diff --git a/src/hblend/configuration/configuration.go b/src/hblend/configuration/configuration.go
index dc38d0e..9c9f7be 100644
--- a/src/hblend/configuration/configuration.go
+++ b/src/hblend/configuration/configuration.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var Component = ""
 var Verbose = false
 var Help = false
 var Clean = false
+var Insecure = false
 
 func Parse() {
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ func Parse() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&Clean, "clean", false, "Clean output directory")
 	flag.BoolVar(&Verbose, "v", false, "Verbose: show extra information.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&Help, "h", false, "Show this help")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Insecure, "insecure", false, "Allow insecure https connections")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
diff --git a/src/hblend/utils/utils.go b/src/hblend/utils/utils.go
index 32809f5..2464e5a 100644
--- a/src/hblend/utils/utils.go
+++ b/src/hblend/utils/utils.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"crypto/md5"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+
+	config "hblend/configuration"
 )
 
 func ReadFileBytes(filename string) []byte {
@@ -77,10 +80,18 @@ func EnsureDirs(filename string) error {
 }
 
 func CopyFileRemote(src, dst string) error {
-
 	EnsureDirs(dst)
 
-	response, response_err := http.Get(src)
+	// Configure transport layer
+	tr := &http.Transport{
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+			InsecureSkipVerify: config.Insecure,
+		},
+	}
+	client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}
+
+	// Do the request
+	response, response_err := client.Get(src)
 	if response_err != nil {
 		return response_err
 	}