diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25101d1..9246811 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.6.8
+
+* Add a `securityContext` parameter to `self_io.serve()`.
+
 ## 0.6.7+2
 
 * Go back to auto-generating a `Content-Length` header when the length is known
diff --git a/lib/shelf_io.dart b/lib/shelf_io.dart
index 93cb26d..9a03532 100644
--- a/lib/shelf_io.dart
+++ b/lib/shelf_io.dart
@@ -30,14 +30,19 @@
 /// Starts an [HttpServer] that listens on the specified [address] and
 /// [port] and sends requests to [handler].
 ///
-/// See the documentation for [HttpServer.bind] for more details on [address],
-/// [port], and [backlog].
-Future<HttpServer> serve(Handler handler, address, int port, {int backlog}) {
-  if (backlog == null) backlog = 0;
-  return HttpServer.bind(address, port, backlog: backlog).then((server) {
-    serveRequests(server, handler);
-    return server;
-  });
+/// If a [securityContext] is provided an HTTPS server will be started.
+////
+/// See the documentation for [HttpServer.bind] and [HttpServer.bindSecure]
+/// for more details on [address], [port], and [backlog].
+Future<HttpServer> serve(Handler handler, address, int port,
+    {SecurityContext securityContext, int backlog}) async {
+  backlog ??= 0;
+  HttpServer server = await (securityContext == null
+      ? HttpServer.bind(address, port, backlog: backlog)
+      : HttpServer.bindSecure(address, port, securityContext,
+          backlog: backlog));
+  serveRequests(server, handler);
+  return server;
 }
 
 /// Serve a [Stream] of [HttpRequest]s.
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 324fae3..f1d3604 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: shelf
-version: 0.6.8-dev
+version: 0.6.8
 author: Dart Team <misc@dartlang.org>
 description: Web Server Middleware for Dart
 homepage: https://github.com/dart-lang/shelf
diff --git a/test/shelf_io_test.dart b/test/shelf_io_test.dart
index 3d4c606..56dd27f 100644
--- a/test/shelf_io_test.dart
+++ b/test/shelf_io_test.dart
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import 'package:shelf/shelf.dart';
 import 'package:shelf/shelf_io.dart' as shelf_io;
 
+import 'ssl_certs.dart';
 import 'test_util.dart';
 
 void main() {
@@ -490,12 +491,53 @@
       });
     });
   });
+
+  group('ssl tests', () {
+    var securityContext = new SecurityContext()
+      ..setTrustedCertificatesBytes(certChainBytes)
+      ..useCertificateChainBytes(certChainBytes)
+      ..usePrivateKeyBytes(certKeyBytes, password: 'dartdart');
+
+    var sslClient = new HttpClient(context: securityContext);
+
+    Future<HttpClientRequest> _scheduleSecureGet() {
+      return schedule/*<Future<HttpClientRequest>>*/(() {
+        return sslClient.getUrl(Uri.parse('https://localhost:$_serverPort/'));
+      });
+    }
+
+    test('secure sync handler returns a value to the client', () {
+      _scheduleServer(syncHandler, securityContext: securityContext);
+
+      return _scheduleSecureGet().then((req) async {
+        var response = await req.close();
+        expect(response.statusCode, HttpStatus.OK);
+        response.transform(UTF8.decoder).listen((contents) {
+          expect(contents, 'Hello from /');
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    test('secure async handler returns a value to the client', () {
+      _scheduleServer(asyncHandler, securityContext: securityContext);
+
+      return _scheduleSecureGet().then((req) async {
+        var response = await req.close();
+        expect(response.statusCode, HttpStatus.OK);
+        response.transform(UTF8.decoder).listen((contents) {
+          expect(contents, 'Hello from /');
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
 }
 
 int _serverPort;
 
-Future _scheduleServer(Handler handler) {
-  return schedule(() => shelf_io.serve(handler, 'localhost', 0).then((server) {
+Future _scheduleServer(Handler handler, {SecurityContext securityContext}) {
+  return schedule(() => shelf_io
+          .serve(handler, 'localhost', 0, securityContext: securityContext)
+          .then((server) {
         currentSchedule.onComplete.schedule(() {
           _serverPort = null;
           return server.close(force: true);
diff --git a/test/ssl_certs.dart b/test/ssl_certs.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47a2506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ssl_certs.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'dart:convert';
+
+List<int> certChainBytes = UTF8.encode("""
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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