diff --git a/control_plane/storcon_cli/src/main.rs b/control_plane/storcon_cli/src/main.rs
index c503697acc..b7e479d90c 100644
--- a/control_plane/storcon_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/control_plane/storcon_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -385,8 +385,6 @@ where
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let cli = Cli::parse();
 
-    let storcon_client = Client::new(cli.api.clone(), cli.jwt.clone());
-
     let ssl_ca_certs = match &cli.ssl_ca_file {
         Some(ssl_ca_file) => {
             let buf = tokio::fs::read(ssl_ca_file).await?;
@@ -401,9 +399,11 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     }
     let http_client = http_client.build()?;
 
+    let storcon_client = Client::new(http_client.clone(), cli.api.clone(), cli.jwt.clone());
+
     let mut trimmed = cli.api.to_string();
     trimmed.pop();
-    let vps_client = mgmt_api::Client::new(http_client, trimmed, cli.jwt.as_deref());
+    let vps_client = mgmt_api::Client::new(http_client.clone(), trimmed, cli.jwt.as_deref());
 
     match cli.command {
         Command::NodeRegister {
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             const DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CONCURRENCY: usize = 8;
             let mut stream = futures::stream::iter(moves)
                 .map(|mv| {
-                    let client = Client::new(cli.api.clone(), cli.jwt.clone());
+                    let client = Client::new(http_client.clone(), cli.api.clone(), cli.jwt.clone());
                     async move {
                         client
                             .dispatch::<TenantShardMigrateRequest, TenantShardMigrateResponse>(
diff --git a/libs/safekeeper_api/src/models.rs b/libs/safekeeper_api/src/models.rs
index 20f11edae7..51f88625da 100644
--- a/libs/safekeeper_api/src/models.rs
+++ b/libs/safekeeper_api/src/models.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ pub struct PeerInfo {
     pub ts: Instant,
     pub pg_connstr: String,
     pub http_connstr: String,
+    pub https_connstr: Option<String>,
 }
 
 pub type FullTransactionId = u64;
@@ -261,6 +262,8 @@ pub struct SkTimelineInfo {
     pub safekeeper_connstr: Option<String>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub http_connstr: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub https_connstr: Option<String>,
     // Minimum of all active RO replicas flush LSN
     #[serde(default = "lsn_invalid")]
     pub standby_horizon: Lsn,
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/import_pgdata/upcall_api.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/import_pgdata/upcall_api.rs
index 7c7a4de2fc..352bbbc4d4 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/import_pgdata/upcall_api.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/import_pgdata/upcall_api.rs
@@ -32,9 +32,15 @@ impl Client {
         let Some(ref base_url) = conf.import_pgdata_upcall_api else {
             anyhow::bail!("import_pgdata_upcall_api is not configured")
         };
+        let mut http_client = reqwest::Client::builder();
+        for cert in &conf.ssl_ca_certs {
+            http_client = http_client.add_root_certificate(cert.clone());
+        }
+        let http_client = http_client.build()?;
+
         Ok(Self {
             base_url: base_url.to_string(),
-            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
+            client: http_client,
             cancel,
             authorization_header: conf
                 .import_pgdata_upcall_api_token
diff --git a/safekeeper/src/bin/safekeeper.rs b/safekeeper/src/bin/safekeeper.rs
index 6ce43815a6..18aa710916 100644
--- a/safekeeper/src/bin/safekeeper.rs
+++ b/safekeeper/src/bin/safekeeper.rs
@@ -219,7 +219,10 @@ struct Args {
     pub ssl_cert_reload_period: Duration,
     /// Trusted root CA certificates to use in https APIs.
     #[arg(long)]
-    ssl_ca_file: Option<Utf8PathBuf>,
+    pub ssl_ca_file: Option<Utf8PathBuf>,
+    /// Flag to use https for requests to peer's safekeeper API.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub use_https_safekeeper_api: bool,
 }
 
 // Like PathBufValueParser, but allows empty string.
@@ -399,6 +402,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         ssl_cert_file: args.ssl_cert_file,
         ssl_cert_reload_period: args.ssl_cert_reload_period,
         ssl_ca_certs,
+        use_https_safekeeper_api: args.use_https_safekeeper_api,
     });
 
     // initialize sentry if SENTRY_DSN is provided
diff --git a/safekeeper/src/http/routes.rs b/safekeeper/src/http/routes.rs
index 8395c88171..312456e5b2 100644
--- a/safekeeper/src/http/routes.rs
+++ b/safekeeper/src/http/routes.rs
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ async fn record_safekeeper_info(mut request: Request<Body>) -> Result<Response<B
         peer_horizon_lsn: sk_info.peer_horizon_lsn.0,
         safekeeper_connstr: sk_info.safekeeper_connstr.unwrap_or_else(|| "".to_owned()),
         http_connstr: sk_info.http_connstr.unwrap_or_else(|| "".to_owned()),
+        https_connstr: sk_info.https_connstr,
         backup_lsn: sk_info.backup_lsn.0,
         local_start_lsn: sk_info.local_start_lsn.0,
         availability_zone: None,
diff --git a/safekeeper/src/lib.rs b/safekeeper/src/lib.rs
index 54f36939f4..3ca51ba40a 100644
--- a/safekeeper/src/lib.rs
+++ b/safekeeper/src/lib.rs
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ pub struct SafeKeeperConf {
     pub ssl_cert_file: Utf8PathBuf,
     pub ssl_cert_reload_period: Duration,
     pub ssl_ca_certs: Vec<Certificate>,
+    pub use_https_safekeeper_api: bool,
 }
 
 impl SafeKeeperConf {
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ impl SafeKeeperConf {
             ssl_cert_file: Utf8PathBuf::from(defaults::DEFAULT_SSL_CERT_FILE),
             ssl_cert_reload_period: Duration::from_secs(60),
             ssl_ca_certs: Vec::new(),
+            use_https_safekeeper_api: false,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/safekeeper/src/recovery.rs b/safekeeper/src/recovery.rs
index c2760792b8..25b40f5d2e 100644
--- a/safekeeper/src/recovery.rs
+++ b/safekeeper/src/recovery.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ pub struct Donor {
     pub flush_lsn: Lsn,
     pub pg_connstr: String,
     pub http_connstr: String,
+    pub https_connstr: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl From<&PeerInfo> for Donor {
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ impl From<&PeerInfo> for Donor {
             flush_lsn: p.flush_lsn,
             pg_connstr: p.pg_connstr.clone(),
             http_connstr: p.http_connstr.clone(),
+            https_connstr: p.https_connstr.clone(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -236,11 +238,33 @@ async fn recover(
     conf: &SafeKeeperConf,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
     // Learn donor term switch history to figure out starting point.
-    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+
+    let mut client = reqwest::Client::builder();
+    for cert in &conf.ssl_ca_certs {
+        client = client.add_root_certificate(cert.clone());
+    }
+    let client = client
+        .build()
+        .context("Failed to build http client for recover")?;
+
+    let url = if conf.use_https_safekeeper_api {
+        if let Some(https_connstr) = donor.https_connstr.as_ref() {
+            format!("https://{https_connstr}")
+        } else {
+            anyhow::bail!(
+                "cannot recover from donor {}: \
+                https is enabled, but https_connstr is not specified",
+                donor.sk_id
+            );
+        }
+    } else {
+        format!("http://{}", donor.http_connstr)
+    };
+
     let timeline_info: TimelineStatus = client
         .get(format!(
-            "http://{}/v1/tenant/{}/timeline/{}",
-            donor.http_connstr, tli.ttid.tenant_id, tli.ttid.timeline_id
+            "{}/v1/tenant/{}/timeline/{}",
+            url, tli.ttid.tenant_id, tli.ttid.timeline_id
         ))
         .send()
         .await?
diff --git a/safekeeper/src/timeline.rs b/safekeeper/src/timeline.rs
index d9ca58104e..e6a7ade9f2 100644
--- a/safekeeper/src/timeline.rs
+++ b/safekeeper/src/timeline.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ fn peer_info_from_sk_info(sk_info: &SafekeeperTimelineInfo, ts: Instant) -> Peer
         local_start_lsn: Lsn(sk_info.local_start_lsn),
         pg_connstr: sk_info.safekeeper_connstr.clone(),
         http_connstr: sk_info.http_connstr.clone(),
+        https_connstr: sk_info.https_connstr.clone(),
         ts,
     }
 }
@@ -363,6 +364,7 @@ impl SharedState {
                 .to_owned()
                 .unwrap_or(conf.listen_pg_addr.clone()),
             http_connstr: conf.listen_http_addr.to_owned(),
+            https_connstr: conf.listen_https_addr.to_owned(),
             backup_lsn: self.sk.state().inmem.backup_lsn.0,
             local_start_lsn: self.sk.state().local_start_lsn.0,
             availability_zone: conf.availability_zone.clone(),
diff --git a/safekeeper/tests/walproposer_sim/safekeeper.rs b/safekeeper/tests/walproposer_sim/safekeeper.rs
index 58913537aa..b3f088d31c 100644
--- a/safekeeper/tests/walproposer_sim/safekeeper.rs
+++ b/safekeeper/tests/walproposer_sim/safekeeper.rs
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ pub fn run_server(os: NodeOs, disk: Arc<SafekeeperDisk>) -> Result<()> {
         ssl_cert_file: Utf8PathBuf::from(""),
         ssl_cert_reload_period: Duration::ZERO,
         ssl_ca_certs: Vec::new(),
+        use_https_safekeeper_api: false,
     };
 
     let mut global = GlobalMap::new(disk, conf.clone())?;
diff --git a/storage_broker/benches/rps.rs b/storage_broker/benches/rps.rs
index 86f2dd9a6c..0fef6a58e0 100644
--- a/storage_broker/benches/rps.rs
+++ b/storage_broker/benches/rps.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ async fn publish(client: Option<BrokerClientChannel>, n_keys: u64) {
                 peer_horizon_lsn: 5,
                 safekeeper_connstr: "zenith-1-sk-1.local:7676".to_owned(),
                 http_connstr: "zenith-1-sk-1.local:7677".to_owned(),
+                https_connstr: Some("zenith-1-sk-1.local:7678".to_owned()),
                 local_start_lsn: 0,
                 availability_zone: None,
                 standby_horizon: 0,
diff --git a/storage_broker/proto/broker.proto b/storage_broker/proto/broker.proto
index a420fd9c66..3891685589 100644
--- a/storage_broker/proto/broker.proto
+++ b/storage_broker/proto/broker.proto
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ message SafekeeperTimelineInfo {
     uint64 standby_horizon = 14;
     // A connection string to use for WAL receiving.
     string safekeeper_connstr = 10;
-    // HTTP endpoint connection string
+    // HTTP endpoint connection string.
     string http_connstr = 13;
+    // HTTPS endpoint connection string.
+    optional string https_connstr = 15;
     // Availability zone of a safekeeper.
     optional string availability_zone = 11;
 }
diff --git a/storage_broker/src/bin/storage_broker.rs b/storage_broker/src/bin/storage_broker.rs
index cc33ec20ff..f1bd7ba708 100644
--- a/storage_broker/src/bin/storage_broker.rs
+++ b/storage_broker/src/bin/storage_broker.rs
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ mod tests {
             peer_horizon_lsn: 5,
             safekeeper_connstr: "neon-1-sk-1.local:7676".to_owned(),
             http_connstr: "neon-1-sk-1.local:7677".to_owned(),
+            https_connstr: Some("neon-1-sk-1.local:7678".to_owned()),
             local_start_lsn: 0,
             availability_zone: None,
             standby_horizon: 0,
diff --git a/storage_controller/client/src/control_api.rs b/storage_controller/client/src/control_api.rs
index 7888b18aa7..7afc835675 100644
--- a/storage_controller/client/src/control_api.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/client/src/control_api.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ pub struct Client {
 }
 
 impl Client {
-    pub fn new(base_url: Url, jwt_token: Option<String>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(http_client: reqwest::Client, base_url: Url, jwt_token: Option<String>) -> Self {
         Self {
             base_url,
             jwt_token,
-            client: reqwest::ClientBuilder::new()
-                .build()
-                .expect("Failed to construct http client"),
+            client: http_client,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/storage_controller/src/compute_hook.rs b/storage_controller/src/compute_hook.rs
index 0da35d6545..31ab443ccd 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/compute_hook.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/compute_hook.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::error::Error as _;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use anyhow::Context;
 use control_plane::endpoint::{ComputeControlPlane, EndpointStatus};
 use control_plane::local_env::LocalEnv;
 use futures::StreamExt;
@@ -364,25 +365,28 @@ pub(crate) struct ShardUpdate<'a> {
 }
 
 impl ComputeHook {
-    pub(super) fn new(config: Config) -> Self {
+    pub(super) fn new(config: Config) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let authorization_header = config
             .control_plane_jwt_token
             .clone()
             .map(|jwt| format!("Bearer {}", jwt));
 
-        let client = reqwest::ClientBuilder::new()
-            .timeout(NOTIFY_REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+        let mut client = reqwest::ClientBuilder::new().timeout(NOTIFY_REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
+        for cert in &config.ssl_ca_certs {
+            client = client.add_root_certificate(cert.clone());
+        }
+        let client = client
             .build()
-            .expect("Failed to construct HTTP client");
+            .context("Failed to build http client for compute hook")?;
 
-        Self {
+        Ok(Self {
             state: Default::default(),
             config,
             authorization_header,
             neon_local_lock: Default::default(),
             api_concurrency: tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(API_CONCURRENCY),
             client,
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     /// For test environments: use neon_local's LocalEnv to update compute
diff --git a/storage_controller/src/http.rs b/storage_controller/src/http.rs
index f06e83d720..0caf6e3766 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/http.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/http.rs
@@ -1744,19 +1744,17 @@ async fn maybe_forward(req: Request<Body>) -> ForwardOutcome {
     // Use [`RECONCILE_TIMEOUT`] as the max amount of time a request should block for and
     // include some leeway to get the timeout for proxied requests.
     const PROXIED_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(RECONCILE_TIMEOUT.as_secs() + 10);
-    let client = reqwest::ClientBuilder::new()
-        .timeout(PROXIED_REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
-        .build();
-    let client = match client {
-        Ok(client) => client,
-        Err(err) => {
-            return ForwardOutcome::Forwarded(Err(ApiError::InternalServerError(anyhow::anyhow!(
-                "Failed to build leader client for forwarding while in stepped down state: {err}"
-            ))));
-        }
-    };
 
-    let request: reqwest::Request = match convert_request(req, &client, leader.address).await {
+    let client = state.service.get_http_client().clone();
+
+    let request: reqwest::Request = match convert_request(
+        req,
+        &client,
+        leader.address,
+        PROXIED_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+    )
+    .await
+    {
         Ok(r) => r,
         Err(err) => {
             return ForwardOutcome::Forwarded(Err(ApiError::InternalServerError(anyhow::anyhow!(
@@ -1814,6 +1812,7 @@ async fn convert_request(
     req: hyper::Request<Body>,
     client: &reqwest::Client,
     to_address: String,
+    timeout: Duration,
 ) -> Result<reqwest::Request, ApiError> {
     use std::str::FromStr;
 
@@ -1868,6 +1867,7 @@ async fn convert_request(
         .request(method, uri)
         .headers(headers)
         .body(body)
+        .timeout(timeout)
         .build()
         .map_err(|err| {
             ApiError::InternalServerError(anyhow::anyhow!("Request conversion failed: {err}"))
diff --git a/storage_controller/src/leadership.rs b/storage_controller/src/leadership.rs
index 5e1d6f3ec9..39c28d60a9 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/leadership.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/leadership.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,20 @@ impl Leadership {
     ) -> Option<GlobalObservedState> {
         tracing::info!("Sending step down request to {leader:?}");
 
+        let mut http_client = reqwest::Client::builder();
+        for cert in &self.config.ssl_ca_certs {
+            http_client = http_client.add_root_certificate(cert.clone());
+        }
+        let http_client = match http_client.build() {
+            Ok(http_client) => http_client,
+            Err(err) => {
+                tracing::error!("Failed to build client for leader step-down request: {err}");
+                return None;
+            }
+        };
+
         let client = PeerClient::new(
+            http_client,
             Uri::try_from(leader.address.as_str()).expect("Failed to build leader URI"),
             self.config.peer_jwt_token.clone(),
         );
diff --git a/storage_controller/src/peer_client.rs b/storage_controller/src/peer_client.rs
index f3f275dee0..604d1024ba 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/peer_client.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/peer_client.rs
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ impl ResponseErrorMessageExt for reqwest::Response {
 pub(crate) struct GlobalObservedState(pub(crate) HashMap<TenantShardId, ObservedState>);
 
 impl PeerClient {
-    pub(crate) fn new(uri: Uri, jwt: Option<String>) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(http_client: reqwest::Client, uri: Uri, jwt: Option<String>) -> Self {
         Self {
             uri,
             jwt,
-            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
+            client: http_client,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/storage_controller/src/service.rs b/storage_controller/src/service.rs
index 9f308d9a0b..50f642deaf 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/service.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/service.rs
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ impl Service {
             ))),
             config: config.clone(),
             persistence,
-            compute_hook: Arc::new(ComputeHook::new(config.clone())),
+            compute_hook: Arc::new(ComputeHook::new(config.clone())?),
             result_tx,
             heartbeater_ps,
             heartbeater_sk,
diff --git a/storage_scrubber/src/lib.rs b/storage_scrubber/src/lib.rs
index 34e43fcc0b..071f0b9756 100644
--- a/storage_scrubber/src/lib.rs
+++ b/storage_scrubber/src/lib.rs
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ pub struct ControllerClientConfig {
 }
 
 impl ControllerClientConfig {
-    pub fn build_client(self) -> control_api::Client {
-        control_api::Client::new(self.controller_api, Some(self.controller_jwt))
+    pub fn build_client(self, http_client: reqwest::Client) -> control_api::Client {
+        control_api::Client::new(http_client, self.controller_api, Some(self.controller_jwt))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/storage_scrubber/src/main.rs b/storage_scrubber/src/main.rs
index fb2ab02565..4823c43e10 100644
--- a/storage_scrubber/src/main.rs
+++ b/storage_scrubber/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use pageserver_api::controller_api::{MetadataHealthUpdateRequest, MetadataHealthUpdateResponse};
 use pageserver_api::shard::TenantShardId;
-use reqwest::{Method, Url};
+use reqwest::{Certificate, Method, Url};
 use storage_controller_client::control_api;
 use storage_scrubber::garbage::{PurgeMode, find_garbage, purge_garbage};
 use storage_scrubber::pageserver_physical_gc::{GcMode, pageserver_physical_gc};
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ struct Cli {
     /// If set to true, the scrubber will exit with error code on fatal error.
     #[arg(long, default_value_t = false)]
     exit_code: bool,
+
+    /// Trusted root CA certificates to use in https APIs.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    ssl_ca_file: Option<Utf8PathBuf>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Subcommand, Debug)]
@@ -146,13 +150,28 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     tracing::info!("version: {}, build_tag {}", GIT_VERSION, BUILD_TAG);
 
+    let ssl_ca_certs = match cli.ssl_ca_file.as_ref() {
+        Some(ssl_ca_file) => {
+            tracing::info!("Using ssl root CA file: {ssl_ca_file:?}");
+            let buf = tokio::fs::read(ssl_ca_file).await?;
+            Certificate::from_pem_bundle(&buf)?
+        }
+        None => Vec::new(),
+    };
+
+    let mut http_client = reqwest::Client::builder();
+    for cert in ssl_ca_certs {
+        http_client = http_client.add_root_certificate(cert);
+    }
+    let http_client = http_client.build()?;
+
     let controller_client = cli.controller_api.map(|controller_api| {
         ControllerClientConfig {
             controller_api,
             // Default to no key: this is a convenience when working in a development environment
             controller_jwt: cli.controller_jwt.unwrap_or("".to_owned()),
         }
-        .build_client()
+        .build_client(http_client)
     });
 
     match cli.command {
diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index 11ff2921b9..86b6043552 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -1318,6 +1318,7 @@ class NeonEnv:
                 "http_port": port.http,
                 "https_port": port.https,
                 "sync": config.safekeepers_enable_fsync,
+                "use_https_safekeeper_api": config.use_https_safekeeper_api,
             }
             if config.auth_enabled:
                 sk_cfg["auth_enabled"] = True