diff --git a/nilmdb/client/httpclient.py b/nilmdb/client/httpclient.py
index 28477e2..38b5595 100644
--- a/nilmdb/client/httpclient.py
+++ b/nilmdb/client/httpclient.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import requests
 
 class HTTPClient(object):
     """Class to manage and perform HTTP requests from the client"""
-    def __init__(self, baseurl = "", post_json = False):
+    def __init__(self, baseurl = "", post_json = False, verify_ssl = True):
         """If baseurl is supplied, all other functions that take
         a URL can be given a relative URL instead."""
         # Verify / clean up URL
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
         self.baseurl = reparsed.rstrip('/') + '/'
 
         # Build Requests session object, enable SSL verification
+        self.verify_ssl = verify_ssl
         self.session = requests.Session()
         self.session.verify = True
 
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
                                             params = query_data,
                                             data = body_data,
                                             stream = stream,
-                                            headers = headers)
+                                            headers = headers,
+                                            verify = self.verify_ssl)
         except requests.RequestException as e:
             raise ServerError(status = "502 Error", url = url,
                               message = str(e.message))