diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 82b49fe..ed057e7 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ SpiffyTitles = conf.registerPlugin('SpiffyTitles')
 conf.registerGlobalValue(SpiffyTitles, 'maxRetries',
      registry.Integer(3, _("""Maximum retries upon failure""")))
 
+conf.registerGlobalValue(SpiffyTitles, 'verifySSL',
+        registry.Boolean(True, _("""Request websites if SSL cert verification fails?""")))
+
 conf.registerGlobalValue(SpiffyTitles, 'wallClockTimeoutInSeconds',
      registry.Integer(8, _("""Timeout for getting a title. If you set this too high, the bot will time out.""")))
 
@@ -140,10 +143,10 @@ conf.registerGlobalValue(SpiffyTitles, 'linkCacheLifetimeInSeconds',
 
 conf.registerChannelValue(SpiffyTitles, 'onDemandTitleError',
                         registry.String("Error retrieving title.", _("""This error message is used when there is a problem getting an on-demand title""")))
-                        
+
 conf.registerGlobalValue(SpiffyTitles, 'linkMessageIgnorePattern',
                         registry.Regexp("", _("""Messages matching this pattern will be ignored.""")))
-                        
+
 conf.registerChannelValue(SpiffyTitles, 'ignoreActionLinks',
      registry.Boolean(True, _("""Ignores URLs that appear in an action such as /me""")))
 
diff --git a/plugin.py b/plugin.py
index 2042c1d..b4fe6a7 100644
--- a/plugin.py
+++ b/plugin.py
@@ -1266,6 +1266,7 @@ class SpiffyTitles(callbacks.Plugin):
         Get the HTML of a website based on a URL
         """
         max_retries = self.registryValue("maxRetries")
+        verify_ssl_certs = self.registryValue("verifySSL")
 
         if retries is None:
             retries = 1
@@ -1282,7 +1283,7 @@ class SpiffyTitles(callbacks.Plugin):
 
             log.debug("SpiffyTitles: requesting %s" % (url))
 
-            request = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=15, allow_redirects=True, verify=False)
+            request = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=15, allow_redirects=True, verify=verify_ssl_certs)
 
             is_redirect = False
             if request.history: