diff --git a/kubeval/config.go b/kubeval/config.go
index 175342c..8b3f42e 100644
--- a/kubeval/config.go
+++ b/kubeval/config.go
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Quiet indicates whether non-results output should be emitted to the applications
 	// log.
 	Quiet bool
+
+	// InsecureSkipTLSVerify controls whether to skip TLS certificate validation
+	// when retrieving schema content over HTTPS
+	InsecureSkipTLSVerify bool
 }
 
 // NewDefaultConfig creates a Config with default values
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ func AddKubevalFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, config *Config) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&config.KubernetesVersion, "kubernetes-version", "v", "master", "Version of Kubernetes to validate against")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&config.OutputFormat, "output", "o", "", fmt.Sprintf("The format of the output of this script. Options are: %v", validOutputs()))
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&config.Quiet, "quiet", false, "Silences any output aside from the direct results")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&config.InsecureSkipTLSVerify, "insecure-skip-tls-verify", false, "If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/kubeval/kubeval.go b/kubeval/kubeval.go
index a3f1d2a..afc62e1 100644
--- a/kubeval/kubeval.go
+++ b/kubeval/kubeval.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func downloadSchema(resource *ValidationResult, schemaCache map[string]*gojsonsc
 			return schema, nil
 		}
 		// We couldn't find a schema for this URL, so take a note, then try the next URL
-		wrappedErr := fmt.Errorf("Failed initalizing schema %s: %s", schemaRef, err)
+		wrappedErr := fmt.Errorf("Failed initializing schema %s: %s", schemaRef, err)
 		errors = multierror.Append(errors, wrappedErr)
 	}
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 442576e..7d48a01 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -43,6 +45,17 @@ var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if config.IgnoreMissingSchemas && !config.Quiet {
 			log.Warn("Set to ignore missing schemas")
 		}
+
+		// This is not particularly secure but we highlight that with the name of
+		// the config item. It would be good to also support a configurable set of
+		// trusted certificate authorities as in the `--certificate-authority`
+		// kubectl option.
+		if config.InsecureSkipTLSVerify {
+			http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{
+				InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+			}
+		}
+
 		success := true
 		windowsStdinIssue := false
 		outputManager := kubeval.GetOutputManager(config.OutputFormat)