diff --git a/push.cpp b/push.cpp
index cb177d2..9692e08 100644
--- a/push.cpp
+++ b/push.cpp
@@ -1508,6 +1508,9 @@ CURLcode make_curl_request(const CString& service_host, const CString& service_u
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
 	}
 
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1L);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2L);
+
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url.data());
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PORT, port);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "ZNC Push");