diff --git a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/config.zeek b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/config.zeek
index 9fe10edaa6..0f202ccc78 100644
--- a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/config.zeek
+++ b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/config.zeek
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ export {
 	## for websocket clients.
 	const default_port_websocket = 2149/tcp &redef;
 
+	## TLS options for the controller's WebSocket server. The default is
+	## to operate unencrypted. To replicate Broker's default encryption
+	## without endpoint validation, set the
+	## :zeek:field:`Cluster::WebSocketTLSOptions$ca_file` field to
+	## "NONE" and :zeek:field:`Cluster::WebSocketTLSOptions$ciphers` to
+	## "AECDH-AES256-SHA@SECLEVEL=0:AECDH-AES256-SHA:P-384".
+	const tls_options_websocket = Cluster::WebSocketTLSOptions() &redef;
+
 	## Whether the controller should auto-assign Broker listening ports to
 	## cluster nodes that need them and don't have them explicitly specified
 	## in cluster configurations.
diff --git a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/main.zeek b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/main.zeek
index 19135149bf..48a6871e8d 100644
--- a/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/main.zeek
+++ b/scripts/policy/frameworks/management/controller/main.zeek
@@ -1646,7 +1646,8 @@ event zeek_init()
 	if ( cni$bound_port != 0/unknown )
 		{
 		local ws_opts = Cluster::WebSocketServerOptions($listen_addr=to_addr(cni$address),
-		                                                $listen_port=cni$bound_port);
+		                                                $listen_port=cni$bound_port,
+		                                                $tls_options=Management::Controller::tls_options_websocket);
 		Cluster::listen_websocket(ws_opts);
 		websocket_info = fmt("websocket port %s:%s", cni$address, cni$bound_port);
 		}