diff --git a/src/SASjs.ts b/src/SASjs.ts
index 835d0e4..06e158e 100644
--- a/src/SASjs.ts
+++ b/src/SASjs.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ const defaultConfig: SASjsConfig = {
   serverType: ServerType.SasViya,
   debug: false,
   contextName: 'SAS Job Execution compute context',
-  useComputeApi: false
+  useComputeApi: false,
+  allowInsecureRequests: false
 }
 
 /**
@@ -715,7 +716,10 @@ export default class SASjs {
       this.sasjsConfig.serverUrl = this.sasjsConfig.serverUrl.slice(0, -1)
     }
 
-    this.requestClient = new RequestClient(this.sasjsConfig.serverUrl)
+    this.requestClient = new RequestClient(
+      this.sasjsConfig.serverUrl,
+      this.sasjsConfig.allowInsecureRequests
+    )
 
     this.jobsPath =
       this.sasjsConfig.serverType === ServerType.SasViya
diff --git a/src/types/SASjsConfig.ts b/src/types/SASjsConfig.ts
index 4a9b041..e83ece0 100644
--- a/src/types/SASjsConfig.ts
+++ b/src/types/SASjsConfig.ts
@@ -57,4 +57,10 @@ export class SASjsConfig {
    * triggered using the APIs instead of the Job Execution Web Service broker.
    */
   useComputeApi = false
+  /**
+   * Defaults to `false`.
+   * When set to `true`, the adapter will allow requests to SAS servers that use a self-signed SSL certificate.
+   * Changing this setting is not recommended.
+   */
+  allowInsecureRequests = false
 }