diff --git a/modules/redpanda/admin_api.go b/modules/redpanda/admin_api.go
index dbdcf0435c..4f99d5cd08 100644
--- a/modules/redpanda/admin_api.go
+++ b/modules/redpanda/admin_api.go
@@ -12,10 +12,19 @@ import (
 
 type AdminAPIClient struct {
 	BaseURL string
+	client  *http.Client
 }
 
 func NewAdminAPIClient(baseURL string) *AdminAPIClient {
-	return &AdminAPIClient{BaseURL: baseURL}
+	return &AdminAPIClient{
+		BaseURL: baseURL,
+		client:  http.DefaultClient,
+	}
+}
+
+func (cl *AdminAPIClient) WithHTTPClient(c *http.Client) *AdminAPIClient {
+	cl.client = c
+	return cl
 }
 
 type createUserRequest struct {
@@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ func (cl *AdminAPIClient) CreateUser(ctx context.Context, username, password str
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 
-	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	resp, err := cl.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("request failed: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/modules/redpanda/redpanda.go b/modules/redpanda/redpanda.go
index 3a30a24e75..9160524226 100644
--- a/modules/redpanda/redpanda.go
+++ b/modules/redpanda/redpanda.go
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ package redpanda
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
 	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"text/template"
@@ -193,6 +196,11 @@ func RunContainer(ctx context.Context, opts ...testcontainers.ContainerCustomize
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to wait for Redpanda readiness: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	scheme := "http"
+	if settings.EnableTLS {
+		scheme += "s"
+	}
+
 	// 9. Create Redpanda Service Accounts if configured to do so.
 	if len(settings.ServiceAccounts) > 0 {
 		adminAPIPort, err := container.MappedPort(ctx, nat.Port(defaultAdminAPIPort))
@@ -200,8 +208,27 @@ func RunContainer(ctx context.Context, opts ...testcontainers.ContainerCustomize
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get mapped Admin API port: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		adminAPIUrl := fmt.Sprintf("http://%v:%d", hostIP, adminAPIPort.Int())
+		adminAPIUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%s://%v:%d", scheme, hostIP, adminAPIPort.Int())
 		adminCl := NewAdminAPIClient(adminAPIUrl)
+		if settings.EnableTLS {
+			cert, err := tls.X509KeyPair(settings.cert, settings.key)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create admin client with cert: %w", err)
+			}
+			caCertPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+			caCertPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(settings.cert)
+			adminCl = adminCl.WithHTTPClient(&http.Client{
+				Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+				Transport: &http.Transport{
+					ForceAttemptHTTP2:   true,
+					TLSHandshakeTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+					TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+						Certificates: []tls.Certificate{cert},
+						RootCAs:      caCertPool,
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		}
 
 		for username, password := range settings.ServiceAccounts {
 			if err := adminCl.CreateUser(ctx, username, password); err != nil {
@@ -210,11 +237,6 @@ func RunContainer(ctx context.Context, opts ...testcontainers.ContainerCustomize
 		}
 	}
 
-	scheme := "http"
-	if settings.EnableTLS {
-		scheme += "s"
-	}
-
 	return &Container{Container: container, urlScheme: scheme}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/redpanda/redpanda_test.go b/modules/redpanda/redpanda_test.go
index f33ac4221b..2c84d28c03 100644
--- a/modules/redpanda/redpanda_test.go
+++ b/modules/redpanda/redpanda_test.go
@@ -282,6 +282,50 @@ func TestRedpandaWithTLS(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, results.FirstErr(), kerr.UnknownTopicOrPartition)
 }
 
+func TestRedpandaWithTLSAndSASL(t *testing.T) {
+	cert, err := tls.X509KeyPair(localhostCert, localhostKey)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to load key pair")
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	container, err := RunContainer(ctx,
+		WithTLS(localhostCert, localhostKey),
+		WithEnableSASL(),
+		WithEnableKafkaAuthorization(),
+		WithNewServiceAccount("superuser-1", "test"),
+		WithSuperusers("superuser-1"),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		if err := container.Terminate(ctx); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to terminate container: %s", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	caCertPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+	caCertPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(localhostCert)
+
+	tlsConfig := &tls.Config{
+		Certificates: []tls.Certificate{cert},
+		RootCAs:      caCertPool,
+	}
+
+	broker, err := container.KafkaSeedBroker(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	kafkaCl, err := kgo.NewClient(
+		kgo.SeedBrokers(broker),
+		kgo.DialTLSConfig(tlsConfig),
+		kgo.SASL(scram.Auth{
+			User: "superuser-1",
+			Pass: "test",
+		}.AsSha256Mechanism()),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer kafkaCl.Close()
+}
+
 func TestRedpandaListener_Simple(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()