diff --git a/src/esx/esx_vi.c b/src/esx/esx_vi.c
index 1087926acb..7a429761d9 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_vi.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_vi.c
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ esxVI_Context_Connect(virConnectPtr conn, esxVI_Context *ctx, const char *url,
     curl_easy_setopt(ctx->curl_handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
     curl_easy_setopt(ctx->curl_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
     curl_easy_setopt(ctx->curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, noVerify ? 0 : 1);
+    curl_easy_setopt(ctx->curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, noVerify ? 0 : 2);
     curl_easy_setopt(ctx->curl_handle, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "");
     curl_easy_setopt(ctx->curl_handle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ctx->curl_headers);
     curl_easy_setopt(ctx->curl_handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION,