diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 39317312c07f00a1ed7fedf1fac5cc8a4b835be1..ae75739553c7ce6c22734b27d67612874672c423 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ typedef enum {
    */
   CINIT(HTTPGET, LONG, 80),
 
+  /* Set if we should verify the Common name from the peer certificate in ssl
+   * handshake, set 1 to check existence, 2 to ensure that it matches the
+   * provided hostname. */
+  CINIT(SSL_VERIFYHOST, LONG, 81),
+  
   CURLOPT_LASTENTRY /* the last unusued */
 } CURLoption;
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 3e0b3dcdaac7ba2e66e9a198f11f108b7937e3d7..7e2ac4669e8f42c266b3d66166fef2f0ae73b65f 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1881,7 +1881,10 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
         /* available from libcurl 7.5: */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, config->cacert);
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, TRUE);
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
       }
+      else
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 1);
       
       if(config->conf&(CONF_NOBODY|CONF_USEREMOTETIME)) {
         /* no body or use remote time */