diff --git a/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go b/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
index b1c435e00f..a664ad66ac 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ func localConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 // console to it.
 func remoteConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	// Attach to a remotely running geth instance and start the JavaScript console
-	client, err := dialRPC(ctx.Args().First())
+	dialctx := rpc.MakeTLSConfigContext(utils.MakeClientTLSConfig(ctx))
+	client, err := dialRPCContext(dialctx, ctx.Args().First())
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.Fatalf("Unable to attach to remote geth: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -137,9 +139,14 @@ func remoteConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 // dialRPC returns a RPC client which connects to the given endpoint.
+func dialRPC(endpoint string) (*rpc.Client, error) {
+	return dialRPCContext(context.Background(), endpoint)
+}
+
+// dialRPCContext returns a RPC client which connects to the given endpoint.
 // The check for empty endpoint implements the defaulting logic
 // for "geth attach" and "geth monitor" with no argument.
-func dialRPC(endpoint string) (*rpc.Client, error) {
+func dialRPCContext(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) (*rpc.Client, error) {
 	if endpoint == "" {
 		endpoint = node.DefaultIPCEndpoint(clientIdentifier)
 	} else if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "rpc:") || strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "ipc:") {
@@ -147,7 +154,7 @@ func dialRPC(endpoint string) (*rpc.Client, error) {
 		// these prefixes.
 		endpoint = endpoint[4:]
 	}
-	return rpc.Dial(endpoint)
+	return rpc.DialContext(ctx, endpoint)
 }
 
 // ephemeralConsole starts a new geth node, attaches an ephemeral JavaScript
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 332e1ae8d5..cf833e4ef5 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ func init() {
 		utils.RPCListenAddrFlag,
 		utils.RPCPortFlag,
 		utils.RPCApiFlag,
+		utils.TLSEnabledFlag,
+		utils.TLSCertFileFlag,
+		utils.TLSCertCAFlag,
+		utils.TLSKeyFileFlag,
+		utils.TLSNoVerifyFlag,
 		utils.WSEnabledFlag,
 		utils.WSListenAddrFlag,
 		utils.WSPortFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/geth/monitorcmd.go b/cmd/geth/monitorcmd.go
index 03a1244945..718b55f193 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/monitorcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/monitorcmd.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"context"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func monitor(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	)
 	// Attach to an Ethereum node over IPC or RPC
 	endpoint := ctx.String(monitorCommandAttachFlag.Name)
-	if client, err = dialRPC(endpoint); err != nil {
+	if client, err = dialRPCContext(context.Background(), endpoint); err != nil {
 		utils.Fatalf("Unable to attach to geth node: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer client.Close()
diff --git a/cmd/geth/usage.go b/cmd/geth/usage.go
index 50c742e7c5..bebdcb0210 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/usage.go
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 			utils.RPCListenAddrFlag,
 			utils.RPCPortFlag,
 			utils.RPCApiFlag,
+			utils.TLSEnabledFlag,
+			utils.TLSCertFileFlag,
+			utils.TLSCertCAFlag,
+			utils.TLSKeyFileFlag,
+			utils.TLSNoVerifyFlag,
 			utils.WSEnabledFlag,
 			utils.WSListenAddrFlag,
 			utils.WSPortFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 9df891f788..085cf78cca 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
@@ -274,6 +275,26 @@ var (
 		Usage: "API's offered over the HTTP-RPC interface",
 		Value: rpc.DefaultHTTPApis,
 	}
+	TLSEnabledFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "tls",
+		Usage: "Activate TLS support on HTTP-RPC server",
+	}
+	TLSCertFileFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "tlscert",
+		Usage: "TLS certificate file (auto-generated if empty, and TLS support is enabled)",
+	}
+	TLSCertCAFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "tlscertca",
+		Usage: "Whether provided certificate is serves as its own CA",
+	}
+	TLSKeyFileFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "tlskey",
+		Usage: "TLS key file (auto-generated if empty, and TLS support is enabled)",
+	}
+	TLSNoVerifyFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "tlsnoverify",
+		Usage: "Whether server's TSL certificate must be verified or not (on connection by client)",
+	}
 	IPCDisabledFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "ipcdisable",
 		Usage: "Disable the IPC-RPC server",
@@ -687,6 +708,7 @@ func MakeNode(ctx *cli.Context, name, gitCommit string) *node.Node {
 		WSPort:            ctx.GlobalInt(WSPortFlag.Name),
 		WSOrigins:         ctx.GlobalString(WSAllowedOriginsFlag.Name),
 		WSModules:         MakeRPCModules(ctx.GlobalString(WSApiFlag.Name)),
+		TLSConfig:         MakeServerTLSConfig(ctx),
 	}
 	if ctx.GlobalBool(DevModeFlag.Name) {
 		if !ctx.GlobalIsSet(DataDirFlag.Name) {
@@ -703,6 +725,9 @@ func MakeNode(ctx *cli.Context, name, gitCommit string) *node.Node {
 		}
 		config.NetRestrict = list
 	}
+	if config.TLSConfig != nil {
+		config.TLSEnabled = true
+	}
 
 	stack, err := node.New(config)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -958,3 +983,56 @@ func MakeConsolePreloads(ctx *cli.Context) []string {
 	}
 	return preloads
 }
+
+// MakeServerTLSConfig parses incoming TLS-related options, and produces configuration
+// ready to be injected into server connection's transport
+func MakeServerTLSConfig(ctx *cli.Context) *tls.Config {
+	if !ctx.GlobalBool(RPCEnabledFlag.Name) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if !ctx.GlobalBool(TLSEnabledFlag.Name) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	config, err := rpc.MakeServerTLSConfig(MakeHTTPRpcHost(ctx), MakeTLSCertPath(ctx), MakeTLSKeyPath(ctx))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return config
+}
+
+// MakeClientTLSConfig parses incoming TLS-related options, and produces configuration
+// ready to be injected into client connection's transport
+func MakeClientTLSConfig(ctx *cli.Context) *tls.Config {
+	return rpc.MakeClientTLSConfig(
+		MakeTLSCertPath(ctx), MakeTLSKeyPath(ctx),
+		ctx.GlobalBool(TLSCertCAFlag.Name),
+		ctx.GlobalBool(TLSNoVerifyFlag.Name))
+}
+
+// MakeTLSCertPath returns TLS certificate file path from CLI options
+// (or default one, if nothing is provided in options)
+func MakeTLSCertPath(ctx *cli.Context) string {
+	basePath := MakeDataDir(ctx)
+
+	certPath := ctx.GlobalString(TLSCertFileFlag.Name)
+	if certPath == "" {
+		certPath = filepath.Join(basePath, rpc.DefaultTLSCertFile)
+	}
+
+	return certPath
+}
+
+// MakeTLSKeyPath returns TLS key file path from CLI options
+// (or default one, if nothing is provided in options)
+func MakeTLSKeyPath(ctx *cli.Context) string {
+	basePath := MakeDataDir(ctx)
+
+	keyPath := ctx.GlobalString(TLSKeyFileFlag.Name)
+	if keyPath == "" {
+		keyPath = filepath.Join(basePath, rpc.DefaultTLSKeyFile)
+	}
+
+	return keyPath
+}
diff --git a/node/config.go b/node/config.go
index 8d75e441b7..eb0904498c 100644
--- a/node/config.go
+++ b/node/config.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+	"crypto/tls"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -157,6 +158,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	// exposed.
 	HTTPModules []string
 
+	// TLSEnabled whether TLSConfig was correctly populated, and server is TLS-enabled node.
+	TLSEnabled bool
+
+	// TLSConfig is used to configure TLS capability of a server
+	TLSConfig *tls.Config
+
 	// WSHost is the host interface on which to start the websocket RPC server. If
 	// this field is empty, no websocket API endpoint will be started.
 	WSHost string
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 4b56fba4c5..9df48ba3cc 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package node
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -407,8 +408,17 @@ func (n *Node) startHTTP(endpoint string, apis []rpc.API, modules []string, cors
 	if listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", endpoint); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	if n.config.TLSEnabled {
+		listener = tls.NewListener(listener, n.config.TLSConfig)
+	}
+
 	go rpc.NewHTTPServer(cors, handler).Serve(listener)
-	glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("HTTP endpoint opened: http://%s", endpoint)
+	if n.config.TLSEnabled {
+		glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("HTTPS endpoint opened: https://%s", endpoint)
+	} else {
+		glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("HTTP endpoint opened: http://%s", endpoint)
+	}
 
 	// All listeners booted successfully
 	n.httpEndpoint = endpoint
@@ -424,7 +434,11 @@ func (n *Node) stopHTTP() {
 		n.httpListener.Close()
 		n.httpListener = nil
 
-		glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("HTTP endpoint closed: http://%s", n.httpEndpoint)
+		if n.config.TLSEnabled {
+			glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("HTTPS endpoint closed: https://%s", n.httpEndpoint)
+		} else {
+			glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("HTTP endpoint closed: http://%s", n.httpEndpoint)
+		}
 	}
 	if n.httpHandler != nil {
 		n.httpHandler.Stop()
diff --git a/rpc/client.go b/rpc/client.go
index 34a3b78317..c5513cddba 100644
--- a/rpc/client.go
+++ b/rpc/client.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func DialContext(ctx context.Context, rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
 	}
 	switch u.Scheme {
 	case "http", "https":
-		return DialHTTP(rawurl)
+		return DialHTTP(ctx, rawurl)
 	case "ws", "wss":
 		return DialWebsocket(ctx, rawurl, "")
 	case "":
diff --git a/rpc/http.go b/rpc/http.go
index 7d4fe5d474..14d71f50b4 100644
--- a/rpc/http.go
+++ b/rpc/http.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (hc *httpConn) Close() error {
 }
 
 // DialHTTP creates a new RPC clients that connection to an RPC server over HTTP.
-func DialHTTP(endpoint string) (*Client, error) {
+func DialHTTP(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) (*Client, error) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", endpoint, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -74,7 +74,14 @@ func DialHTTP(endpoint string) (*Client, error) {
 
 	initctx := context.Background()
 	return newClient(initctx, func(context.Context) (net.Conn, error) {
-		return &httpConn{client: new(http.Client), req: req, closed: make(chan struct{})}, nil
+		// configure client capable of TLS handling
+		client := &http.Client{
+			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				TLSClientConfig: TLSConfigFromContext(ctx),
+			},
+		}
+
+		return &httpConn{client: client, req: req, closed: make(chan struct{})}, nil
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/rpc/tls.go b/rpc/tls.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af7c515cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/tls.go
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+package rpc
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/rsa"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"crypto/x509/pkix"
+	"encoding/pem"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"math/big"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
+)
+
+// TLSConfigKey is used to store a TLS configuration within the connection context
+type TLSConfigKey struct{}
+
+const (
+	DefaultTLSCertFile = "tlscert.pem"
+	DefaultTLSKeyFile  = "tlskey.pem"
+)
+
+var (
+	validFor = 365 * 24 * time.Hour
+	rsaBits  = 2048
+)
+
+// TLSConfigFromContext fetches TLS configuration from context.
+// Fetched config is to be normally used to configure client connection's transport.
+func TLSConfigFromContext(ctx context.Context) *tls.Config {
+	config, ok := ctx.Value(TLSConfigKey{}).(*tls.Config)
+	if !ok {
+		return &tls.Config{}
+	}
+	return config
+}
+
+// MakeTLSContext packs TLS configuration into context.
+func MakeTLSConfigContext(config *tls.Config) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(context.Background(), TLSConfigKey{}, config)
+}
+
+func MakeServerTLSConfig(host string, certPath string, keyPath string) (*tls.Config, error) {
+	config := &tls.Config{
+		MinVersion:               tls.VersionTLS12,
+		CurvePreferences:         []tls.CurveID{tls.CurveP521, tls.CurveP384, tls.CurveP256},
+		PreferServerCipherSuites: true,
+		CipherSuites: []uint16{
+			tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,
+			tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+			tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,
+			tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Make sure certificate and key files do exist
+	if err := EnsureCerts(certPath, keyPath, host); err != nil {
+		return config, err
+	}
+
+	// Load certificate/key
+	cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(certPath, keyPath)
+	if err == nil {
+		config.Certificates = []tls.Certificate{cert}
+	}
+
+	return config, nil
+}
+
+// MakeClientTLSConfig is used to configure connection context. Particularly,
+// setting up TLS support for connection transport.
+//
+// For auto-generated certificates, isCA is always true, that's generated
+// certificate is used as its own parent when signing.
+func MakeClientTLSConfig(certPath string, keyPath string, isCA bool, certNoVerify bool) *tls.Config {
+	config := &tls.Config{
+		MinVersion:               tls.VersionTLS12,
+		CurvePreferences:         []tls.CurveID{tls.CurveP521, tls.CurveP384, tls.CurveP256},
+		PreferServerCipherSuites: true,
+		CipherSuites: []uint16{
+			tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,
+			tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+			tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,
+			tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Load certificate/key
+	cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(certPath, keyPath)
+	if err == nil {
+		config.Certificates = []tls.Certificate{cert}
+
+		// Provide CA certs
+		if isCA {
+			if rootCert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(certPath); err == nil {
+				certPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+				certPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(rootCert)
+
+				config.RootCAs = certPool
+				config.ClientCAs = certPool
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Allow to skip TLS certificate verification
+	if certNoVerify {
+		config.InsecureSkipVerify = true
+	}
+
+	return config
+}
+
+// EnsureCerts check certificate/key files, and auto-generates both if necessary
+func EnsureCerts(certPath string, keyPath string, host string) error {
+	var certFileExists, keyFileExists bool
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(certPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		certFileExists = false
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(keyPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		keyFileExists = false
+	}
+
+	// generate cert and private key (if they are not already available)
+	if !certFileExists || !keyFileExists {
+		if err := Generate(certPath, keyPath, host); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func Generate(certPath string, keyPath string, host string) error {
+	priv, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, rsaBits)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate private key: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	notBefore := time.Now()
+	notAfter := notBefore.Add(validFor)
+
+	serialNumberLimit := new(big.Int).Lsh(big.NewInt(1), 128)
+	serialNumber, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, serialNumberLimit)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate serial number: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	template := x509.Certificate{
+		SerialNumber: serialNumber,
+		Subject: pkix.Name{
+			Organization: []string{"Acme Co"},
+		},
+		NotBefore: notBefore,
+		NotAfter:  notAfter,
+
+		KeyUsage:              x509.KeyUsageKeyEncipherment | x509.KeyUsageDigitalSignature,
+		ExtKeyUsage:           []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth},
+		BasicConstraintsValid: true,
+	}
+
+	if ip := net.ParseIP(host); ip != nil {
+		template.IPAddresses = append(template.IPAddresses, ip)
+	} else {
+		template.DNSNames = append(template.DNSNames, host)
+	}
+
+	template.IsCA = true
+	template.KeyUsage |= x509.KeyUsageCertSign
+
+	derBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, &template, &template, &priv.PublicKey, priv)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create certificate: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	certOut, err := os.Create(certPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open "+certPath+" for writing: %s", err)
+	}
+	pem.Encode(certOut, &pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: derBytes})
+	certOut.Close()
+	glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("TLS: %s written", certPath)
+
+	keyOut, err := os.OpenFile(keyPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open "+keyPath+" for writing: %s", err)
+	}
+	pem.Encode(keyOut, &pem.Block{Type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(priv)})
+	keyOut.Close()
+	glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("TLS: %s written", keyPath)
+	return nil
+}