diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index 785849550..fa2751f17 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -943,6 +943,12 @@ until ($quit) {
     $SIG{CHLD} = \&generic_reaper; #THROTTLE
     $listener->close;
 
+    populate_site_hash();
+    my %extrasslargs;
+    if ($::XCATSITEVALS{xcatsslversion}) { $extrasslargs{SSL_version} = $::XCATSITEVALS{xcatsslversion}; }
+    if ($::XCATSITEVALS{xcatsslciphers}) { $extrasslargs{SSL_cipher_list} = $::XCATSITEVALS{xcatsslciphers}; }
+	use Data::Dumper;
+
     $SIG{ALRM} = sub { $ssltimeout = 1; die; }; 
     eval {
       alarm(10);
@@ -951,7 +957,8 @@ until ($quit) {
       SSL_cert_file=>$xcatdir."/cert/server-cred.pem",
       SSL_ca_file=>$xcatdir."/cert/ca.pem",
       SSL_server=>1,
-      SSL_verify_mode=> 1
+      SSL_verify_mode=> 1,
+      %extrasslargs,
       );
       alarm(0);
     };
@@ -973,7 +980,6 @@ until ($quit) {
     } else {
       $peername=undef;
     }
-    populate_site_hash();
     
 if ($inet6support) {
     $peerhost = gethostbyaddr($connection->peeraddr,AF_INET6);