diff --git a/pydruid/db/api.py b/pydruid/db/api.py
index 9f3d5f97..6b87af38 100644
--- a/pydruid/db/api.py
+++ b/pydruid/db/api.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def connect(
     password=None,
     context=None,
     header=False,
+    ssl_verify_cert=True,
 ):  # noqa: E125
     """
     Constructor for creating a connection to the database.
@@ -38,7 +39,17 @@ def connect(
 
     """
     context = context or {}
-    return Connection(host, port, path, scheme, user, password, context, header)
+    return Connection(
+                host,
+                port,
+                path,
+                scheme,
+                user,
+                password,
+                context,
+                header,
+                ssl_verify_cert,
+            )
 
 
 def check_closed(f):
@@ -118,6 +129,7 @@ def __init__(
         password=None,
         context=None,
         header=False,
+        ssl_verify_cert=True,
     ):
         netloc = "{host}:{port}".format(host=host, port=port)
         self.url = parse.urlunparse((scheme, netloc, path, None, None, None))
@@ -127,6 +139,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.header = header
         self.user = user
         self.password = password
+        self.ssl_verify_cert = ssl_verify_cert
 
     @check_closed
     def close(self):
@@ -150,7 +163,14 @@ def commit(self):
     @check_closed
     def cursor(self):
         """Return a new Cursor Object using the connection."""
-        cursor = Cursor(self.url, self.user, self.password, self.context, self.header)
+        cursor = Cursor(
+                    self.url,
+                    self.user,
+                    self.password,
+                    self.context,
+                    self.header,
+                    self.ssl_verify_cert,
+                )
         self.cursors.append(cursor)
 
         return cursor
@@ -171,12 +191,21 @@ class Cursor(object):
 
     """Connection cursor."""
 
-    def __init__(self, url, user=None, password=None, context=None, header=False):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        url,
+        user=None,
+        password=None,
+        context=None,
+        header=False,
+        ssl_verify_cert=True,
+    ):
         self.url = url
         self.context = context or {}
         self.header = header
         self.user = user
         self.password = password
+        self.ssl_verify_cert = ssl_verify_cert
 
         # This read/write attribute specifies the number of rows to fetch at a
         # time with .fetchmany(). It defaults to 1 meaning to fetch a single
@@ -300,7 +329,12 @@ def _stream_query(self, query):
             requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(self.user, self.password) if self.user else None
         )
         r = requests.post(
-            self.url, stream=True, headers=headers, json=payload, auth=auth
+            self.url,
+            stream=True,
+            headers=headers,
+            json=payload,
+            auth=auth,
+            verify=self.ssl_verify_cert,
         )
         if r.encoding is None:
             r.encoding = "utf-8"
diff --git a/tests/db/test_cursor.py b/tests/db/test_cursor.py
index 222c72e5..c8c798f2 100644
--- a/tests/db/test_cursor.py
+++ b/tests/db/test_cursor.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def test_context(self, requests_post_mock):
             stream=True,
             headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
             json={'query': query, 'context': context, 'header': False},
+            verify=True
         )
 
     @patch('requests.post')