diff --git a/scripts/download.pl b/scripts/download.pl
index fe27df5e8f..633a4f6f7d 100755
--- a/scripts/download.pl
+++ b/scripts/download.pl
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ sub download
 		system("cp -vf $cache/$filename $target/$filename.dl") == 0 or return;
 		system("$md5cmd $target/$filename.dl > \"$target/$filename.md5sum\" ") == 0 or return;
 	} else {
-		open WGET, "wget -t5 --timeout=20 $options -O- \"$mirror/$filename\" |" or die "Cannot launch wget.\n";
+		open WGET, "wget -t5 --timeout=20 --no-check-certificate $options -O- \"$mirror/$filename\" |" or die "Cannot launch wget.\n";
 		open MD5SUM, "| $md5cmd > \"$target/$filename.md5sum\"" or die "Cannot launch md5sum.\n";
 		open OUTPUT, "> $target/$filename.dl" or die "Cannot create file $target/$filename.dl: $!\n";
 		my $buffer;