diff --git a/modules/mockserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainer.java b/modules/mockserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainer.java
index 8b39d5d3763..374cf2d928d 100644
--- a/modules/mockserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainer.java
+++ b/modules/mockserver/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainer.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public MockServerContainer(DockerImageName dockerImageName) {
         super(dockerImageName);
         dockerImageName.assertCompatibleWith(DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME, DockerImageName.parse("mockserver/mockserver"));
 
-        waitingFor(Wait.forHttp("/mockserver/status").withMethod("PUT").forStatusCode(200));
+        waitingFor(Wait.forLogMessage(".*started on port: " + PORT + ".*", 1));
 
         withCommand("-serverPort " + PORT);
         addExposedPorts(PORT);
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ public String getEndpoint() {
         return String.format("http://%s:%d", getHost(), getMappedPort(PORT));
     }
 
+    public String getSecureEndpoint() {
+        return String.format("https://%s:%d", getHost(), getMappedPort(PORT));
+    }
+
     public Integer getServerPort() {
         return getMappedPort(PORT);
     }
diff --git a/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerTest.java b/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerTest.java
index c7225cfe1c2..3f4a8fef293 100644
--- a/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/MockServerContainerTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,53 @@ public void shouldCallActualMockserverVersion() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldCallMockserverUsingTlsProtocol() throws Exception {
+        try (MockServerContainer mockServer = new MockServerContainer(MOCKSERVER_IMAGE)) {
+            mockServer.start();
+
+            String expectedBody = "Hello World!";
+
+            try (
+                MockServerClient client = new MockServerClient(mockServer.getHost(), mockServer.getServerPort())
+                    .withSecure(true)
+            ) {
+                assertThat(client.hasStarted()).as("Mockserver running").isTrue();
+
+                client.when(request().withPath("/hello")).respond(response().withBody(expectedBody));
+
+                assertThat(SimpleHttpClient.secureResponseFromMockserver(mockServer, "/hello"))
+                    .as("MockServer returns correct result")
+                    .isEqualTo(expectedBody);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldCallMockserverUsingMutualTlsProtocol() throws Exception {
+        try (
+            MockServerContainer mockServer = new MockServerContainer(MOCKSERVER_IMAGE)
+                .withEnv("MOCKSERVER_TLS_MUTUAL_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED", "true")
+        ) {
+            mockServer.start();
+
+            String expectedBody = "Hello World!";
+
+            try (
+                MockServerClient client = new MockServerClient(mockServer.getHost(), mockServer.getServerPort())
+                    .withSecure(true)
+            ) {
+                assertThat(client.hasStarted()).as("Mockserver running").isTrue();
+
+                client.when(request().withPath("/hello")).respond(response().withBody(expectedBody));
+
+                assertThat(SimpleHttpClient.secureResponseFromMockserver(mockServer, "/hello"))
+                    .as("MockServer returns correct result")
+                    .isEqualTo(expectedBody);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void newVersionStartsWithDefaultWaitStrategy() {
         try (MockServerContainer mockServer = new MockServerContainer(MOCKSERVER_IMAGE)) {
diff --git a/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SimpleHttpClient.java b/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SimpleHttpClient.java
index da60ca9396a..6c7e75c4622 100644
--- a/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SimpleHttpClient.java
+++ b/modules/mockserver/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/SimpleHttpClient.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package org.testcontainers.containers;
 
 import lombok.Cleanup;
+import org.mockserver.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.mockserver.logging.MockServerLogger;
+import org.mockserver.socket.tls.KeyStoreFactory;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -8,6 +11,8 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
+
 public class SimpleHttpClient {
 
     public static String responseFromMockserver(MockServerContainer mockServer, String path) throws IOException {
@@ -16,4 +21,21 @@ public static String responseFromMockserver(MockServerContainer mockServer, Stri
         BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()));
         return reader.readLine();
     }
+
+    public static String secureResponseFromMockserver(MockServerContainer mockServer, String path) throws IOException {
+        HttpsURLConnection httpUrlConnection = (HttpsURLConnection) new URL(mockServer.getSecureEndpoint() + path)
+            .openConnection();
+        try {
+            httpUrlConnection.setSSLSocketFactory(
+                new KeyStoreFactory(Configuration.configuration(), new MockServerLogger())
+                    .sslContext()
+                    .getSocketFactory()
+            );
+            @Cleanup
+            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(httpUrlConnection.getInputStream()));
+            return reader.readLine();
+        } finally {
+            httpUrlConnection.disconnect();
+        }
+    }
 }