diff --git a/android/src/av/imageview/AVImageView.java b/android/src/av/imageview/AVImageView.java
index 77c2db9..08c9c98 100644
--- a/android/src/av/imageview/AVImageView.java
+++ b/android/src/av/imageview/AVImageView.java
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import av.imageview.utils.CookiesHelper;
+import av.imageview.utils.SSLHelper;
+import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
+import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
 
 public class AVImageView extends TiUIView {
   private static final String LCAT = "AVImageView";
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ public class AVImageView extends TiUIView {
   private boolean handleCookies;
   private boolean dontAnimate;
   private String signature;
+  private boolean validatesSecureCertificate;
 
   private RequestListener<String, GlideDrawable> requestListener;
 
@@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ public AVImageView(TiViewProxy proxy) {
     this.memoryCache = true;
     this.dontAnimate = false;
     this.handleCookies = true;
+    this.validatesSecureCertificate = true;
     this.signature = "";
     this.okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient
                             .Builder() // default timeouts are 5 seconds
@@ -142,7 +148,8 @@ public AVImageView(TiViewProxy proxy) {
   public void processProperties(KrollDict args) {
     super.processProperties(args);
 
-    String[] properties = {"loadingIndicator",
+    String[] properties = {"validatesSecureCertificate", // Needs to be at the very begining, at least before request is launched
+                           "loadingIndicator",
                            "loadingIndicatorColor",
                            "enableMemoryCache",
                            "contentMode",
@@ -192,14 +199,27 @@ public void applyPropertyChanges(String key, Object value) {
       }
     }
     if (key.equals("timeout")) {
-      this.okHttpClient =
-          new OkHttpClient.Builder()
-              .connectTimeout(TiConvert.toInt(value), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-              .readTimeout(TiConvert.toInt(value), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-              .build();
+      okhttp3.OkHttpClient.Builder builder = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+      .connectTimeout(TiConvert.toInt(value), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+      .readTimeout(TiConvert.toInt(value), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+			if(!this.validatesSecureCertificate)
+			{
+				Log.d(LCAT, "Not validating SSL");
+				builder.sslSocketFactory(SSLHelper.trustAllSslSocketFactory, (X509TrustManager)SSLHelper.trustAllCerts[0]);
+		    builder.hostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {
+		      @Override
+		      public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
+		        return true;
+		      }
+		    });
+			}
+
+			this.okHttpClient = builder.build();
     }
     if (key.equals("handleCookies"))
       this.setHandleCookies(TiConvert.toBoolean(value));
+    if (key.equals("validatesSecureCertificate"))
+      this.setValidatesSecureCertificate(TiConvert.toBoolean(value));
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -403,10 +423,20 @@ public void startRequest(String url, Boolean loadingIndicator) {
   }
 
   public void setTimeout(int timeout) {
-    this.okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
-                            .connectTimeout(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-                            .readTimeout(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-                            .build();
+    okhttp3.OkHttpClient.Builder builder = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+    .connectTimeout(TiConvert.toInt(timeout), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+    .readTimeout(TiConvert.toInt(timeout), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+    if(!this.validatesSecureCertificate)
+    {
+      builder.sslSocketFactory(SSLHelper.trustAllSslSocketFactory, (X509TrustManager)SSLHelper.trustAllCerts[0]);
+      builder.hostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {
+        @Override
+        public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
+          return true;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+    this.okHttpClient = builder.build();
   }
 
   private String sanitizeUrl(String url) {
@@ -539,6 +569,57 @@ synchronized public void setHandleCookies(boolean handleCookies) {
 
   synchronized public boolean getHandleCookies() { return this.handleCookies; }
 
+  synchronized public void setValidatesSecureCertificate(boolean validatesSecureCertificate) {
+    if(this.validatesSecureCertificate == validatesSecureCertificate)
+    {
+      return; // Nothing to do
+    }
+
+    if(this.okHttpClient != null)
+    {
+      if(validatesSecureCertificate)
+      { // Recreate a standard OkHttpClient with pre-set timeouts
+        this.okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+        .connectTimeout(this.okHttpClient.connectTimeoutMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+        .readTimeout(this.okHttpClient.readTimeoutMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+        .build();
+      }
+      else
+      { // Clone existing OkHttpClient with alltrustedcertificates
+        this.okHttpClient = SSLHelper.trustAllSslClient(this.okHttpClient);
+      }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      if(validatesSecureCertificate)
+      {
+        this.okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder() // default timeouts are 5 seconds
+        .connectTimeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .readTimeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .build();
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        this.okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder() // default timeouts are 5 seconds
+        .connectTimeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .readTimeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .sslSocketFactory(SSLHelper.trustAllSslSocketFactory, (X509TrustManager)SSLHelper.trustAllCerts[0])
+        .hostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {
+          @Override
+          public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
+            return true;
+          }
+        })
+        .build();
+      }
+    }
+    this.validatesSecureCertificate = validatesSecureCertificate;
+	}
+
+	synchronized public boolean getValidatesSecureCertificate() {
+			return this.validatesSecureCertificate;
+	}
+
   // Utility to create a specific request listener
   private class RequestListenerBuilder {
     private String LCAT = "RequestListenerBuilder";
diff --git a/android/src/av/imageview/ImageViewProxy.java b/android/src/av/imageview/ImageViewProxy.java
index 963659c..d728901 100644
--- a/android/src/av/imageview/ImageViewProxy.java
+++ b/android/src/av/imageview/ImageViewProxy.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       propertyAccessors = {"defaultImage", "brokenLinkImage", "image",
                            "contentMode", "enableMemoryCache", "signature",
                            "loadingIndicator", "rounded", "requestHeader",
-                           "handleCookies", "dontAnimate"})
+                           "handleCookies", "dontAnimate", "validatesSecureCertificate"})
 public class ImageViewProxy extends TiViewProxy {
   // Standard Debugging variables
   private static final String LCAT = "AVImageViewProxy";
@@ -344,4 +344,16 @@ public void setHandleCookies(Boolean handleCookies) {
     // clang-format on
     getView().setHandleCookies(handleCookies);
   }
+
+  @Kroll.getProperty
+	@Kroll.method
+	public Boolean getValidatesSecureCertificate() {
+		return getView().getValidatesSecureCertificate();
+	}
+
+	@Kroll.setProperty
+	@Kroll.method
+	public void setValidatesSecureCertificate(Boolean validatesSecureCertificate) {
+		getView().setValidatesSecureCertificate(validatesSecureCertificate);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/android/src/av/imageview/utils/SSLHelper.java b/android/src/av/imageview/utils/SSLHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4adab1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/av/imageview/utils/SSLHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package av.imageview.utils;
+
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
+import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+
+/**
+ * Helper to avoid oversizing AvImageView class
+ */
+public class SSLHelper
+{
+  private static final String LCAT = "SSLHelper";
+
+  public static OkHttpClient trustAllSslClient(OkHttpClient client) {
+    okhttp3.OkHttpClient.Builder builder = client.newBuilder();
+    builder.sslSocketFactory(trustAllSslSocketFactory, (X509TrustManager)trustAllCerts[0]);
+    builder.hostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {
+      @Override
+      public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    });
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+
+  public static final TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] {
+    new X509TrustManager() {
+      @Override
+      public void checkClientTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void checkServerTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
+        return new java.security.cert.X509Certificate[]{};
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  private static final SSLContext trustAllSslContext;
+
+  static {
+    try {
+      trustAllSslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
+      trustAllSslContext.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
+    } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static final SSLSocketFactory trustAllSslSocketFactory = trustAllSslContext.getSocketFactory();
+}