diff --git a/src/Confluent.SchemaRegistry/CachedSchemaRegistryClient.cs b/src/Confluent.SchemaRegistry/CachedSchemaRegistryClient.cs
index f757e113e..e0a0eded3 100644
--- a/src/Confluent.SchemaRegistry/CachedSchemaRegistryClient.cs
+++ b/src/Confluent.SchemaRegistry/CachedSchemaRegistryClient.cs
@@ -250,7 +250,14 @@ public CachedSchemaRegistryClient(IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> conf
             try { sslVerify = sslVerificationMaybe.Value == null ? DefaultEnableSslCertificateVerification : bool.Parse(sslVerificationMaybe.Value); }
             catch (FormatException) { throw new ArgumentException($"Configured value for {SchemaRegistryConfig.PropertyNames.EnableSslCertificateVerification} must be a bool."); }
 
-            this.restService = new RestService(schemaRegistryUris, timeoutMs, authenticationHeaderValueProvider, SetSslConfig(config), sslVerify);
+            var sslCaLocation = config.FirstOrDefault(prop => prop.Key.ToLower() == SchemaRegistryConfig.PropertyNames.SslCaLocation).Value;
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sslCaLocation))
+            {
+                this.restService = new RestService(schemaRegistryUris, timeoutMs, authenticationHeaderValueProvider, SetSslConfig(config), sslVerify);
+            } else
+            {
+                this.restService = new RestService(schemaRegistryUris, timeoutMs, authenticationHeaderValueProvider, SetSslConfig(config), sslVerify, new X509Certificate2(sslCaLocation));
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -306,12 +313,6 @@ private bool CleanCacheIfFull()
                 certificates.Add(new X509Certificate2(certificateLocation, certificatePassword));
             }
 
-            var caLocation = config.FirstOrDefault(prop => prop.Key.ToLower() == SchemaRegistryConfig.PropertyNames.SslCaLocation).Value ?? "";
-            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(caLocation))
-            {
-                certificates.Add(new X509Certificate2(caLocation));
-            }
-
             return certificates;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Confluent.SchemaRegistry/Rest/RestService.cs b/src/Confluent.SchemaRegistry/Rest/RestService.cs
index 9f7ec21ae..a9438fd8f 100644
--- a/src/Confluent.SchemaRegistry/Rest/RestService.cs
+++ b/src/Confluent.SchemaRegistry/Rest/RestService.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+using System.Net.Security;
 
 namespace Confluent.SchemaRegistry
 {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ internal class RestService : IRestService
         /// <summary>
         ///     Initializes a new instance of the RestService class.
         /// </summary>
-        public RestService(string schemaRegistryUrl, int timeoutMs, IAuthenticationHeaderValueProvider authenticationHeaderValueProvider, List<X509Certificate2> certificates, bool enableSslCertificateVerification)
+        public RestService(string schemaRegistryUrl, int timeoutMs, IAuthenticationHeaderValueProvider authenticationHeaderValueProvider, List<X509Certificate2> certificates, bool enableSslCertificateVerification, X509Certificate2 sslCaCertificate = null)
         {
             this.authenticationHeaderValueProvider = authenticationHeaderValueProvider;
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ internal class RestService : IRestService
                     HttpClient client;
                     if (certificates.Count > 0)
                     {
-                        client = new HttpClient(CreateHandler(certificates, enableSslCertificateVerification)) { BaseAddress = new Uri(uri, UriKind.Absolute), Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMs) };
+                        client = new HttpClient(CreateHandler(certificates, enableSslCertificateVerification, sslCaCertificate)) { BaseAddress = new Uri(uri, UriKind.Absolute), Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMs) };
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -86,17 +87,53 @@ private static string SanitizeUri(string uri)
             return $"{sanitized.TrimEnd('/')}/";
         }
 
-        private static HttpClientHandler CreateHandler(List<X509Certificate2> certificates, bool enableSslCertificateVerification)
+        private static HttpClientHandler CreateHandler(List<X509Certificate2> certificates, bool enableSslCertificateVerification, X509Certificate2 sslCaCertificate)
         {
             var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
             handler.ClientCertificateOptions = ClientCertificateOption.Manual;
 
+            certificates.ForEach(c => handler.ClientCertificates.Add(c));
+
             if (!enableSslCertificateVerification)
             {
-                handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (httpRequestMessage, cert, certChain, policyErrors) => { return true; };
-            }
+                handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (_, __, ___, ____) => { return true; };
+            } 
+            else  if (sslCaCertificate != null)
+            {
+                handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (_, __, chain, policyErrors) => { 
+                    
+                    if (policyErrors == SslPolicyErrors.None)
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
 
-            certificates.ForEach(c => handler.ClientCertificates.Add(c));
+                    
+                    //The second element of the chain should be the issuer of the certificate
+                    if (chain.ChainElements.Count < 2)
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }                 
+                    var connectionCertHash = chain.ChainElements[1].Certificate.GetCertHash();
+
+
+                    var expectedCertHash = sslCaCertificate.GetCertHash();
+
+                    if (connectionCertHash.Length != expectedCertHash.Length)
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    for (int i = 0; i < connectionCertHash.Length; i++)
+                    {
+                        if (connectionCertHash[i] != expectedCertHash[i])
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return true; 
+                };
+            }
+        
             return handler;
         }