diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index ab7a9c6297..911d9784a5 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0, $accept_
 
 	$check_cert = get_config('system','verifyssl');
 	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, (($check_cert) ? true : false));
+	@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, (($check_cert) ? 2 : false));
 
 	$prx = get_config('system','proxy');
 	if(strlen($prx)) {
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ function post_url($url,$params, $headers = null, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0)
 
 	$check_cert = get_config('system','verifyssl');
 	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, (($check_cert) ? true : false));
+	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, (($check_cert) ? 2 : false));
 	$prx = get_config('system','proxy');
 	if(strlen($prx)) {
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, 1);