diff --git a/lib/netbox_client_ruby.rb b/lib/netbox_client_ruby.rb
index 9d7d4c6..62bbf2c 100644
--- a/lib/netbox_client_ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/netbox_client_ruby.rb
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ module NetboxClientRuby
     setting :adapter, :net_http
     setting :logger
     setting :request_options, open_timeout: 1, timeout: 5
+    setting :ssl
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/netbox_client_ruby/connection.rb b/lib/netbox_client_ruby/connection.rb
index 04ea01d..116b962 100644
--- a/lib/netbox_client_ruby/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/netbox_client_ruby/connection.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ def self.netbox_config
         faraday.request request_encoding
         faraday.response config.faraday.logger if config.faraday.logger
         faraday.response :json, content_type: /\bjson$/
-        faraday.options.merge NetboxClientRuby.config.faraday.request_options
+        faraday.options.merge! NetboxClientRuby.config.faraday.request_options
+        faraday.ssl.merge! NetboxClientRuby.config.faraday.ssl
         faraday.options.params_encoder = Faraday::FlatParamsEncoder
         faraday.adapter config.faraday.adapter || Faraday.default_adapter
       end
diff --git a/spec/netbox_client_ruby/connection_spec.rb b/spec/netbox_client_ruby/connection_spec.rb
index e361c2b..13040e6 100644
--- a/spec/netbox_client_ruby/connection_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/netbox_client_ruby/connection_spec.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
         config.netbox.api_base_url = 'https://netbox.test/api/'
         config.faraday.adapter = :net_http
         config.faraday.logger = nil
+        config.faraday.request_options = {}
+        config.faraday.ssl = {}
       end
     end
 
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@
         config.netbox.auth.token = '2e35594ec8710e9922d14365a1ea66f27ea69450'
         config.netbox.api_base_url = 'https://netbox.test/api/'
         config.faraday.adapter = :net_http_persistent
+        config.faraday.ssl = {}
       end
     end
 
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@
           config.netbox.api_base_url = 'https://netbox.test/api/'
           config.faraday.logger = :logger
           config.faraday.adapter = :net_http
+          config.faraday.ssl = {}
         end
       end