diff --git a/src/libsql/src/CAsyncSQL.cpp b/src/libsql/src/CAsyncSQL.cpp
index 6a1ac11..1977451 100644
--- a/src/libsql/src/CAsyncSQL.cpp
+++ b/src/libsql/src/CAsyncSQL.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ bool CAsyncSQL::Connect()
 		}
 	}
 
+    // Disable MYSQL_OPT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT (enabled by default in libmariadb >=3.4)
+    bool verifyServerCert = false;
+    if (mysql_options(&m_hDB, MYSQL_OPT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT,  &verifyServerCert) != 0)
+    {
+        SPDLOG_ERROR("Disabling MYSQL_OPT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT failed: {}", mysql_error(&m_hDB));
+        return false;
+    }
+
 	if (!mysql_real_connect(&m_hDB, m_stHost.c_str(), m_stUser.c_str(), m_stPassword.c_str(), m_stDB.c_str(), m_iPort, NULL, CLIENT_MULTI_STATEMENTS))
 	{
         SPDLOG_ERROR("MySQL connection failed: {}", mysql_error(&m_hDB));