diff --git a/src-tauri/src/drivers/postgres/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/drivers/postgres/mod.rs
index 50ba7480..44eee4dc 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/drivers/postgres/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/drivers/postgres/mod.rs
@@ -1412,13 +1412,23 @@ impl DatabaseDriver for PostgresDriver {
         use urlencoding::encode;
         let user = encode(params.username.as_deref().unwrap_or_default());
         let pass = encode(params.password.as_deref().unwrap_or_default());
+        let sslmode = match params.ssl_mode.as_deref() {
+            Some("disable") => "disable",
+            Some("allow") => "allow",
+            Some("prefer") => "prefer",
+            Some("require") => "require",
+            Some("verify-ca") => "verify-ca",
+            Some("verify-full") => "verify-full",
+            _ => "prefer",
+        };
         Ok(format!(
-            "postgres://{}:{}@{}:{}/{}",
+            "postgres://{}:{}@{}:{}/{}?sslmode={}",
             user,
             pass,
             params.host.as_deref().unwrap_or("localhost"),
             params.port.unwrap_or(5432),
-            params.database
+            params.database,
+            sslmode
         ))
     }
 
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/drivers/postgres/tests.rs b/src-tauri/src/drivers/postgres/tests.rs
index c0635746..5d7766db 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/drivers/postgres/tests.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/drivers/postgres/tests.rs
@@ -536,3 +536,40 @@ mod build_pk_predicate_tests {
         assert!(build_pk_predicate("id", serde_json::json!(true), 1).is_err());
     }
 }
+
+mod build_connection_url_tests {
+    use super::super::PostgresDriver;
+    use crate::drivers::driver_trait::DatabaseDriver;
+    use crate::models::{ConnectionParams, DatabaseSelection};
+
+    fn params_with_ssl_mode(ssl_mode: Option<&str>) -> ConnectionParams {
+        ConnectionParams {
+            driver: "postgres".to_string(),
+            host: Some("127.0.0.1".to_string()),
+            port: Some(5432),
+            username: Some("postgres".to_string()),
+            password: Some("secret".to_string()),
+            database: DatabaseSelection::Single("app".to_string()),
+            ssl_mode: ssl_mode.map(|s| s.to_string()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn includes_disabled_ssl_mode() {
+        let driver = PostgresDriver::new();
+        let url = driver
+            .build_connection_url(&params_with_ssl_mode(Some("disable")))
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(url.contains("sslmode=disable"), "url was: {url}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn defaults_to_prefer_when_unset() {
+        let driver = PostgresDriver::new();
+        let url = driver
+            .build_connection_url(&params_with_ssl_mode(None))
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(url.contains("sslmode=prefer"), "url was: {url}");
+    }
+}