diff --git a/src/GooglePlacesClient.php b/src/GooglePlacesClient.php
index 9a7ca30..e897abe 100644
--- a/src/GooglePlacesClient.php
+++ b/src/GooglePlacesClient.php
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@ public function get($url)
     {
         $curl = curl_init();
 
+        $ssl_verifypeer = true;
+        // Remove ssl certificate verification for Windows
+        if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'WIN')
+        {
+            $ssl_verifypeer = false;
+        }
+
         $options = array(
             CURLOPT_URL            => $url,
             CURLOPT_HEADER         => false,
-            CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => true,
+            CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => $ssl_verifypeer,
             CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
         );