diff --git a/roles/platform/defaults/main/platform.yml b/roles/platform/defaults/main/platform.yml
index d2b97e4e..72cbdf0c 100644
--- a/roles/platform/defaults/main/platform.yml
+++ b/roles/platform/defaults/main/platform.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ platform_user: itential
 # The default group that runs the server process
 platform_group: itential
 
+# SSH key used for cloning adapters from private Git repositories over SSH
+platform_adapter_ssh_key_dir: "{{ platform_itential_home_dir }}/.ssh"
+platform_adapter_ssh_key_file: ""
+
 # Flag to determine whether to use rsync when uploading artifacts
 platform_upload_using_rsync: false
 
diff --git a/roles/platform/tasks/install-adapters.yml b/roles/platform/tasks/install-adapters.yml
index 67553b57..d1191592 100644
--- a/roles/platform/tasks/install-adapters.yml
+++ b/roles/platform/tasks/install-adapters.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
             repo: "{{ item }}"
             dest: "{{ platform_services_dir }}/{{ platform_adapter_names[i] }}"
             force: true
+            accept_hostkey: "{{ true if (item is match('^ssh://|^git@')) else omit }}"
+            key_file: "{{ platform_adapter_ssh_key_dir ~ '/' ~ platform_adapter_ssh_key_file if (item is match('^ssh://|^git@')) else omit }}"
           loop: "{{ platform_adapters | default([], true) }}"
           loop_control:
             index_var: i