diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/http/HttpClient.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/http/HttpClient.java
index 29b5a3e6..1f46d452 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/http/HttpClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/http/HttpClient.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicCredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
@@ -155,6 +156,9 @@ private CloseableHttpClient createHttpClient() throws IOException {
       }
     }
     httpClientBuilder.setDefaultHeaders(clientHeaders);
+    if (!config.getVerifyHttps()) {
+      httpClientBuilder.setSSLHostnameVerifier(NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
+    }
 
     return httpClientBuilder.build();
   }