diff --git a/check_email_delivery b/check_email_delivery
index 9338988..2c293a9 100755
--- a/check_email_delivery
+++ b/check_email_delivery
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ my $username = "";
 my $password = "";
 my $ssl = "";
 my $imap_ssl = "";
+my $imap_ssl_verify = 1;
 my $mailto = "";
 my $mailfrom = "";
 my @header = ();
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ $ok = Getopt::Long::GetOptions(
 	"imap-mailbox=s"=>\$imap_mailbox,
 	"imap-check-interval=i"=>\$imap_interval,"imap-retries=i"=>\$imap_retries,
 	"imapssl!"=>\$imap_ssl,
+	"imapsslverify!"=>\$imap_ssl_verify,
 	# Time
 	"hires"=>\$time_hires,
 	);
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ $imap_options .= "-U ".shellquote($imap_username)." " if defined $imap_username
 $imap_options .= "-P ".shellquote($imap_password)." " if defined $imap_password and $imap_password ne "";
 $imap_options .= "--mailbox ".shellquote($imap_mailbox)." " if defined $imap_mailbox and $imap_mailbox ne "";
 $imap_options .= "--ssl " if defined $imap_ssl and $imap_ssl;
+$imap_options .= "--no-verify-ssl " if defined $imap_ssl_verify and !$imap_ssl_verify;
 
 
 # create the report object
@@ -693,6 +696,13 @@ Use this to enable or disable SSL for the IMAP plugin.
 
 This argument is shell-escaped; special characters or angle brackets around the address are ok. 
 
+=item --imapsslverify
+=item --noimapsslverify
+
+Use this to enable or disable SSL verfiy for the IMAP plugin. 
+
+This argument is shell-escaped; special characters or angle brackets around the address are ok. 
+
 =item --smtptls
 =item --nosmtptls
 
diff --git a/check_imap_receive b/check_imap_receive
index b2009ca..191e2f1 100755
--- a/check_imap_receive
+++ b/check_imap_receive
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ my $template = "";
 my $ssl = 0;
 my $ssl_ca_file = "";
 my $tls = 0;
+my $verify_ssl = 1;
 my $time_hires = "";
 my $ok;
 $ok = Getopt::Long::GetOptions(
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ $ok = Getopt::Long::GetOptions(
 	"U|username=s"=>\$username,"P|password=s"=>\$password, "m|mailbox=s"=>\$mailbox,
 	"imap-check-interval=i"=>\$interval,"imap-retries=i"=>\$max_retries,
 	"ssl!"=>\$ssl, "ssl-ca-file=s"=>\$ssl_ca_file, "tls!"=>\$tls,
+	"verify-ssl!"=>\$verify_ssl,
 	# search settings
 	"s|search=s"=>\@search,
 	"search-critical-min=i"=>\$search_critical_min, "search-critical-max=i"=>\$search_critical_max,
@@ -135,6 +137,8 @@ eval {
 			$ssl_args{SSL_ca_file} = $ssl_ca_file;
 			$ssl_args{SSL_verifycn_scheme} = 'imap';
 			$ssl_args{SSL_verifycn_name} = $imap_server;
+		} elsif ( !$verify_ssl ) {
+			$ssl_args{SSL_verify_mode} = 0;
 		}
 		my $socket = IO::Socket::SSL->new(PeerAddr=>"$imap_server:$imap_port", %ssl_args);
 		die IO::Socket::SSL::errstr() . " (if you get this only when using both --ssl and --ssl-ca-file, but not when using just --ssl, the server SSL certificate failed validation)" unless $socket;
@@ -700,6 +704,12 @@ override this from the command line using the --port option.
 
 Use the nossl option to turn off the ssl option.
 
+=item --verifyssl
+
+=item --noverifyssl
+
+Enable SSL verfiy when connecting to imap server.
+
 =item --ssl-ca-file
 
 Use this to verify the server SSL certificate against a local .pem file. You'll need to