diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 23c77ab050..9b6aa7fe74 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -965,6 +965,19 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-ssl-loaded" xreflabel="ssl_loaded">
+      <term><varname>ssl_loaded</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+       <primary><varname>ssl_loaded</> configuration parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Reports whether the SSL context is loaded for this cluster or not.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry id="guc-ssl-ca-file" xreflabel="ssl_ca_file">
       <term><varname>ssl_ca_file</varname> (<type>string</type>)
       <indexterm>
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 943796ac7f..e1f5dad948 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -936,6 +936,14 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 		(void) secure_initialize(true);
 		LoadedSSL = true;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Make LoadedSSL value visible as a GUC variable, too. This allows
+	 * other backends to track the activity of this parameter after being
+	 * spawned.
+	 */
+	SetConfigOption("ssl_loaded", LoadedSSL ? "yes" : "no",
+					PGC_INTERNAL, PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
 #endif
 
 	/*
@@ -2531,6 +2539,14 @@ SIGHUP_handler(SIGNAL_ARGS)
 			secure_destroy();
 			LoadedSSL = false;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Make LoadedSSL value visible as a GUC variable, too. This allows
+		 * other backends to track the activity of this parameter after being
+		 * spawned.
+		 */
+		SetConfigOption("ssl_loaded", LoadedSSL ? "yes" : "no",
+						PGC_INTERNAL, PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 2478f0afac..7e973c90f7 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ static int	block_size;
 static int	segment_size;
 static int	wal_block_size;
 static bool data_checksums;
+static bool ssl_loaded;
 static int	wal_segment_size;
 static bool integer_datetimes;
 static bool assert_enabled;
@@ -1644,6 +1645,17 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =
 	},
 
 	{
+		{"ssl_loaded", PGC_INTERNAL, PRESET_OPTIONS,
+		 gettext_noop("Shows whether SSL context is loaded for this cluster or not."),
+			NULL,
+			GUC_NOT_IN_SAMPLE | GUC_DISALLOW_IN_FILE
+		},
+		&ssl_loaded,
+		false,
+		NULL, NULL, NULL
+	},
+
+	{
 		{"syslog_sequence_numbers", PGC_SIGHUP, LOGGING_WHERE,
 			gettext_noop("Add sequence number to syslog messages to avoid duplicate suppression."),
 			NULL