diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 8ba74ccd..b9701702 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ func NewDialer(opt *Options) func(context.Context, string, string) (net.Conn, er
 //     URL attributes (scheme, host, userinfo, resp.), query parameters using these
 //     names will be treated as unknown parameters
 //   - unknown parameter names will result in an error
+//   - use "skip_verify=true" to ignore TLS certificate validation
 //
 // Examples:
 //
@@ -487,6 +488,9 @@ func setupConnParams(u *url.URL, o *Options) (*Options, error) {
 	if q.err != nil {
 		return nil, q.err
 	}
+	if o.TLSConfig != nil && q.has("skip_verify") {
+		o.TLSConfig.InsecureSkipVerify = q.bool("skip_verify")
+	}
 
 	// any parameters left?
 	if r := q.remaining(); len(r) > 0 {
diff --git a/options_test.go b/options_test.go
index 1db36fdb..d46ecc85 100644
--- a/options_test.go
+++ b/options_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ func TestParseURL(t *testing.T) {
 		}, {
 			url: "rediss://localhost:123",
 			o:   &Options{Addr: "localhost:123", TLSConfig: &tls.Config{ /* no deep comparison */ }},
+		}, {
+			url: "rediss://localhost:123/?skip_verify=true",
+			o:   &Options{Addr: "localhost:123", TLSConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}},
 		}, {
 			url: "redis://:bar@localhost:123",
 			o:   &Options{Addr: "localhost:123", Password: "bar"},