diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 5996543592..61497af373 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ func (c *Config) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 				ec.RequireTLS = new(bool)
 				*ec.RequireTLS = c.Global.SMTPRequireTLS
 			}
+			if ec.InsecureSkipVerify == nil {
+				ec.InsecureSkipVerify = new(bool)
+                        	*ec.InsecureSkipVerify = c.Global.InsecureSkipVerify
+			}
 		}
 		for _, sc := range rcv.SlackConfigs {
 			if sc.APIURL == "" {
@@ -326,6 +330,7 @@ var DefaultGlobalConfig = GlobalConfig{
 	OpsGenieAPIURL:  "https://api.opsgenie.com/",
 	WeChatAPIURL:    "https://qyapi.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/",
 	VictorOpsAPIURL: "https://alert.victorops.com/integrations/generic/20131114/alert/",
+	InsecureSkipVerify:  false,
 }
 
 // GlobalConfig defines configuration parameters that are valid globally
@@ -353,6 +358,7 @@ type GlobalConfig struct {
 	WeChatAPICorpID  string `yaml:"wechat_api_corp_id,omitempty" json:"wechat_api_corp_id,omitempty"`
 	VictorOpsAPIURL  string `yaml:"victorops_api_url,omitempty" json:"victorops_api_url,omitempty"`
 	VictorOpsAPIKey  Secret `yaml:"victorops_api_key,omitempty" json:"victorops_api_key,omitempty"`
+	InsecureSkipVerify bool `yaml:"insecure_skip_verify,omitempty" json:"insecure_skip_verify",omitempty"`
 
 	// Catches all undefined fields and must be empty after parsing.
 	XXX map[string]interface{} `yaml:",inline" json:"-"`
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 8fb3556cba..ab88c0667b 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ func TestJSONUnmarshalMarshaled(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestEmptyFieldsAndRegex(t *testing.T) {
 	boolFoo := true
+	boolFalse := false
 	var regexpFoo Regexp
 	regexpFoo.Regexp, _ = regexp.Compile("^(?:^(foo1|foo2|baz)$)$")
 
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ func TestEmptyFieldsAndRegex(t *testing.T) {
 						Smarthost:  "localhost:25",
 						HTML:       "{{ template \"email.default.html\" . }}",
 						RequireTLS: &boolFoo,
+						InsecureSkipVerify: &boolFalse,
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/config/notifiers.go b/config/notifiers.go
index 74d135c0c4..da507490f6 100644
--- a/config/notifiers.go
+++ b/config/notifiers.go
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ type EmailConfig struct {
 	HTML         string            `yaml:"html,omitempty" json:"html,omitempty"`
 	Text         string            `yaml:"text,omitempty" json:"text,omitempty"`
 	RequireTLS   *bool             `yaml:"require_tls,omitempty" json:"require_tls,omitempty"`
+	InsecureSkipVerify    *bool    `yaml:"insecure_skip_verify,omitempty" json:"insecure_skip_verify,omitempty"`
 
 	// Catches all undefined fields and must be empty after parsing.
 	XXX map[string]interface{} `yaml:",inline" json:"-"`