diff --git a/block/curl.c b/block/curl.c
index 229bb84a272678fdfa247526f76d97adeaf8e304..fabb2b4da7446f685efa78a74f2b81d6161e0d36 100644
--- a/block/curl.c
+++ b/block/curl.c
@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ static int curl_init_state(BDRVCURLState *s, CURLState *state)
         curl_easy_setopt(state->curl, CURLOPT_URL, s->url);
         curl_easy_setopt(state->curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,
                          (long) s->sslverify);
+        curl_easy_setopt(state->curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST,
+                         s->sslverify ? 2L : 0L);
         if (s->cookie) {
             curl_easy_setopt(state->curl, CURLOPT_COOKIE, s->cookie);
         }