diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63c06c5..37efb80 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ This is a generic plugin for Nagios which checks json values from a given HTTP e
 Executing `./check_http_json.py -h` will yield the following details:
 
 ```
-usage: check_http_json.py [-h] [-d] [-s] -H HOST [-P PORT] [-p PATH]
-                          [-t TIMEOUT] [-B AUTH] [-D DATA] [-A HEADERS]
-                          [-f SEPARATOR]
-                          [-w [KEY_THRESHOLD_WARNING [KEY_THRESHOLD_WARNING ...]]]
-                          [-c [KEY_THRESHOLD_CRITICAL [KEY_THRESHOLD_CRITICAL ...]]]
-                          [-e [KEY_LIST [KEY_LIST ...]]]
-                          [-E [KEY_LIST_CRITICAL [KEY_LIST_CRITICAL ...]]]
-                          [-q [KEY_VALUE_LIST [KEY_VALUE_LIST ...]]]
-                          [-Q [KEY_VALUE_LIST_CRITICAL [KEY_VALUE_LIST_CRITICAL ...]]]
-                          [-m [METRIC_LIST [METRIC_LIST ...]]]
+usage: check_http_json2.py [-h] [-d] [-s] [-i] -H HOST [-P PORT] [-p PATH]
+                           [-t TIMEOUT] [-B AUTH] [-D DATA] [-A HEADERS]
+                           [-f SEPARATOR]
+                           [-w [KEY_THRESHOLD_WARNING [KEY_THRESHOLD_WARNING ...]]]
+                           [-c [KEY_THRESHOLD_CRITICAL [KEY_THRESHOLD_CRITICAL ...]]]
+                           [-e [KEY_LIST [KEY_LIST ...]]]
+                           [-E [KEY_LIST_CRITICAL [KEY_LIST_CRITICAL ...]]]
+                           [-q [KEY_VALUE_LIST [KEY_VALUE_LIST ...]]]
+                           [-Q [KEY_VALUE_LIST_CRITICAL [KEY_VALUE_LIST_CRITICAL ...]]]
+                           [-m [METRIC_LIST [METRIC_LIST ...]]]
 
 Nagios plugin which checks json values from a given endpoint against argument
 specified rules and determines the status and performance data for that
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ optional arguments:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
   -d, --debug           Debug mode.
   -s, --ssl             HTTPS mode.
+  -i, --ignorecerts     Ignore SSL Certificates.
   -H HOST, --host HOST  Host.
   -P PORT, --port PORT  TCP port
   -p PATH, --path PATH  Path.
diff --git a/check_http_json.py b/check_http_json.py
index 8dd1327..86c4190 100755
--- a/check_http_json.py
+++ b/check_http_json.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ import sys
 from pprint import pprint
 from urllib2 import HTTPError
 from urllib2 import URLError
+import ssl
 
 # TEST = False
 
-
 OK_CODE = 0
 WARNING_CODE = 1
 CRITICAL_CODE = 2
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ def parseArgs():
     # parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help='Verbose Output')
 	parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', action='store_true', help='Debug mode.')
 	parser.add_argument('-s', '--ssl', action='store_true', help='HTTPS mode.')
+	parser.add_argument('-i', '--ignorecerts', action='store_true', help='Ignore Untrusted SSL Certificates.')
 	parser.add_argument('-H', '--host', dest='host', required=True, help='Host.')
 	parser.add_argument('-P', '--port', dest='port', help='TCP port')
 	parser.add_argument('-p', '--path', dest='path', help='Path.')
@@ -404,6 +405,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 	if args.port: url += ":%s" % args.port
 	if args.path: url += "/%s" % args.path
 	debugPrint(args.debug, "url:%s" % url)
+	# Ignore Untrusted SSL Certificates?
+	if args.ignorecerts:
+		context = ssl._create_unverified_context()
+	else:
+		context = ""
 	# Attempt to reach the endpoint
 	try:
 		req = urllib2.Request(url)
@@ -416,13 +422,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 			for header in headers:
 				req.add_header(header, headers[header])
 		if args.timeout and args.data:
-			response = urllib2.urlopen(req, timeout=args.timeout, data=args.data)
+			response = urllib2.urlopen(req, timeout=args.timeout, data=args.data, context=context)
 		elif args.timeout:
-			response = urllib2.urlopen(req, timeout=args.timeout)
+			response = urllib2.urlopen(req, timeout=args.timeout, context=context)
 		elif args.data:
-			response = urllib2.urlopen(req, data=args.data)
+			response = urllib2.urlopen(req, data=args.data, context=context)
 		else:
-			response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+			response = urllib2.urlopen(req, context=context)
 	except HTTPError as e:
 		nagios.append_unknown("HTTPError[%s], url:%s" % (str(e.code), url))
 	except URLError as e: