diff --git a/fence/config-default.yaml b/fence/config-default.yaml
index 279c048fb..da2bc1bfb 100755
--- a/fence/config-default.yaml
+++ b/fence/config-default.yaml
@@ -691,6 +691,10 @@ GS_BUCKETS: {}
 #   bucket3:
 #     region: 'us-east-1'
 
+# When using the Cleversafe storageclient, whether or not to send verify=true 
+# for requests
+VERIFY_CLEVERSAFE_CERT: true
+
 # Names of the S3 buckets to which data files can be uploaded. They should be
 # configured in `S3_BUCKETS`.
 ALLOWED_DATA_UPLOAD_BUCKETS: []
diff --git a/fence/resources/storage/storageclient/cleversafe.py b/fence/resources/storage/storageclient/cleversafe.py
index 104d1d94d..2517b13f9 100644
--- a/fence/resources/storage/storageclient/cleversafe.py
+++ b/fence/resources/storage/storageclient/cleversafe.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from .base import StorageClient, User, Bucket, handle_request
 from .errors import RequestError, NotFoundError
 
+from fence.config import config
+
 
 class CleversafeClient(StorageClient):
     """
@@ -182,7 +184,11 @@ def _request(self, method, operation, payload=None, **kwargs):
         )
         url = base_url + "?" + urlencode(dict(**kwargs))
         return requests.request(
-            method, url, auth=self._auth, data=payload, verify=False
+            method,
+            url,
+            auth=self._auth,
+            data=payload,
+            verify=config["VERIFY_CLEVERSAFE_CERT"],
         )  # self-signed certificate
 
     @property