diff --git a/lib/capybara/registrations/servers.rb b/lib/capybara/registrations/servers.rb
index 34a40ef0..8b43f281 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/registrations/servers.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/registrations/servers.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ Capybara.register_server :puma do |app, port, host, **options|
   # If we just run the Puma Rack handler it installs signal handlers which prevent us from being able to interrupt tests.
   # Therefore construct and run the Server instance ourselves.
   # Rack::Handler::Puma.run(app, { Host: host, Port: port, Threads: "0:4", workers: 0, daemon: false }.merge(options))
-  options = { Host: host, Port: port, Threads: '0:4', workers: 0, daemon: false, queue_requests: false }.merge(options)
+  default_options = { Host: host, Port: port, Threads: '0:4', workers: 0, daemon: false, queue_requests: false }
+  default_options[:queue_requests] = false if options[:Host]&.start_with?('ssl://')
+  options = default_options.merge(options)
+
   conf = Rack::Handler::Puma.config(app, options)
   events = conf.options[:Silent] ? ::Puma::Events.strings : ::Puma::Events.stdio