diff --git a/monero/backends/jsonrpc.py b/monero/backends/jsonrpc.py
index c79f692..5ba8802 100644
--- a/monero/backends/jsonrpc.py
+++ b/monero/backends/jsonrpc.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class JSONRPCDaemon(object):
     :param timeout: request timeout
     """
     def __init__(self, protocol='http', host='127.0.0.1', port=18081, path='/json_rpc',
-            user='', password='', timeout=30):
+            user='', password='', timeout=30, verify=True):
         self.url = '{protocol}://{host}:{port}'.format(
                 protocol=protocol,
                 host=host,
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class JSONRPCDaemon(object):
         self.user = user
         self.password = password
         self.timeout = timeout
+        self.verify = verify
 
     def info(self):
         info = self.raw_jsonrpc_request('get_info')
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ class JSONRPCDaemon(object):
             path=path,
             data=json.dumps(data, indent=2, sort_keys=True)))
         rsp = requests.post(
-            self.url + path, headers=hdr, data=json.dumps(data), timeout=self.timeout)
+            self.url + path, headers=hdr, data=json.dumps(data), timeout=self.timeout, verify=self.verify)
         if rsp.status_code != 200:
             raise RPCError("Invalid HTTP status {code} for path {path}.".format(
                 code=rsp.status_code,
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class JSONRPCDaemon(object):
         auth = requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(self.user, self.password)
         rsp = requests.post(
             self.url + '/json_rpc', headers=hdr, data=json.dumps(data), auth=auth,
-            timeout=self.timeout)
+            timeout=self.timeout, verify=self.verify)
         if rsp.status_code == 401:
             raise Unauthorized("401 Unauthorized. Invalid RPC user name or password.")
         elif rsp.status_code != 200:
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ class JSONRPCWallet(object):
     _master_address = None
 
     def __init__(self, protocol='http', host='127.0.0.1', port=18088, path='/json_rpc',
-            user='', password='', timeout=30):
+            user='', password='', timeout=30, verify=True):
         self.url = '{protocol}://{host}:{port}/json_rpc'.format(
                 protocol=protocol,
                 host=host,
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ class JSONRPCWallet(object):
         self.user = user
         self.password = password
         self.timeout = timeout
+        self.verify = verify
         _log.debug("JSONRPC wallet backend auth: '{user}'/'{stars}'".format(
             user=user, stars=('*' * len(password)) if password else ''))
 
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ class JSONRPCWallet(object):
             params=json.dumps(params, indent=2, sort_keys=True)))
         auth = requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(self.user, self.password)
         rsp = requests.post(
-            self.url, headers=hdr, data=json.dumps(data), auth=auth, timeout=self.timeout)
+            self.url, headers=hdr, data=json.dumps(data), auth=auth, timeout=self.timeout, verify=self.verify)
         if rsp.status_code == 401:
             raise Unauthorized("401 Unauthorized. Invalid RPC user name or password.")
         elif rsp.status_code != 200: