diff --git a/src/libnmdc/libnmdc.go b/src/libnmdc/libnmdc.go
index 056adb5..029c4d2 100644
--- a/src/libnmdc/libnmdc.go
+++ b/src/libnmdc/libnmdc.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ func init() {
 
 type HubConnectionOptions struct {
 	Address           HubAddress
+	SkipVerifyTLS     bool // using a negative verb, because bools default to false
 	Self              UserInfo
 	NickPassword      string
 	NumEventsToBuffer uint
@@ -344,7 +345,9 @@ func (this *HubConnection) worker() {
 		if this.conn == nil {
 
 			if this.Hco.Address.IsSecure() {
-				this.conn, err = tls.Dial("tcp", this.Hco.Address.GetHostOnly(), nil)
+				this.conn, err = tls.Dial("tcp", this.Hco.Address.GetHostOnly(), &tls.Config{
+					InsecureSkipVerify: this.Hco.SkipVerifyTLS,
+				})
 			} else {
 				this.conn, err = net.Dial("tcp", this.Hco.Address.GetHostOnly())
 			}