diff --git a/pkg/controller/plan/adapter/vsphere/client.go b/pkg/controller/plan/adapter/vsphere/client.go
index 1480b7a36..89acfe80c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/plan/adapter/vsphere/client.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/plan/adapter/vsphere/client.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	liburl "net/url"
+	"strconv"
 
 	planapi "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/apis/forklift/v1beta1/plan"
 	"github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/apis/forklift/v1beta1/ref"
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ func (r *Client) connect() error {
 	url.User = liburl.UserPassword(
 		r.user(),
 		r.password())
-	soapClient := soap.NewClient(url, false)
+	soapClient := soap.NewClient(url, r.getInsecureSkipVerifyFlag())
 	soapClient.SetThumbprint(url.Host, r.thumbprint())
 	vimClient, err := vim25.NewClient(context.TODO(), soapClient)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -369,6 +370,22 @@ func (r *Client) thumbprint() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// getInsecureSkipVerifyFlag gets the insecureSkipVerify boolean flag
+// value from the provider connection secret.
+func (r *Client) getInsecureSkipVerifyFlag() bool {
+	insecure, found := r.Source.Secret.Data["insecureSkipVerify"]
+	if !found {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	insecureSkipVerify, err := strconv.ParseBool(string(insecure))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return insecureSkipVerify
+}
+
 func (r *Client) DetachDisks(vmRef ref.Ref) (err error) {
 	// no-op
 	return
diff --git a/pkg/controller/plan/adapter/vsphere/host.go b/pkg/controller/plan/adapter/vsphere/host.go
index 1ba4c77f1..13df8d71c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/plan/adapter/vsphere/host.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/plan/adapter/vsphere/host.go
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ package vsphere
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	liburl "net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
 	model "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/controller/provider/web/vsphere"
 	liberr "github.com/konveyor/forklift-controller/pkg/lib/error"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
@@ -10,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/soap"
 	core "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	liburl "net/url"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // ESX Host.
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ func (r *EsxHost) connect(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	url.User = liburl.UserPassword(
 		r.user(),
 		r.password())
-	soapClient := soap.NewClient(url, false)
+	soapClient := soap.NewClient(url, r.getInsecureSkipVerifyFlag())
 	soapClient.SetThumbprint(url.Host, r.thumbprint())
 	vimClient, err := vim25.NewClient(ctx, soapClient)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -147,3 +149,19 @@ func (r *EsxHost) thumbprint() string {
 
 	return ""
 }
+
+// GetInsecureSkipVerifyFlag gets the insecureSkipVerify boolean flag
+// value from the provider connection secret.
+func (r *EsxHost) getInsecureSkipVerifyFlag() bool {
+	insecure, found := r.Secret.Data["insecureSkipVerify"]
+	if !found {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	insecureSkipVerify, err := strconv.ParseBool(string(insecure))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return insecureSkipVerify
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/provider/container/vsphere/collector.go b/pkg/controller/provider/container/vsphere/collector.go
index aeb82c93c..f926cc198 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/provider/container/vsphere/collector.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/provider/container/vsphere/collector.go
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ func (r *Collector) connect(ctx context.Context) (status int, err error) {
 	url.User = liburl.UserPassword(
 		r.user(),
 		r.password())
-	soapClient := soap.NewClient(url, false)
+	soapClient := soap.NewClient(url, r.getInsecureSkipVerifyFlag())
 	soapClient.SetThumbprint(url.Host, r.thumbprint())
 	vimClient, err := vim25.NewClient(ctx, soapClient)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -544,6 +544,22 @@ func (r *Collector) thumbprint() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// getInsecureSkipVerifyFlag gets the insecureSkipVerify boolean flag
+// value from the provider connection secret.
+func (r *Collector) getInsecureSkipVerifyFlag() bool {
+	insecure, found := r.secret.Data["insecureSkipVerify"]
+	if !found {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	insecureSkipVerify, err := strconv.ParseBool(string(insecure))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return insecureSkipVerify
+}
+
 // Build the object Spec filter.
 func (r *Collector) filter(pc *property.Collector) *property.WaitFilter {
 	return &property.WaitFilter{