diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19fec8e..f9c2cd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ $ brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moul/ssh2docker/master/contrib/
 * Add an error if the go version is lower than 1.5
 * Flexible parsing of the input URL
 * Add tests
+* Support of `--skip-tls-verify`
 
 [full commits list](https://github.com/moul/gotty-client/compare/v1.3.0...master)
 
diff --git a/cmd/gotty-client/main.go b/cmd/gotty-client/main.go
index 543fd7a..980f794 100644
--- a/cmd/gotty-client/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gotty-client/main.go
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "Enable debug mode",
 			EnvVar: "GOTTY_CLIENT_DEBUG",
 		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:   "skip-tls-verify",
+			Usage:  "Skip TLS verify",
+			EnvVar: "SKIP_TLS_VERIFY",
+		},
 	}
 
 	app.Action = Action
@@ -55,6 +60,10 @@ func Action(c *cli.Context) {
 		logrus.Fatalf("Cannot create client: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if c.Bool("skip-tls-verify") {
+		client.SkipTLSVerify = true
+	}
+
 	// loop
 	if err = client.Loop(); err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatalf("Communication error: %v", err)
diff --git a/gotty-client.go b/gotty-client.go
index 87586fc..562896e 100644
--- a/gotty-client.go
+++ b/gotty-client.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gottyclient
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	Output         io.Writer
 	QuitChan       chan struct{}
 	QuitChanClosed bool
+	SkipTLSVerify  bool
 }
 
 type querySingleType struct {
@@ -104,6 +106,11 @@ func (c *Client) GetAuthToken() (string, error) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", target.String(), nil)
 	req.Header = *header
 	client := http.Client{}
+	if c.SkipTLSVerify {
+		client.Transport = &http.Transport{
+			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+		}
+	}
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -146,6 +153,9 @@ func (c *Client) Connect() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	logrus.Debugf("Connecting to websocket: %q", target.String())
+	if c.SkipTLSVerify {
+		c.Dialer.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}
+	}
 	conn, _, err := c.Dialer.Dial(target.String(), *header)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err