diff --git a/docs/iamb.5 b/docs/iamb.5
index 8357f965..5134b8a9 100644
--- a/docs/iamb.5
+++ b/docs/iamb.5
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ Defaults to 30.
 .It Sy tabstop
 Number of spaces that a <Tab> counts for.
 Defaults to 4.
+
+.It Sy ssl_verify
+Enable SSL verification for the HTTP requests.
+Defaults to true.
 .El
 
 .Ss Example 1: Avoid showing Emojis (useful for terminals w/o support)
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index e7a4a47b..7843bf73 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ pub struct TunableValues {
     pub user_gutter_width: usize,
     pub external_edit_file_suffix: String,
     pub tabstop: usize,
+    pub ssl_verify: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Default, Deserialize)]
@@ -609,6 +610,7 @@ pub struct Tunables {
     pub user_gutter_width: Option<usize>,
     pub external_edit_file_suffix: Option<String>,
     pub tabstop: Option<usize>,
+    pub ssl_verify: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 impl Tunables {
@@ -643,6 +645,7 @@ impl Tunables {
                 .external_edit_file_suffix
                 .or(other.external_edit_file_suffix),
             tabstop: self.tabstop.or(other.tabstop),
+            ssl_verify: self.ssl_verify.or(other.ssl_verify),
         }
     }
 
@@ -673,6 +676,7 @@ impl Tunables {
                 .external_edit_file_suffix
                 .unwrap_or_else(|| ".md".to_string()),
             tabstop: self.tabstop.unwrap_or(4),
+            ssl_verify: self.ssl_verify.unwrap_or(true),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index e9b05021..43ef5123 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ pub fn mock_tunables() -> TunableValues {
         image_preview: None,
         user_gutter_width: 30,
         tabstop: 4,
+        ssl_verify: true,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/worker.rs b/src/worker.rs
index f3c9791a..a38376a1 100644
--- a/src/worker.rs
+++ b/src/worker.rs
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ async fn create_client_inner(
         .pool_idle_timeout(Duration::from_secs(60))
         .pool_max_idle_per_host(10)
         .tcp_keepalive(Duration::from_secs(10))
+        .danger_accept_invalid_certs(!settings.tunables.ssl_verify)
         .build()
         .unwrap();