diff --git a/lib/FreshBooksRequest.php b/lib/FreshBooksRequest.php
index 2d15962..c55c855 100644
--- a/lib/FreshBooksRequest.php
+++ b/lib/FreshBooksRequest.php
@@ -67,6 +67,24 @@ public static function init($domain, $token)
     {
         self::$_domain = $domain;
         self::$_token = $token;
+        self::$_disable_ssl_verification = false;
+    }
+   
+    /*
+     * Turn off SSL peer verification.
+     *
+     * You may need to do this if your curl installation does not have
+     * the proper certificate authority information.
+     *
+     * If possible, fix your curl configuration instead as with this
+     * option set, intermediaries will be able to pretend to be
+     * FreshBooks.
+     *
+     * @return null
+     */
+    public static function disableSSLVerification()
+    {
+        self::$_disable_ssl_verification = true;
     }
 
     /*
@@ -163,7 +181,9 @@ public function request()
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 40); // times out after 40s
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_data); // add POST fields
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, self::$_token . ':X');
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
+        if (self::$_disable_ssl_verification) {
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
+        }
 
         $result = curl_exec($ch);