")",
+  "SqsManagedSseEnabled": true
 }
 EOF
 
diff --git a/docs/cfn-template.yaml b/docs/cfn-template.yaml
index 69c605e8..565b0a07 100644
--- a/docs/cfn-template.yaml
+++ b/docs/cfn-template.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Resources:
     Type: 'AWS::SQS::Queue'
     Properties:
       MessageRetentionPeriod: 300
+      SqsManagedSseEnabled: true
   QueuePolicy:
     Type: 'AWS::SQS::QueuePolicy'
     Properties: