diff --git a/PhpAmqpLib/Connection/AMQPSSLConnection.php b/PhpAmqpLib/Connection/AMQPSSLConnection.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/PhpAmqpLib/Connection/AMQPSSLConnection.php
+++ b/PhpAmqpLib/Connection/AMQPSSLConnection.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class AMQPSSLConnection extends AMQPStreamConnection
             isset($options['keepalive']) ? $options['keepalive'] : false,
             isset($options['heartbeat']) ? $options['heartbeat'] : 0,
             isset($options['channel_rpc_timeout']) ? $options['channel_rpc_timeout'] : 0.0,
+            $ssl_protocol
         );
     }
Return SSL protocol param in SSL connection