diff --git a/doc/BackupAndRestore.md b/doc/BackupAndRestore.md
index 313dad8e60..265058f1c0 100644
--- a/doc/BackupAndRestore.md
+++ b/doc/BackupAndRestore.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ access to the location where you are storing backups.
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td><nobr><code>-ceph_backup_storage_config</code></nobr></td>
-      <td>For the <code>ceph</code> plugin, this identifies the path to a text file with a JSON object as configuration. The JSON object requires the following keys: <code>accessKey</code>, <code>secretKey</code> and  <code>endPoint</code>. Bucket name is computed from keyspace name and is separate for different keyspaces.</td>
+      <td>For the <code>ceph</code> plugin, this identifies the path to a text file with a JSON object as configuration. The JSON object requires the following keys: <code>accessKey</code>, <code>secretKey</code>, <code>endPoint</code> and <code>useSSL</code>. Bucket name is computed from keyspace name and is separate for different keyspaces.</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td><nobr><code>-restore_from_backup</code></nobr></td>
diff --git a/examples/local/ceph_backup_config.json b/examples/local/ceph_backup_config.json
index f16ed853f9..d71c617069 100644
--- a/examples/local/ceph_backup_config.json
+++ b/examples/local/ceph_backup_config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "accessKey" : "AccessKey",
   "secretKey" : "SecretKey",
-  "endPoint"  : "URL"
+  "endPoint"  : "URL",
+  "useSSL"    : true
 }
diff --git a/go/vt/mysqlctl/cephbackupstorage/ceph.go b/go/vt/mysqlctl/cephbackupstorage/ceph.go
index 30b331d8ee..5eb5632634 100644
--- a/go/vt/mysqlctl/cephbackupstorage/ceph.go
+++ b/go/vt/mysqlctl/cephbackupstorage/ceph.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var storageConfig struct {
 	AccessKey string `json:"accessKey"`
 	SecretKey string `json:"secretKey"`
 	EndPoint  string `json:"endPoint"`
+	UseSSL    bool   `json:"useSSL"`
 }
 
 // CephBackupHandle implements BackupHandle for Ceph Cloud Storage.
@@ -135,6 +136,10 @@ func (bs *CephBackupStorage) ListBackups(dir string) ([]backupstorage.BackupHand
 	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
 	for object := range c.ListObjects(bucket, searchPrefix, false, doneCh) {
 		if object.Err != nil {
+			err := c.BucketExists(bucket)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil
+			}
 			return nil, object.Err
 		}
 		subdir := strings.TrimPrefix(object.Key, searchPrefix)
@@ -246,8 +251,9 @@ func (bs *CephBackupStorage) client() (*minio.Client, error) {
 		accessKey := storageConfig.AccessKey
 		secretKey := storageConfig.SecretKey
 		url := storageConfig.EndPoint
+		useSSL := storageConfig.UseSSL
 
-		client, err := minio.NewV2(url, accessKey, secretKey, true)
+		client, err := minio.NewV2(url, accessKey, secretKey, useSSL)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index b2bb6c0da9..d3abde91dc 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -449,10 +449,12 @@
 			"revisionTime": "2016-04-24T11:30:07Z"
 		},
 		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "FR9klLOXPp3dMRN8Y0nzSbNynVk=",
+			"checksumSHA1": "FPCHcnP9aY7A/69F8bbOJGqZoxo=",
 			"path": "github.com/minio/minio-go",
-			"revision": "17b4ebd52505bde655e3b14df732e31850641bb7",
-			"revisionTime": "2016-04-14T21:22:01Z"
+			"revision": "9f282f76643244430e3d0b69dc7285628a8db8a7",
+			"revisionTime": "2016-07-19T21:19:03Z",
+			"version": "v2.0.1",
+			"versionExact": "v2.0.1"
 		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "fb3i4XcL9StitSFLi/5pgGtRXDk=",