diff --git a/make/common/templates/adminserver/env b/make/common/templates/adminserver/env
index 20eceb4fa..54118c1a2 100644
--- a/make/common/templates/adminserver/env
+++ b/make/common/templates/adminserver/env
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LDAP_FILTER=$ldap_filter
 LDAP_UID=$ldap_uid
 LDAP_SCOPE=$ldap_scope
 LDAP_TIMEOUT=$ldap_timeout
-LDAP_VERIFY_CERT=true
+LDAP_VERIFY_CERT=$ldap_verify_cert
 DATABASE_TYPE=mysql
 MYSQL_HOST=$db_host
 MYSQL_PORT=$db_port
diff --git a/make/harbor.cfg b/make/harbor.cfg
index 6e22b8fe6..8df07e977 100644
--- a/make/harbor.cfg
+++ b/make/harbor.cfg
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ ldap_scope = 3
 #Timeout (in seconds)  when connecting to an LDAP Server. The default value (and most reasonable) is 5 seconds.
 ldap_timeout = 5
 
+#Verify certificate from LDAP server
+ldap_verify_cert = true
+
 #Turn on or off the self-registration feature
 self_registration = on
 
diff --git a/make/prepare b/make/prepare
index 1546f3113..226fcc707 100755
--- a/make/prepare
+++ b/make/prepare
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ else:
 ldap_uid = rcp.get("configuration", "ldap_uid")
 ldap_scope = rcp.get("configuration", "ldap_scope")
 ldap_timeout = rcp.get("configuration", "ldap_timeout")
+ldap_verify_cert = rcp.get("configuration", "ldap_verify_cert")
 db_password = rcp.get("configuration", "db_password")
 db_host = rcp.get("configuration", "db_host")
 db_user = rcp.get("configuration", "db_user")
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ render(os.path.join(templates_dir, "adminserver", "env"),
         ldap_filter=ldap_filter,
         ldap_uid=ldap_uid,
         ldap_scope=ldap_scope,
+        ldap_verify_cert=ldap_verify_cert,
         ldap_timeout=ldap_timeout,
         db_password=db_password,
         db_host=db_host,