diff --git a/receiver/jmxreceiver/config.go b/receiver/jmxreceiver/config.go
index 1be4b1e7de5f..222bb980390e 100644
--- a/receiver/jmxreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/jmxreceiver/config.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	TruststorePassword configopaque.String `mapstructure:"truststore_password,omitempty"`
 	// The truststore type for SSL
 	TruststoreType string `mapstructure:"truststore_type,omitempty"`
+	// Enable when jar with jmx registry is enabled with ssl configuration
+	JMXRegistrySSLEnabled bool `mapstructure:"jmx_registry_ssl_enabled,omitempty"`
 	// The JMX remote profile.  Should be one of:
 	// `"SASL/PLAIN"`, `"SASL/DIGEST-MD5"`, `"SASL/CRAM-MD5"`, `"TLS SASL/PLAIN"`, `"TLS SASL/DIGEST-MD5"`, or
 	// `"TLS SASL/CRAM-MD5"`, though no enforcement is applied.
diff --git a/receiver/jmxreceiver/factory.go b/receiver/jmxreceiver/factory.go
index c741363f1ebc..b767c8ee2000 100644
--- a/receiver/jmxreceiver/factory.go
+++ b/receiver/jmxreceiver/factory.go
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ func NewFactory() receiver.Factory {
 
 func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 	return &Config{
-		JARPath:            "/opt/opentelemetry-java-contrib-jmx-metrics.jar",
-		CollectionInterval: 10 * time.Second,
+		JARPath:               "/opt/opentelemetry-java-contrib-jmx-metrics.jar",
+		CollectionInterval:    10 * time.Second,
+		JMXRegistrySSLEnabled: false,
 		OTLPExporterConfig: otlpExporterConfig{
 			Endpoint: otlpEndpoint,
 			TimeoutSettings: exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{
diff --git a/receiver/jmxreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/jmxreceiver/receiver.go
index a9861840e144..648e4626dcd2 100644
--- a/receiver/jmxreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/jmxreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ func (jmx *jmxMetricReceiver) buildJMXMetricGathererConfig() (string, error) {
 	if len(jmx.config.OTLPExporterConfig.Headers) > 0 {
 		config["otel.exporter.otlp.headers"] = jmx.config.OTLPExporterConfig.headersToString()
 	}
+	config["otel.jmx.remote.registry.ssl"] = strconv.FormatBool(jmx.config.JMXRegistrySSLEnabled)
 
 	var passwordMap map[string]string
 	if jmx.config.PasswordFile != "" {
diff --git a/receiver/jmxreceiver/receiver_test.go b/receiver/jmxreceiver/receiver_test.go
index 9cfd04b6f49e..241af8a27353 100644
--- a/receiver/jmxreceiver/receiver_test.go
+++ b/receiver/jmxreceiver/receiver_test.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ otel.jmx.interval.milliseconds = 123000
 otel.jmx.password = mypass \nword
 otel.jmx.realm = myrealm
 otel.jmx.remote.profile = myprofile
+otel.jmx.remote.registry.ssl = false
 otel.jmx.service.url = service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://myhost:12345/jmxrmi
 otel.jmx.target.system = mytargetsystem
 otel.jmx.username = myuser\nname
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ otel.exporter.otlp.endpoint = https://myotlpendpoint
 otel.exporter.otlp.timeout = 0
 otel.jmx.interval.milliseconds = 0
 otel.jmx.password = mypassword
+otel.jmx.remote.registry.ssl = false
 otel.jmx.service.url = service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://myhost:12345/jmxrmi
 otel.jmx.target.system = mytargetsystem
 otel.jmx.username = myusername