diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f79b69..78b1492 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# 1.0.2
+  * Add 'verify_cert' config option
 # 1.0.1
   * Default to 0 automatic_retries
 # 1.0.0
diff --git a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/http_client.rb b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/http_client.rb
index 454f358..2de36c6 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/http_client.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/http_client.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ def setup_http_client_config
     # How many times should the client retry a failing URL? Default is `0`
     config :automatic_retries, :validate => :number, :default => 0
 
-    # If you need to use a custom X.509 CA (`.pem` certs) specify the path to that here
+    # Set this to false to disable SSL/TLS certificate validation
+    # Note: setting this to false is generally considered insecure!
+    config :ssl_certificate_validation, :validate => :boolean, :default => true
+
+    # If you need to use a custom X.509 CA (.pem certs) specify the path to that here
     config :cacert, :validate => :path
 
     # If you need to use a custom keystore (`.jks`) specify that here
@@ -80,7 +84,8 @@ def client_config
       pool_max: @pool_max,
       pool_max_per_route: @pool_max_per_route,
       cookies: @cookies,
-      keepalive: @keepalive
+      keepalive: @keepalive,
+      verify: @ssl_certificate_validation
     }
 
     if @proxy
diff --git a/logstash-mixin-http_client.gemspec b/logstash-mixin-http_client.gemspec
index 25f0b04..4f0593e 100644
--- a/logstash-mixin-http_client.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-mixin-http_client.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name            = 'logstash-mixin-http_client'
-  s.version         = '1.0.1'
+  s.version         = '1.0.2'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary         = "AWS mixins to provide a unified interface for Amazon Webservice"
   s.description     = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"