diff --git a/_modules/artifactory_repo.py b/_modules/artifactory_repo.py
index 2efa12b..a97d215 100644
--- a/_modules/artifactory_repo.py
+++ b/_modules/artifactory_repo.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
             'search_repos': 'repositories',
             'username': 'your-user',
             'password': 'password',
-            'headers': {'Content-type': 'application/json'}
+            'headers': {'Content-type': 'application/json'},
+            'ssl_verify': True
         }
 
         client_config.update(config)
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
         query = "%s/%s/%s" % (self.artifactory_url, self.search_repos, name)
         auth = (self.username, self.password)
 
-        r = requests.put(query, auth=auth, json=config)
+        r = requests.put(query, auth=auth, json=config, verify=self.ssl_verify)
         print(r.content)
 
         raw_response = self.query_artifactory(query)
@@ -116,9 +117,9 @@
         query_type = query_type.lower()
 
         if query_type == "get":
-            response = requests.get(query, auth=auth, headers=self.headers)
+            response = requests.get(query, auth=auth, headers=self.headers, verify=self.ssl_verify)
         elif query_type == "put":
-            response = requests.put(query, data=query.split('?', 1)[1], auth=auth, headers=self.headers)
+            response = requests.put(query, data=query.split('?', 1)[1], auth=auth, headers=self.headers, verify=self.ssl_verify)
         if query_type == "post":
             pass
 
@@ -226,7 +227,8 @@
             __salt__['config.get'](prefix, {})).get(key, default)
 
     client_config = {
-      'artifactory_url': '%s://%s:%s/artifactory/api' % (get('proto', 'http'), get('host', 'localhost'), get('port', '8080'))
+      'artifactory_url': '%s://%s:%s/artifactory/api' % (get('proto', 'http'), get('host', 'localhost'), get('port', '8080')),
+      'ssl_verify': get('ssl_verify', True)
     }
 
     user = get('user', False)
diff --git a/artifactory/files/_artifactory.conf b/artifactory/files/_artifactory.conf
index d9457ec..92e5f84 100644
--- a/artifactory/files/_artifactory.conf
+++ b/artifactory/files/_artifactory.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   host: {{ client.server.host }}
   port: {{ client.server.port }}
   proto: {{ client.server.proto|default('http') }}
+  ssl_verify: {{ client.server.ssl_verify|default(True) }}
   {%- if client.server.user is defined %}
   user: {{ client.server.user }}
   password: {{ client.server.password }}