diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
index 3bb187ff1..badeea140 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import static fr.xephi.authme.datasource.SqlDataSourceUtils.logSqlException;
 public class MySQL extends AbstractSqlDataSource {
 
     private boolean useSsl;
+    private boolean serverCertificateVerification;
     private String host;
     private String port;
     private String username;
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ public class MySQL extends AbstractSqlDataSource {
         this.poolSize = settings.getProperty(DatabaseSettings.MYSQL_POOL_SIZE);
         this.maxLifetime = settings.getProperty(DatabaseSettings.MYSQL_CONNECTION_MAX_LIFETIME);
         this.useSsl = settings.getProperty(DatabaseSettings.MYSQL_USE_SSL);
+        this.serverCertificateVerification = settings.getProperty(DatabaseSettings.MYSQL_CHECK_SERVER_CERTIFICATE);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -126,6 +128,11 @@ public class MySQL extends AbstractSqlDataSource {
         // Request mysql over SSL
         ds.addDataSourceProperty("useSSL", String.valueOf(useSsl));
 
+        // Disabling server certificate verification on need
+        if (!serverCertificateVerification) {
+            ds.addDataSourceProperty("verifyServerCertificate", String.valueOf(false));
+        }
+
         // Encoding
         ds.addDataSourceProperty("characterEncoding", "utf8");
         ds.addDataSourceProperty("encoding", "UTF-8");
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/DatabaseSettings.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/DatabaseSettings.java
index 40e9933a3..83ed18e7a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/DatabaseSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/DatabaseSettings.java
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ public final class DatabaseSettings implements SettingsHolder {
     public static final Property<Boolean> MYSQL_USE_SSL =
         newProperty("DataSource.mySQLUseSSL", true);
 
+    @Comment({"Verification of server's certificate.",
+        "We would not recommend to set this option to false.",
+        "Set this option to false at your own risk if and only if you know what you're doing"})
+    public static final Property<Boolean> MYSQL_CHECK_SERVER_CERTIFICATE =
+        newProperty( "DataSource.mySQLCheckServerCertificate", true );
+
     @Comment("Username to connect to the MySQL database")
     public static final Property<String> MYSQL_USERNAME =
         newProperty("DataSource.mySQLUsername", "authme");
diff --git a/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/AuthMeSettingsRetrieverTest.java b/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/AuthMeSettingsRetrieverTest.java
index 445b6965a..1860480f5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/AuthMeSettingsRetrieverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/properties/AuthMeSettingsRetrieverTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class AuthMeSettingsRetrieverTest {
         // an error margin of 10: this prevents us from having to adjust the test every time the config is changed.
         // If this test fails, replace the first argument in closeTo() with the new number of properties
         assertThat((double) configurationData.getProperties().size(),
-            closeTo(171, 10));
+            closeTo(182, 10));
     }
 
     @Test