diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e5065e..855184b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,3 +146,13 @@ You can clear the default headers anytime with:
 ```php
 Unirest::clearDefaultHeaders();
 ```
+
+### SSL validation
+
+You can esplicitly enable or disable SSL certificate validation
+
+```php
+Unirest::verifiyPeer(false);
+```
+
+By default is `true`.
diff --git a/lib/Unirest/Unirest.php b/lib/Unirest/Unirest.php
index 38db49c..855aa5f 100644
--- a/lib/Unirest/Unirest.php
+++ b/lib/Unirest/Unirest.php
@@ -5,15 +5,20 @@
 
     class Unirest
     {
-			 /**
-			  * Verify SSL peer
-			  * @var bool
-			  */
-			public static $verifyPeer = true;
+			 
+				private static $verifyPeer = true;
 
     		private static $socketTimeout = null;
 				private static $defaultHeaders = array();
 
+				/**
+			  * Verify SSL peer
+			  * @param bool $enabled enable SSL verification, by default is true
+			  */
+			  public static function verifyPeer($enabled) {
+						Unirest::$verifyPeer = $enabled;
+				}
+
 				/**
 				 * Set a timeout
 				 * @param integer $seconds timeout value in seconds
diff --git a/test/Unirest.php b/test/Unirest.php
index ec691b7..08b96e5 100644
--- a/test/Unirest.php
+++ b/test/Unirest.php
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ echo "Running the Unirest-PHP bindings test suite.\n".
 
 $ok = @include_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/simpletest/autorun.php');
 if (!$ok) {
-  $ok = @include_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../vendor/vierbergenlars/simpletest/autorun.php');
+  	$ok = @include_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../vendor/vierbergenlars/simpletest/autorun.php');
 }
 if (!$ok) {
-  echo "MISSING DEPENDENCY: The Unirest-PHP test cases depend on SimpleTest. ".
-       "Download it at <http://www.simpletest.org/>, and either install it ".
-       "in your PHP include_path or put it in the test/ directory.\n";
-  exit(1);
+  	echo "MISSING DEPENDENCY: The Unirest-PHP test cases depend on SimpleTest. ".
+		 "Download it at <http://www.simpletest.org/>, and either install it ".
+		 "in your PHP include_path or put it in the test/ directory.\n";
+  	exit(1);
 }
 
 // Throw an exception on any error
 function exception_error_handler($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline) {
-  throw new ErrorException($errstr, $errno, 0, $errfile, $errline);
+	throw new ErrorException($errstr, $errno, 0, $errfile, $errline);
 }
 
 set_error_handler('exception_error_handler');