diff --git a/homeassistant/components/hikvision/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/hikvision/__init__.py
index ceede798bcb9..d1f539470e23 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/hikvision/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/hikvision/__init__.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: HikvisionConfigEntry) ->
 
     try:
         camera = await hass.async_add_executor_job(
-            HikCamera, url, port, username, password
+            HikCamera, url, port, username, password, ssl
         )
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:
         raise ConfigEntryNotReady(f"Unable to connect to {host}") from err
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/hikvision/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/hikvision/config_flow.py
index c954b9d5edc0..a38cf8d8ed5b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/hikvision/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/hikvision/config_flow.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class HikvisionConfigFlow(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
 
             try:
                 camera = await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(
-                    HikCamera, url, port, username, password
+                    HikCamera, url, port, username, password, ssl
                 )
             except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
                 _LOGGER.exception("Error connecting to Hikvision device")
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class HikvisionConfigFlow(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
 
         try:
             camera = await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(
-                HikCamera, url, port, username, password
+                HikCamera, url, port, username, password, ssl
             )
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
             _LOGGER.exception(
diff --git a/tests/components/hikvision/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/hikvision/test_config_flow.py
index dd8d5c4233ec..46081077a17f 100644
--- a/tests/components/hikvision/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/hikvision/test_config_flow.py
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ async def test_form(
         CONF_SSL: False,
     }
 
+    # Verify HikCamera was called with the ssl parameter
+    mock_hikcamera.assert_called_once_with(
+        f"http://{TEST_HOST}", TEST_PORT, TEST_USERNAME, TEST_PASSWORD, False
+    )
+
 
 async def test_form_cannot_connect(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
@@ -213,6 +218,11 @@ async def test_import_flow(
         CONF_SSL: False,
     }
 
+    # Verify HikCamera was called with the ssl parameter
+    mock_hikcamera.assert_called_once_with(
+        f"http://{TEST_HOST}", TEST_PORT, TEST_USERNAME, TEST_PASSWORD, False
+    )
+
 
 async def test_import_flow_with_defaults(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
@@ -310,3 +320,33 @@ async def test_import_flow_already_configured(
 
     assert result["type"] is FlowResultType.ABORT
     assert result["reason"] == "already_configured"
+
+
+async def test_form_with_ssl(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    mock_setup_entry: AsyncMock,
+    mock_hikcamera: MagicMock,
+) -> None:
+    """Test user flow with ssl enabled passes ssl parameter to HikCamera."""
+    result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
+        DOMAIN, context={"source": SOURCE_USER}
+    )
+
+    result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_configure(
+        result["flow_id"],
+        {
+            CONF_HOST: TEST_HOST,
+            CONF_PORT: TEST_PORT,
+            CONF_USERNAME: TEST_USERNAME,
+            CONF_PASSWORD: TEST_PASSWORD,
+            CONF_SSL: True,
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert result["type"] is FlowResultType.CREATE_ENTRY
+    assert result["data"][CONF_SSL] is True
+
+    # Verify HikCamera was called with ssl=True
+    mock_hikcamera.assert_called_once_with(
+        f"https://{TEST_HOST}", TEST_PORT, TEST_USERNAME, TEST_PASSWORD, True
+    )
diff --git a/tests/components/hikvision/test_init.py b/tests/components/hikvision/test_init.py
index 2314a78143fd..389fbf711830 100644
--- a/tests/components/hikvision/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/hikvision/test_init.py
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 import requests
 
 from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigEntryState
+from homeassistant.const import CONF_SSL
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
 
 from . import setup_integration
+from .conftest import TEST_HOST, TEST_PASSWORD, TEST_PORT, TEST_USERNAME
 
 from tests.common import MockConfigEntry
 
@@ -23,6 +25,11 @@ async def test_setup_and_unload_entry(
     assert mock_config_entry.state is ConfigEntryState.LOADED
     mock_hikcamera.return_value.start_stream.assert_called_once()
 
+    # Verify HikCamera was called with the ssl parameter
+    mock_hikcamera.assert_called_once_with(
+        f"http://{TEST_HOST}", TEST_PORT, TEST_USERNAME, TEST_PASSWORD, False
+    )
+
     await hass.config_entries.async_unload(mock_config_entry.entry_id)
     await hass.async_block_till_done()
 
@@ -30,6 +37,28 @@ async def test_setup_and_unload_entry(
     mock_hikcamera.return_value.disconnect.assert_called_once()
 
 
+async def test_setup_entry_with_ssl(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    mock_config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
+    mock_hikcamera: MagicMock,
+) -> None:
+    """Test setup with ssl enabled passes ssl parameter to HikCamera."""
+    mock_config_entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+    hass.config_entries.async_update_entry(
+        mock_config_entry, data={**mock_config_entry.data, CONF_SSL: True}
+    )
+
+    await hass.config_entries.async_setup(mock_config_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    assert mock_config_entry.state is ConfigEntryState.LOADED
+
+    # Verify HikCamera was called with ssl=True
+    mock_hikcamera.assert_called_once_with(
+        f"https://{TEST_HOST}", TEST_PORT, TEST_USERNAME, TEST_PASSWORD, True
+    )
+
+
 async def test_setup_entry_connection_error(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
     mock_config_entry: MockConfigEntry,