diff --git a/lib/wowza.pm b/lib/wowza.pm
index 62f3c83..220b26d 100644
--- a/lib/wowza.pm
+++ b/lib/wowza.pm
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ sub wowza_update {
 	foreach(my @wl = split(',', $wowza->{list})) {
 		my $wls = trim($wl[$e]);
 		my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(timeout => 30);
+
+		$ua->ssl_opts(verify_hostname => 0)
+			if lc($config->{accept_selfsigned_certs}) eq "y";
+
 		my $response = $ua->request(HTTP::Request->new('GET', $wls));
 		my $data = XMLin($response->content);