diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/hawkular/middleware_manager.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/hawkular/middleware_manager.rb
index 6451297..d95d01c 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/hawkular/middleware_manager.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/hawkular/middleware_manager.rb
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ def self.raw_connect(host, port, username, password, security_protocol, cert_sto
       options = {
         :tenant         => 'hawkular',
         :verify_ssl     => verify_ssl_mode(security_protocol),
-        :ssl_cert_store => cert_store
+        :ssl_cert_store => if cert_store.kind_of?(String)
+                             Endpoint.new(:certificate_authority => cert_store).ssl_cert_store
+                           else
+                             cert_store
+                           end
       }
       ::Hawkular::Client.new(:entrypoint => entrypoint(host, port, security_protocol),
                              :credentials => credentials, :options => options)