diff --git a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/BrokerService.java b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/BrokerService.java
index a3dce7f7ba..e50fdf8483 100644
--- a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/BrokerService.java
+++ b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/BrokerService.java
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ public class BrokerService implements Service {
    public String TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD;
    public String storeType;
 
+   private SslContext sslContext;
+
    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BrokerService.class);
 
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ public class BrokerService implements Service {
    private boolean startAsync = false;
    public Set<Integer> extraConnectors = new HashSet<Integer>();
 
-   private final List<TransportConnector> transportConnectors = new ArrayList<TransportConnector>();
+   private List<TransportConnector> transportConnectors = new ArrayList<TransportConnector>();
    private File dataDirectoryFile;
 
    private PolicyMap destinationPolicy;
@@ -368,7 +370,7 @@ public class BrokerService implements Service {
    }
 
    public SslContext getSslContext() {
-      return null;
+      return this.sslContext;
    }
 
    public void setDataDirectory(String dataDirectory) {
@@ -465,6 +467,7 @@ public class BrokerService implements Service {
    }
 
    public void setTransportConnectors(List<TransportConnector> transportConnectors) throws Exception {
+      this.transportConnectors = transportConnectors;
    }
 
    public NetworkConnector addNetworkConnector(NetworkConnector connector) throws Exception {
@@ -603,6 +606,7 @@ public class BrokerService implements Service {
    }
 
    public void setSslContext(SslContext sslContext) {
+      this.sslContext = sslContext;
    }
 
    public void setPersistenceFactory(PersistenceAdapterFactory persistenceFactory) {
diff --git a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/activemq-ssl.xml b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/activemq-ssl.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1fe92a9df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/activemq-ssl.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<!-- START SNIPPET: spring -->
+<beans 
+  xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" 
+  xmlns:amq="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
+  http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core/activemq-core.xsd">
+  
+  <!--  lets create an embedded ActiveMQ Broker -->
+  <amq:broker useJmx="false" persistent="false">
+
+    <amq:sslContext>
+      <amq:sslContext 
+      		keyStore="server.keystore" keyStorePassword="password"
+      		trustStore="client.keystore" trustStorePassword="password"/>
+    </amq:sslContext>
+    
+    <amq:transportConnectors>
+      <amq:transportConnector uri="ssl://localhost:61616" />
+    </amq:transportConnectors>
+    
+  </amq:broker>
+  
+</beans>
+
+<!-- END SNIPPET: spring -->