diff --git a/git-fetch-script b/git-fetch-script
index b44cf3f5a5bf61788ae6dc384ed59841ddd1f517..34ddfc8cb9dd6171d23be1a534a66533c5bbb676 100755
--- a/git-fetch-script
+++ b/git-fetch-script
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ merge_store="$_remote_store"
 TMP_HEAD="$GIT_DIR/TMP_HEAD"
 
 case "$merge_repo" in
-http://*)
-	head=$(wget -q -O - "$merge_repo/$merge_head") || exit 1
+http://* | https://*)
+        if [ -n "$GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY" ]; then
+            curl_extra_args="-k"
+        fi
+	head=$(curl -ns $curl_extra_args "$merge_repo/$merge_head") || exit 1
 	echo Fetching "$merge_head" using http
 	git-http-pull -v -a "$head" "$merge_repo/"
 	;;
diff --git a/http-pull.c b/http-pull.c
index 1f9d60b9b1d5eed85b24d96c240666bbfc5a22ed..b2cecaea396625b41f12604944d9364383650f0a 100644
--- a/http-pull.c
+++ b/http-pull.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ static z_stream stream;
 static int local;
 static int zret;
 
+static int curl_ssl_verify;
+
 struct buffer
 {
         size_t posn;
@@ -173,6 +175,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	curl = curl_easy_init();
 
+	curl_ssl_verify = gitenv("GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY") ? 0 : 1;
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, curl_ssl_verify);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
+
 	base = url;
 
 	if (pull(commit_id))