diff --git a/CordovaLib/Classes/CDVInAppBrowser.h b/CordovaLib/Classes/CDVInAppBrowser.h
index 248274a38..03f6cd26f 100644
--- a/CordovaLib/Classes/CDVInAppBrowser.h
+++ b/CordovaLib/Classes/CDVInAppBrowser.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 @end
 
-@interface CDVInAppBrowserViewController : UIViewController <UIWebViewDelegate>{
+@interface CDVInAppBrowserViewController : UIViewController <UIWebViewDelegate, NSURLConnectionDataDelegate>{
     @private
     NSString* _userAgent;
     NSString* _prevUserAgent;
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 @property (nonatomic, weak) id <CDVScreenOrientationDelegate> orientationDelegate;
 @property (nonatomic, weak) CDVInAppBrowser* navigationDelegate;
 @property (nonatomic) NSURL* currentURL;
+@property (nonatomic, weak) NSURLRequest* urlRequest;
+@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL validateSsl;
 
 - (void)close;
 - (void)navigateTo:(NSURL*)url;
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@
 @property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL keyboarddisplayrequiresuseraction;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL suppressesincrementalrendering;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL hidden;
+@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL validatessl;
 
 + (CDVInAppBrowserOptions*)parseOptions:(NSString*)options;
 
diff --git a/CordovaLib/Classes/CDVInAppBrowser.m b/CordovaLib/Classes/CDVInAppBrowser.m
index b832e2399..50f78efef 100644
--- a/CordovaLib/Classes/CDVInAppBrowser.m
+++ b/CordovaLib/Classes/CDVInAppBrowser.m
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ - (void)openInInAppBrowser:(NSURL*)url withOptions:(NSString*)options
         self.inAppBrowserViewController.webView.keyboardDisplayRequiresUserAction = browserOptions.keyboarddisplayrequiresuseraction;
         self.inAppBrowserViewController.webView.suppressesIncrementalRendering = browserOptions.suppressesincrementalrendering;
     }
+    // SSL certificate error option
+    [self.inAppBrowserViewController setValidateSsl:browserOptions.validatessl];
   
     if (! browserOptions.hidden) {
       if (self.viewController.modalViewController != self.inAppBrowserViewController) {
@@ -355,6 +357,7 @@ - (void)browserExit
 @implementation CDVInAppBrowserViewController
 
 @synthesize currentURL;
+@synthesize validateSsl;
 
 - (id)initWithUserAgent:(NSString*)userAgent prevUserAgent:(NSString*)prevUserAgent
 {
@@ -677,11 +680,22 @@ - (void)webViewDidStartLoad:(UIWebView*)theWebView
 - (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView*)theWebView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest*)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType
 {
     BOOL isTopLevelNavigation = [request.URL isEqual:[request mainDocumentURL]];
-
+    BOOL isSecuredUrl = [[request.URL scheme] isEqualToString:@"https"];
+    
     if (isTopLevelNavigation) {
         self.currentURL = request.URL;
     }
-    return [self.navigationDelegate webView:theWebView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:request navigationType:navigationType];
+    
+    if (isSecuredUrl && self.validateSsl == NO) {
+        // Ignore SSL certificate validation. This option can be used for loading self-signed https URLs
+        // in the InAppBrowser. Stop the default load request and load the URL through NSURLConnection
+        self.urlRequest = request;
+        NSURLConnection* connection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self];
+        NSLog(@"Ignoring SSL certificate validation and loading URL: %@", [[connection currentRequest] URL]);
+        return NO;
+    } else {
+        return [self.navigationDelegate webView:theWebView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:request navigationType:navigationType];
+    }
 }
 
 - (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView*)theWebView
@@ -727,6 +741,23 @@ - (void)webView:(UIWebView*)theWebView didFailLoadWithError:(NSError*)error
     [self.navigationDelegate webView:theWebView didFailLoadWithError:error];
 }
 
+# pragma mark - NSURLConnectionDataDelegate methods
+
+- (void) connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection willSendRequestForAuthenticationChallenge:(NSURLAuthenticationChallenge *)challenge
+{
+    if ([challenge.protectionSpace.authenticationMethod isEqualToString:NSURLAuthenticationMethodServerTrust]) {
+        [challenge.sender useCredential:[NSURLCredential credentialForTrust:challenge.protectionSpace.serverTrust] forAuthenticationChallenge:challenge];
+    }
+    [challenge.sender continueWithoutCredentialForAuthenticationChallenge:challenge];
+}
+
+- (void) connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response
+{
+    self.validateSsl = YES;
+    [connection cancel];
+    [self.webView loadRequest:self.urlRequest];
+}
+
 #pragma mark CDVScreenOrientationDelegate
 
 - (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
@@ -773,6 +804,7 @@ - (id)init
         self.keyboarddisplayrequiresuseraction = YES;
         self.suppressesincrementalrendering = NO;
         self.hidden = NO;
+	self.validatessl = YES;
     }
 
     return self;