diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst
index 458c1a93c7..58a02cad81 100644
--- a/doc/config.rst
+++ b/doc/config.rst
@@ -1607,6 +1607,27 @@ Generic settings
         have to set :config:option:`$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']` for correct
         redirection.
 
+.. config:option:: $cfg['MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts']
+
+    :type: array
+    :default: ``['127.0.0.1', 'localhost']``
+
+    This search is case-sensitive and will match the exact string only.
+    If your setup does not use SSL but is safe because you are using a
+    local connection or private network, you can add your hostname or :term:`IP` to the list.
+    You can also remove the default entries to only include yours.
+
+    This check uses the value of :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']`.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 5.1.0
+
+    Example configuration
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        $cfg['MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts'] = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost', 'mariadb.local'];
+
+
 .. config:option:: $cfg['ExecTimeLimit']
 
     :type: integer [number of seconds]
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Html/Generator.php b/libraries/classes/Html/Generator.php
index 15f5596dab..8d7e964d1d 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Html/Generator.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Html/Generator.php
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class Generator
         $class = 'caution';
         if (! $server['ssl']) {
             $message = __('SSL is not being used');
-            if (! empty($server['socket']) || $server['host'] === '127.0.0.1' || $server['host'] === 'localhost') {
+            if (! empty($server['socket']) || in_array($server['host'], $GLOBALS['cfg']['MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts'])) {
                 $class = '';
             }
         } elseif (! $server['ssl_verify']) {
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index 0e2840cd0d..acfe09dd9f 100644
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -718,6 +718,13 @@ $cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] = 300;
  */
 $cfg['SessionSavePath'] = '';
 
+/**
+ * Hosts or IPs to consider safe when checking if SSL is used or not
+ *
+ * @global array $cfg['MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts']
+ */
+$cfg['MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts'] = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost'];
+
 /**
  * maximum allocated bytes ('-1' for no limit, '0' for no change)
  * this is a string because '16M' is a valid value; we must put here
diff --git a/test/classes/Html/GeneratorTest.php b/test/classes/Html/GeneratorTest.php
index 42377b3274..5fd5cdb273 100644
--- a/test/classes/Html/GeneratorTest.php
+++ b/test/classes/Html/GeneratorTest.php
@@ -282,4 +282,107 @@ class GeneratorTest extends AbstractTestCase
             Generator::formatSql('SELECT 1 < 2', true)
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for getServerSSL
+     */
+    public function testGetServerSSL(): void
+    {
+        global $cfg;
+
+        $sslNotUsed = '<span class="">SSL is not being used</span>'
+        . ' <a href="./url.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.phpmyadmin.net%2Fen%2Flatest%2Fsetup.html%23ssl"'
+        . ' target="documentation"><img src="themes/dot.gif" title="Documentation" alt="Documentation"'
+        . ' class="icon ic_b_help"></a>';
+
+        $sslNotUsedCaution = '<span class="caution">SSL is not being used</span>'
+        . ' <a href="./url.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.phpmyadmin.net%2Fen%2Flatest%2Fsetup.html%23ssl"'
+        . ' target="documentation"><img src="themes/dot.gif" title="Documentation" alt="Documentation"'
+        . ' class="icon ic_b_help"></a>';
+
+        $cfg['Server'] = [
+            'ssl' => false,
+            'host' => '127.0.0.1',
+        ];
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $sslNotUsed,
+            Generator::getServerSSL()
+        );
+
+        $cfg['Server'] = [
+            'ssl' => false,
+            'host' => 'custom.host',
+        ];
+        $cfg['MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts'] = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1'];
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $sslNotUsedCaution,
+            Generator::getServerSSL()
+        );
+
+        $cfg['Server'] = [
+            'ssl' => false,
+            'host' => 'custom.host',
+        ];
+        $cfg['MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts'] = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1', 'custom.host'];
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $sslNotUsed,
+            Generator::getServerSSL()
+        );
+
+        $cfg['Server'] = [
+            'ssl' => false,
+            'ssl_verify' => true,
+            'host' => 'custom.host',
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $sslNotUsed,
+            Generator::getServerSSL()
+        );
+
+        $cfg['Server'] = [
+            'ssl' => true,
+            'ssl_verify' => false,
+            'host' => 'custom.host',
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '<span class="caution">SSL is used with disabled verification</span>'
+            . ' <a href="./url.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.phpmyadmin.net%2Fen%2Flatest%2Fsetup.html%23ssl"'
+            . ' target="documentation"><img src="themes/dot.gif" title="Documentation" alt="Documentation"'
+            . ' class="icon ic_b_help"></a>',
+            Generator::getServerSSL()
+        );
+
+        $cfg['Server'] = [
+            'ssl' => true,
+            'ssl_verify' => true,
+            'host' => 'custom.host',
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '<span class="caution">SSL is used without certification authority</span>'
+            . ' <a href="./url.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.phpmyadmin.net%2Fen%2Flatest%2Fsetup.html%23ssl"'
+            . ' target="documentation"><img src="themes/dot.gif" title="Documentation" alt="Documentation"'
+            . ' class="icon ic_b_help"></a>',
+            Generator::getServerSSL()
+        );
+
+        $cfg['Server'] = [
+            'ssl' => true,
+            'ssl_verify' => true,
+            'ssl_ca' => '/etc/ssl/ca.crt',
+            'host' => 'custom.host',
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '<span class="">SSL is used</span>'
+            . ' <a href="./url.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.phpmyadmin.net%2Fen%2Flatest%2Fsetup.html%23ssl"'
+            . ' target="documentation"><img src="themes/dot.gif" title="Documentation" alt="Documentation"'
+            . ' class="icon ic_b_help"></a>',
+            Generator::getServerSSL()
+        );
+    }
 }