diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b322c3ca..11d74a6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ For a quick start with the Pact Broker and Postgres, we have an example
 Now you can access your local broker:
 
 ```sh
-# Get IP of your running Docker instance
-DOCKER_HOST=$(docker-machine ip $(docker-machine active))
-curl -v http://$DOCKER_HOST # you can visit in your browser too!
+curl -v http://localhost # you can visit in your browser too!
+
+# SSL endpoint, note that URLs in response contain https:// protocol
+curl -v -k https://localhost:8443
 ```
 
 _NOTE: this image should be modified before using in Production, in particular, the use of hard-coded credentials_
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0413d9b8..6233f7bb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,13 @@ services:
       PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_PASSWORD: password
       PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_HOST: postgres
       PACT_BROKER_DATABASE_NAME: postgres
+
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx:alpine
+    links:
+      - broker_app:broker
+    volumes:
+    - ./ssl/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro
+    - ./ssl:/etc/nginx/ssl
+    ports:
+    - "8443:443"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ssl/nginx-selfsigned.crt b/ssl/nginx-selfsigned.crt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4a4d6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssl/nginx-selfsigned.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
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diff --git a/ssl/nginx-selfsigned.key b/ssl/nginx-selfsigned.key
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8a6b542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssl/nginx-selfsigned.key
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
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diff --git a/ssl/nginx.conf b/ssl/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83eea6cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssl/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+server {
+  listen      443 ssl default_server;
+  server_name localhost;
+  ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/nginx-selfsigned.crt;
+  ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/nginx-selfsigned.key;
+  ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
+  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+  ssl_ecdh_curve secp384r1;
+  ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
+  ssl_stapling on;
+  ssl_stapling_verify on;
+
+  location / {
+      proxy_pass http://broker:80;
+      proxy_set_header Host $host;
+      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Scheme "https";
+      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port "443";
+      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Ssl "on";
+      proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+  }
+}