--- GeneralUtility.php	2013-12-05 08:58:54.000000000 +0100
+++ GeneralUtility.new.php	2013-12-05 08:58:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -2331,6 +2331,8 @@
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, max(0, intval($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['curlTimeout'])));
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, max(0, intval($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['HTTP']['ssl_verify_host'])));
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, max(0, intval($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['HTTP']['ssl_verify_peer'])));
 
 			$followLocation = @curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
 			if (is_array($requestHeaders)) {