diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 9fb7e027..9efc53ef 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ from sanic.signals import Signal, SignalRouter
 from sanic.touchup import TouchUp, TouchUpMeta
 from sanic.types.shared_ctx import SharedContext
 from sanic.worker.inspector import Inspector
+from sanic.worker.loader import CertLoader
 from sanic.worker.manager import WorkerManager
 
 
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ class Sanic(StaticHandleMixin, BaseSanic, StartupMixin, metaclass=TouchUpMeta):
         "_test_client",
         "_test_manager",
         "blueprints",
+        "certloader_class",
         "config",
         "configure_logging",
         "ctx",
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ class Sanic(StaticHandleMixin, BaseSanic, StartupMixin, metaclass=TouchUpMeta):
         loads: Optional[Callable[..., Any]] = None,
         inspector: bool = False,
         inspector_class: Optional[Type[Inspector]] = None,
+        certloader_class: Optional[Type[CertLoader]] = None,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(name=name)
         # logging
@@ -215,6 +218,9 @@ class Sanic(StaticHandleMixin, BaseSanic, StartupMixin, metaclass=TouchUpMeta):
         self.asgi = False
         self.auto_reload = False
         self.blueprints: Dict[str, Blueprint] = {}
+        self.certloader_class: Type[CertLoader] = (
+            certloader_class or CertLoader
+        )
         self.configure_logging: bool = configure_logging
         self.ctx: Any = ctx or SimpleNamespace()
         self.error_handler: ErrorHandler = error_handler or ErrorHandler()
diff --git a/sanic/worker/loader.py b/sanic/worker/loader.py
index 344593db..d29f4c68 100644
--- a/sanic/worker/loader.py
+++ b/sanic/worker/loader.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import sys
 
 from importlib import import_module
 from pathlib import Path
+from ssl import SSLContext
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Union, cast
 
 from sanic.http.tls.context import process_to_context
@@ -103,8 +104,16 @@ class CertLoader:
         "trustme": TrustmeCreator,
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, ssl_data: Dict[str, Union[str, os.PathLike]]):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        ssl_data: Optional[
+            Union[SSLContext, Dict[str, Union[str, os.PathLike]]]
+        ],
+    ):
         self._ssl_data = ssl_data
+        self._creator_class = None
+        if not ssl_data or not isinstance(ssl_data, dict):
+            return
 
         creator_name = cast(str, ssl_data.get("creator"))
 
diff --git a/sanic/worker/serve.py b/sanic/worker/serve.py
index 39c647b2..583d3eaf 100644
--- a/sanic/worker/serve.py
+++ b/sanic/worker/serve.py
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ def worker_serve(
                             info.settings["app"] = a
                         a.state.server_info.append(info)
 
-        if isinstance(ssl, dict):
-            cert_loader = CertLoader(ssl)
+        if isinstance(ssl, dict) or app.certloader_class is not CertLoader:
+            cert_loader = app.certloader_class(ssl or {})
             ssl = cert_loader.load(app)
             for info in app.state.server_info:
                 info.settings["ssl"] = ssl
diff --git a/tests/test_tls.py b/tests/test_tls.py
index d41784f0..6d2cb981 100644
--- a/tests/test_tls.py
+++ b/tests/test_tls.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import pytest
 
-from sanic_testing.testing import HOST, PORT
+from sanic_testing.testing import HOST, PORT, SanicTestClient
 
 import sanic.http.tls.creators
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from sanic.http.tls.creators import (
     get_ssl_context,
 )
 from sanic.response import text
+from sanic.worker.loader import CertLoader
 
 
 current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
@@ -427,6 +428,29 @@ def test_no_certs_on_list(app):
     assert "No certificates" in str(excinfo.value)
 
 
+def test_custom_cert_loader():
+    class MyCertLoader(CertLoader):
+        def load(self, app: Sanic):
+            self._ssl_data = {
+                "key": localhost_key,
+                "cert": localhost_cert,
+            }
+            return super().load(app)
+
+    app = Sanic("custom", certloader_class=MyCertLoader)
+
+    @app.get("/test")
+    async def handler(request):
+        return text("ssl test")
+
+    client = SanicTestClient(app, port=44556)
+
+    request, response = client.get("https://localhost:44556/test")
+    assert request.scheme == "https"
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.text == "ssl test"
+
+
 def test_logger_vhosts(caplog):
     app = Sanic(name="test_logger_vhosts")