diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f4e05578d..c502fd946 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 030 <chocolatey030@gmail.com>
+Aaron Lozier <lozieraj@gmail.com>
 Alex Kocharin <alex@kocharin.ru>
 Alex Kocharin <rlidwka@kocharin.ru>
 Alex Vernacchia <avernacchia@exacttarget.com>
diff --git a/conf/full.yaml b/conf/full.yaml
index ac9e0b106..4fe9db429 100644
--- a/conf/full.yaml
+++ b/conf/full.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ uplinks:
     # to be stored in the local storage (defaults to true)
     #cache: false
 
+    # set this to false to disable strict SSL cert check (defaults to true)
+    #strict_ssl: false
+
 packages:
   '@*/*':
     # scoped packages
diff --git a/docs/uplinks.md b/docs/uplinks.md
index 23f6c332a..3e3b238e4 100644
--- a/docs/uplinks.md
+++ b/docs/uplinks.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ max_fails | number | No |2 | all | limit maximun failure request | 2
 cache | boolean | No |[true,false] | >= 2.1 | avoid cache tarballs | true
 auth | list | No | type: [bearer,basic], [token: "token",token_env: [true,\<get name process.env\>]]  | >= 2.5 | assigns the header 'Authorization' see: http://blog.npmjs.org/post/118393368555/deploying-with-npm-private-modules | disabled
 headers | list | No | authorization: "Basic YourBase64EncodedCredentials==" | all | list of custom headers for the uplink | disabled
+strict_ssl |boolean | No | [true,false] | >= 3.0 | If true, requires SSL certificates be valid. | true
 
 
 ### You Must know
diff --git a/src/lib/up-storage.js b/src/lib/up-storage.js
index 6988e13f5..506a7ba6c 100644
--- a/src/lib/up-storage.js
+++ b/src/lib/up-storage.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class ProxyStorage implements IProxy {
   upname: string;
   proxy: string;
   last_request_time: number;
+  strict_ssl: boolean;
 
   /**
    * Constructor
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ class ProxyStorage implements IProxy {
     this.timeout = parseInterval(setConfig(this.config, 'timeout', '30s'));
     this.max_fails = Number(setConfig(this.config, 'max_fails', 2 ));
     this.fail_timeout = parseInterval(setConfig(this.config, 'fail_timeout', '5m' ));
+    this.strict_ssl = Boolean(setConfig(this.config, 'strict_ssl', true));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ class ProxyStorage implements IProxy {
       method: method,
       headers: headers,
       uri: uri,
+      strictSSL: this.strict_ssl
     }, 'making request: \'@{method} @{uri}\'');
 
     if (isObject(options.json)) {
@@ -203,6 +206,7 @@ class ProxyStorage implements IProxy {
       encoding: null,
       gzip: true,
       timeout: this.timeout,
+      strictSSL: this.strict_ssl
     }, requestCallback);
 
     let statusCalled = false;
@@ -387,6 +391,7 @@ class ProxyStorage implements IProxy {
       json: true,
       headers: headers,
       req: options.req,
+      strictSSL: this.strict_ssl
     }, (err, res, body) => {
       if (err) {
         return callback(err);
@@ -418,6 +423,7 @@ class ProxyStorage implements IProxy {
     const readStream = this.request({
       uri_full: url,
       encoding: null,
+      strictSSL: this.strict_ssl,
       headers: {
         Accept: contenTypeAccept,
       },
@@ -465,6 +471,7 @@ class ProxyStorage implements IProxy {
     const requestStream: stream$Readable = this.request({
       uri: options.req.url,
       req: options.req,
+      strictSSL: this.strict_ssl,
       headers: {
         referer: options.req.headers.referer,
       },