diff --git a/docker-compose.ssl.yml b/docker-compose.ssl.yml
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+version: '2'
+
+services:
+  mdb:
+    image: mongo:3.4.3
+    volumes:
+      - ./tests/backend/mongodb-ssl/certs/mongodb.pem:/etc/ssl/private/mongodb.pem
+      - ./tests/backend/mongodb-ssl/certs/ca-chain.cert.pem:/etc/ssl/ca-chain.pem
+      - ./tests/backend/mongodb-ssl/certs/crl.pem:/etc/ssl/crl.pem
+    command: mongod --replSet=bigchain-rs --sslMode=requireSSL --sslCAFile=/etc/ssl/ca-chain.pem --sslCRLFile=/etc/ssl/crl.pem --sslPEMKeyFile=/etc/ssl/private/mongodb.pem
+
+  bdb:
+    environment:
+      BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_SSL: 1
+      BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_CA_CERT: /etc/ssl/ca-chain.pem
+      BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_CRLFILE: /etc/ssl/crl.pem
+      BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_CERTFILE: /etc/ssl/certs/bigchaindb.cert.pem
+      BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_KEYFILE: /etc/ssl/private/bigchaindb.key.pem
+      BIGCHAINDB_MDB_PEM_KEY_TEST: /etc/ssl/private/
+    volumes:
+      - ./tests/backend/mongodb-ssl/ca:/root/ca
+      - ./tests/backend/mongodb-ssl/certs/ca-chain.cert.pem:/etc/ssl/ca-chain.pem
+      - ./tests/backend/mongodb-ssl/certs/bigchaindb.cert.pem:/etc/ssl/certs/bigchaindb.cert.pem
+      - ./tests/backend/mongodb-ssl/certs/bigchaindb.key.pem:/etc/ssl/private/bigchaindb.key.pem
+      - ./tests/backend/mongodb-ssl/certs/crl.pem:/etc/ssl/crl.pem
+      - ./tests/backend/mongodb-ssl/certs/mongodb.pem:/etc/ssl/private/mongodb.pem