diff --git a/src/downloadthread.cpp b/src/downloadthread.cpp
index ec7bfa2a4..d0f49424c 100644
--- a/src/downloadthread.cpp
+++ b/src/downloadthread.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ enum ProxyType {HTTP=1, SOCKS5=2, HTTP_PW=3, SOCKS5_PW=4, SOCKS4=5};
 downloadThread::downloadThread(QObject* parent) : QObject(parent) {
   networkManager = new QNetworkAccessManager(this);
   connect(networkManager, SIGNAL(finished (QNetworkReply*)), this, SLOT(processDlFinished(QNetworkReply*)));
+  connect(networkManager, SIGNAL(sslErrors(QNetworkReply*,QList<QSslError>)), this, SLOT(ignoreSslErrors(QNetworkReply*,QList<QSslError>)));
 }
 
 downloadThread::~downloadThread(){
@@ -213,3 +214,8 @@ QString downloadThread::errorCodeToString(QNetworkReply::NetworkError status) {
     return tr("Unknown error");
   }
 }
+
+void downloadThread::ignoreSslErrors(QNetworkReply* reply,QList<QSslError> errors) {
+  // Ignore all SSL errors
+  reply->ignoreSslErrors(errors);
+}
diff --git a/src/downloadthread.h b/src/downloadthread.h
index 7e772a9f9..335e39224 100644
--- a/src/downloadthread.h
+++ b/src/downloadthread.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <QNetworkReply>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QHash>
+#include <QSslError>
 
 class QNetworkAccessManager;
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ protected:
 protected slots:
   void processDlFinished(QNetworkReply* reply);
   void checkDownloadSize(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 bytesTotal);
+  void ignoreSslErrors(QNetworkReply*,QList<QSslError>);
 
 };