diff --git a/agent.py b/agent.py
index b93bdcae..f7aa512a 100755
--- a/agent.py
+++ b/agent.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def status(cls, config, to_screen=True):
 
         target = 'http://{host}:{port}/status'.format(host=api_addr, port=api_port)
         try:
-            r = requests.get(target, timeout=cls.STATUS_TIMEOUT)
+            r = requests.get(target, timeout=cls.STATUS_TIMEOUT, verify=(not config.get('skip_ssl_validation', False)))
             r.raise_for_status()
 
             status = r.json()
diff --git a/forwarder/transaction.py b/forwarder/transaction.py
index 25290f82..7205dbb4 100644
--- a/forwarder/transaction.py
+++ b/forwarder/transaction.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def process(self):
         url = self.domain + self.endpoint
         log_url = self.domain + self.get_endpoint()
         try:
-            resp = requests.post(url, self.payload, headers=self.headers, timeout=self.timeout, proxies=self.proxies)
+            resp = requests.post(url, self.payload, headers=self.headers, timeout=self.timeout, proxies=self.proxies, verify=(not config.get('skip_ssl_validation', False)))
         except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
             log.error("Connection timout to: %s", log_url)
             return False
diff --git a/utils/flare.py b/utils/flare.py
index d0c0fbc1..d69f69ce 100644
--- a/utils/flare.py
+++ b/utils/flare.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def submit(self):
                 if proxies:
                     requests_options['proxies'] = proxies
 
-                resp = requests.post(url, **requests_options)
+                resp = requests.post(url, **requests_options, verify=(not config.get('skip_ssl_validation', False)))
             except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
                 log.error("Connection timout to: %s", url)
                 return False, None