diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/make-insecureskipverify-configurable.md b/changelog/unreleased/make-insecureskipverify-configurable.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fbdfd800f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/make-insecureskipverify-configurable.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Enhancement: Make InsecureSkipVerify configurable
+
+Add `InsecureSkipVerify` field to `metrics.Config` struct and update examples
+to include it.
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/issues/1411
diff --git a/examples/metrics/xcloud.toml b/examples/metrics/xcloud.toml
index 95b0d1b4d8..d055bcfe75 100644
--- a/examples/metrics/xcloud.toml
+++ b/examples/metrics/xcloud.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ metrics_record_interval = 5000
 xcloud_instance = "http://localhost"
 xcloud_interval = 5
 xcloud_catalog = 'https://sciencemesh-test.uni-muenster.de/api/mentix/sites?action=register'
+insecure_skip_verify = true
 
 [http.services.prometheus]
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/config/config.go b/pkg/metrics/config/config.go
index 424e5e1659..c0447b44ce 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/config/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	XcloudInstance        string `mapstructure:"xcloud_instance"`
 	XcloudCatalog         string `mapstructure:"xcloud_catalog"`
 	XcloudPullInterval    int    `mapstructure:"xcloud_pull_interval"`
+	InsecureSkipVerify    bool   `mapstructure:"insecure_skip_verify"`
 }
 
 // Init sets sane defaults
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/driver/xcloud/xcloud.go b/pkg/metrics/driver/xcloud/xcloud.go
index 9855b3f88d..51e410df96 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/driver/xcloud/xcloud.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/driver/xcloud/xcloud.go
@@ -173,9 +173,8 @@ func (d *CloudDriver) Configure(c *config.Config) error {
 	d.pullInterval = c.XcloudPullInterval
 	d.catalog = c.XcloudCatalog
 
-	// TODO(labkode): make it configurable once site adopted are prod-ready
 	tr := &http.Transport{
-		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: c.InsecureSkipVerify},
 	}
 	client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}