diff --git a/public_html/lists/admin/mysqli.inc b/public_html/lists/admin/mysqli.inc
index 29c900890..274ac76e8 100644
--- a/public_html/lists/admin/mysqli.inc
+++ b/public_html/lists/admin/mysqli.inc
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ function Sql_Connect($host, $user, $password, $database)
     }
     $db = mysqli_init();
     $compress = empty($database_connection_compression) ? 0 : MYSQLI_CLIENT_COMPRESS;
-    $secure = empty($database_connection_ssl) ? 0 : MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL_DONT_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT;
+    $secure = 0;
+    if (!empty($database_connection_ssl)) {
+        $secure = !empty($database_connection_ssl_check)
+            ? MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL
+            : MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL_DONT_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT;
+    }
 
     mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_OFF);
 
diff --git a/public_html/lists/config/config_extended.php b/public_html/lists/config/config_extended.php
index b0ab027c4..53b1e867c 100644
--- a/public_html/lists/config/config_extended.php
+++ b/public_html/lists/config/config_extended.php
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 // force database connection to use SSL
 $database_connection_ssl = false;
 
+// force to check SSL connection
+$database_connection_ssl_check = false;
+
 // if you use multiple installations of phpList you can set this to
 // something to identify this one. it will be prepended to email report
 // subjects