diff --git a/lib/recurly/client.php b/lib/recurly/client.php
index b2860d88..7c8239be 100644
--- a/lib/recurly/client.php
+++ b/lib/recurly/client.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ private function _sendRequest($method, $uri, $data = '')
 
     $ch = curl_init();
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $uri);
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, TRUE);
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, FALSE);
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 1);