diff --git a/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc b/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
index 7b71281..1aaa246 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcherResult extends FeedsFetcherResult {
   protected $timeout;
 
   /**
+   *
+   * Whether to ignore SSL validation errors and therefore accept invalid certificates
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  protected $accept_invalid_cert;
+
+  /**
    * Constructor.
    */
   public function __construct($url = NULL) {
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcherResult extends FeedsFetcherResult {
   public function getRaw() {
     if (!isset($this->raw)) {
       feeds_include_library('http_request.inc', 'http_request');
-      $result = http_request_get($this->url, NULL, NULL, NULL, $this->timeout);
+      $result = http_request_get($this->url, NULL, NULL, $this->accept_invalid_cert, $this->timeout);
       if (!in_array($result->code, array(200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206))) {
         throw new Exception(t('Download of @url failed with code !code.', array('@url' => $this->url, '!code' => $result->code)));
       }
@@ -56,6 +64,10 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcherResult extends FeedsFetcherResult {
   public function setTimeout($timeout) {
     $this->timeout = $timeout;
   }
+
+  public function setAcceptInvalidCert($accept_invalid_cert) {
+    $this->accept_invalid_cert = $accept_invalid_cert;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -74,6 +86,7 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcher extends FeedsFetcher {
     $fetcher_result = new FeedsHTTPFetcherResult($source_config['source']);
     // When request_timeout is empty, the global value is used.
     $fetcher_result->setTimeout($this->config['request_timeout']);
+    $fetcher_result->setAcceptInvalidCert($this->config['accept_invalid_cert']);
     return $fetcher_result;
   }
 
@@ -123,6 +136,7 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcher extends FeedsFetcher {
       'designated_hub' => '',
       'request_timeout' => NULL,
       'auto_scheme' => 'http',
+      'accept_invalid_cert' => FALSE,
     );
   }
 
@@ -176,6 +190,12 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcher extends FeedsFetcher {
       '#maxlength' => 3,
       '#size'=> 30,
     );
+  $form['advanced']['accept_invalid_cert'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#title' => t('Accept invalid SSL certificates'),
+    '#description' => t('<b>IMPORTANT:</b> This setting will force curl to completely ignore all SSL errors.  This is potentially a <b>major security risk</b> and should be used with caution.'),
+    '#default_value' => $this->config['accept_invalid_cert'],
+  );
 
     return $form;
   }