diff --git a/slskd_api/client.py b/slskd_api/client.py
index d2c3c61..0c2d9a1 100644
--- a/slskd_api/client.py
+++ b/slskd_api/client.py
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ def __init__(self,
                  username: str = None,
                  password: str = None,
                  token: str = None,
+                 verify_ssl: bool = True
     ):
         api_url = reduce(urljoin, [f'{host}/', f'{url_base}/', f'api/{API_VERSION}'])
 
         session = requests.Session()
         session.hooks = {'response': lambda r, *args, **kwargs: r.raise_for_status()}
         session.headers.update({'accept': '*/*'})
+        session.verify = verify_ssl
 
         header = {}