diff --git a/doc/getting-started-with-rackspace.rst b/doc/getting-started-with-rackspace.rst
index 35317a3e6..73aa3a8d4 100644
--- a/doc/getting-started-with-rackspace.rst
+++ b/doc/getting-started-with-rackspace.rst
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Okay, you're ready to spin up a server:
 
 .. code-block:: php
 
-use Guzzle\Http\Exception\BadResponseException;
+  use Guzzle\Http\Exception\BadResponseException;
 
   $server = $compute->server();
 
diff --git a/lib/OpenCloud/Database/Service.php b/lib/OpenCloud/Database/Service.php
index dd63a60f1..de20872b6 100644
--- a/lib/OpenCloud/Database/Service.php
+++ b/lib/OpenCloud/Database/Service.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 namespace OpenCloud\Database;
 
+use Guzzle\Http\ClientInterface;
 use OpenCloud\Common\Service\NovaService;
 use OpenCloud\Database\Resource\Instance;
 use OpenCloud\Database\Resource\Configuration;
@@ -104,4 +105,39 @@ public function datastoreList($params = array())
 
         return $this->resourceList('Datastore', $url);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function setClient(ClientInterface $client)
+    {
+        // The Rackspace Cloud Databases service only supports the
+        // RC4 SSL cipher which is not supported by modern OpenSSL clients.
+        // Until the service can support additional, more modern and secure
+        // ciphers, this SDK has to ask curl to allow using the weaker
+        // cipher. For more information, see https://github.com/rackspace/php-opencloud/issues/560
+
+        $curlOptions = $client->getConfig()->get('curl.options');
+        $curlOptions['CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'] = static::getSslCipherList();
+        $client->getConfig()->set('curl.options', $curlOptions);
+
+        $logMessage = 'The SDK is using a custom cipher suite when connecting '
+                    . 'to the Rackspace Cloud Databases service. This suite contains '
+                    . 'a weak cipher (RC4) so please use at your own risk. See '
+                    . 'https://github.com/rackspace/php-opencloud/issues/560 for details.';
+        $client->getLogger()->critical($logMessage);
+
+        $this->client = $client;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see https://github.com/rackspace/php-opencloud/issues/560#issuecomment-81790778
+     */
+    public static function getSslCipherList()
+    {
+        return 'ECDH+AESGCM:DH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:DH+AES256:'
+            . 'ECDH+AES128:DH+AES:ECDH+HIGH:DH+HIGH:ECDH+3DES:'
+            . 'DH+3DES:RSA+AESGCM:RSA+AES:RSA+HIGH:RSA+3DES:'
+            . 'ECDH+RC4:DH+RC4:RSA+RC4:!aNULL:!eNULL:!MD5';
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/OpenCloud/Smoke/Unit/Networking.php b/tests/OpenCloud/Smoke/Unit/Networking.php
index 8ccd30a94..02ed838bb 100644
--- a/tests/OpenCloud/Smoke/Unit/Networking.php
+++ b/tests/OpenCloud/Smoke/Unit/Networking.php
@@ -272,6 +272,30 @@ protected function testSecurityGroupOperations()
         $securityGroup = $this->getService()->getSecurityGroup($securityGroup->getId());
         $this->stepInfo('Security Group ID: ' . $securityGroup->getId());
         $this->stepInfo('Security Group Name: ' . $securityGroup->getName());
+
+        $network1 = $this->getService()->createNetwork(array(
+            'name' => 'test_network_for_test_port_sg'
+        ));
+        $this->cleanupNetworkIds[] = $network1->getId();
+
+        $subnet1 = $this->getService()->createSubnet(array(
+            'cidr'      => '192.165.66.0/25',
+            'networkId' => $network1->getId(),
+            'ipVersion'  => 4,
+            'name'      => 'test_subnet_for_test_port_sg'
+        ));
+        $this->cleanupSubnetIds[] = $subnet1->getId();
+
+        $port1 = $this->getService()->createPort(array(
+            'networkId' => $network1->getId(),
+            'name'      => 'test_port_for_test_port_sg'
+        ));
+        $this->cleanupPortIds[] = $port1->getId();
+
+        $this->step('Apply security group to port');
+        $port1->update(array(
+            'securityGroups' => array($securityGroup->getId())
+        ));
     }
 
     protected function testSecurityGroupRuleOperations()
diff --git a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/Database/DatabaseTestCase.php b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/Database/DatabaseTestCase.php
index 0e8ad75cb..403f6955f 100644
--- a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/Database/DatabaseTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/Database/DatabaseTestCase.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 namespace OpenCloud\Tests\Database;
 
 use OpenCloud\Tests\OpenCloudTestCase;
+use OpenCloud\Tests\MockLogger;
 
 class DatabaseTestCase extends OpenCloudTestCase
 {
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ class DatabaseTestCase extends OpenCloudTestCase
 
     public function setupObjects()
     {
-        $this->service = $this->getClient()->databaseService();
+        $client = $this->getClient();
+        $client->setLogger(new MockLogger());
+        $this->service = $client->databaseService();
 
         $this->addMockSubscriber($this->getTestFilePath('Instance'));
         $this->instance = $this->service->instance('foo');
@@ -37,4 +40,9 @@ public function setupObjects()
         $this->datastore = $this->service->datastore('10000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001');
         $this->datastoreVersion = $this->datastore->version('b00000b0-00b0-0b00-00b0-000b000000bb');
     }
+
+    protected function assertCriticalMessageWasLogged()
+    {
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($this->getClient()->getLogger()->getCriticalLogMessage());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/Database/ServiceTest.php b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/Database/ServiceTest.php
index 8212fb61a..96a6be1c6 100644
--- a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/Database/ServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/Database/ServiceTest.php
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 namespace OpenCloud\Tests\Database;
 
+use OpenCloud\Database\Service;
+
 class ServiceTest extends DatabaseTestCase
 {
     public function test__construct()
@@ -71,4 +73,12 @@ public function testDatastoreList()
     {
         $this->assertInstanceOf(self::COLLECTION_CLASS, $this->service->datastoreList());
     }
+
+    public function testClientUsesCustomCipherSuite()
+    {
+        $client = $this->service->getClient();
+        $curlOptions = $client->getConfig('curl.options');
+        $this->assertEquals(Service::getSslCipherList(), $curlOptions['CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST']);
+        $this->assertCriticalMessageWasLogged();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/MockLogger.php b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/MockLogger.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9aca3dd68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/MockLogger.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 Rackspace US, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+namespace OpenCloud\Tests;
+
+use OpenCloud\Common\Log\Logger;
+
+class MockLogger extends Logger
+{
+    protected $criticalLogMessage;
+
+    public function critical($message, array $context = array())
+    {
+        ++$this->criticalLogMessage;
+    }
+
+    public function getCriticalLogMessage()
+    {
+        return $this->criticalLogMessage;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/RackspaceTest.php b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/RackspaceTest.php
index 790d54645..7cf37f183 100644
--- a/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/RackspaceTest.php
+++ b/tests/OpenCloud/Tests/RackspaceTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 namespace OpenCloud\Tests;
 
+use OpenCloud\Tests\MockLogger;
+
 class RackspaceTest extends OpenCloudTestCase
 {
     const CREDENTIALS = <<<EOT
@@ -30,10 +32,18 @@ public function test_Credentials()
 
     public function test_Factory_Methods()
     {
+        // Inject mock logger
+        $oldLogger = $this->getClient()->getLogger();
+        $this->getClient()->setLogger(new MockLogger());
+
         $this->assertInstanceOf(
             'OpenCloud\Database\Service',
             $this->getClient()->databaseService('cloudDatabases', 'DFW')
         );
+
+        // Re-inject old logger
+        $this->getClient()->setLogger($oldLogger);
+
         $this->assertInstanceOf(
             'OpenCloud\LoadBalancer\Service',
             $this->getClient()->loadBalancerService('cloudLoadBalancers', 'DFW')