diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 00f9eacc..6a72fd11 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ rust:
   - nightly
   - beta
   - stable
+services:
+  - mysql
 env:
   global:
     - DATABASE_URL=mysql://root:password@127.0.0.1:3306/mysql
 before_install:
-  - sudo bash -c "echo '[mysqld]' >> /usr/share/mysql/my-default.cnf"
-  - sudo bash -c "echo 'sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES' >> /usr/share/mysql/my-default.cnf"
-  - sudo mysql -e "use mysql; update user set authentication_string=PASSWORD('password') where User='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
-  - sudo mysql_upgrade -u root -ppassword
-  - sudo service mysql restart
+  - sudo service mysql stop
+  - mysql_ssl_rsa_setup --verbose --datadir=/tmp/
+  - mysqld --initialize-insecure --datadir=/tmp/db --log_error=/tmp/error.log --pid-file=/tmp/mysql.pid
+  - mysqld --sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES --datadir=/tmp/db --socket=/tmp/mysql.sock --max_allowed_packet=32M --ssl --ssl-ca=/tmp/ca.pem --ssl-cert=/tmp/server-cert.pem --ssl-key=/tmp/server-key.pem --log_error=/tmp/error.log --pid-file=/tmp/mysql.pid &
+  - sleep 20
+  - cat /tmp/error.log || true
+  - mysql -h127.0.0.1 -e "use mysql; update user set authentication_string=PASSWORD('password') where User='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
 before_script:
   - export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin"
   - rustup component add rustfmt
@@ -21,4 +25,3 @@ script:
   - cargo test
   - cargo test --features ssl
   - cargo fmt -- --check
-
diff --git a/src/conn/mod.rs b/src/conn/mod.rs
index a09320d2..94868997 100644
--- a/src/conn/mod.rs
+++ b/src/conn/mod.rs
@@ -591,14 +591,8 @@ mod test {
         #[cfg(feature = "ssl")]
         {
             let mut ssl_opts = SslOpts::new();
-            ssl_opts.set_pkcs12_path(Some(AsRef::<::std::path::Path>::as_ref(
-                "./test/client.p12",
-            )));
-            ssl_opts.set_root_cert_path(Some(AsRef::<::std::path::Path>::as_ref(
-                "./test/ca-cert.der",
-            )));
-            ssl_opts.set_password(Some("pass"));
             ssl_opts.set_danger_skip_domain_validation(true);
+            ssl_opts.set_danger_accept_invalid_certs(true);
             builder.ssl_opts(ssl_opts);
         }
         builder
diff --git a/src/conn/pool/mod.rs b/src/conn/pool/mod.rs
index 5a20365d..6151efce 100644
--- a/src/conn/pool/mod.rs
+++ b/src/conn/pool/mod.rs
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ impl Pool {
                 Err(_) => { Ok(()) },
             });
 
-        // Handle connecting connections.
+            // Handle connecting connections.
             handle!(new {
                 Ok(Ready(conn)) => {
                     if inner.closed {
diff --git a/src/io/mod.rs b/src/io/mod.rs
index ca4e0e2f..0ef728ad 100644
--- a/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ impl Endpoint {
                 builder.identity(identity);
             }
             builder.danger_accept_invalid_hostnames(ssl_opts.skip_domain_validation());
+            builder.danger_accept_invalid_certs(ssl_opts.accept_invalid_certs());
             builder.build().map_err(Error::from)
         })()
         .into_future()
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9d0d5c88..4ebd067a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@
 //! ```
 
 #![recursion_limit = "1024"]
-#![cfg_attr(feature = "nightly", feature(test, const_fn, extern_crate_item_prelude))]
+#![cfg_attr(
+    feature = "nightly",
+    feature(test, const_fn, extern_crate_item_prelude)
+)]
 
 #[cfg(feature = "nightly")]
 extern crate test;
diff --git a/src/opts.rs b/src/opts.rs
index 4c4c9b78..3df251fd 100644
--- a/src/opts.rs
+++ b/src/opts.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ pub struct SslOpts {
     password: Option<Cow<'static, str>>,
     root_cert_path: Option<Cow<'static, Path>>,
     skip_domain_validation: bool,
+    accept_invalid_certs: bool,
 }
 
 impl SslOpts {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ impl SslOpts {
             password: None,
             root_cert_path: None,
             skip_domain_validation: false,
+            accept_invalid_certs: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -79,6 +81,13 @@ impl SslOpts {
         self
     }
 
+    /// If `true` then client will accept invalid certificate (expired, not trusted, ..)
+    /// (defaults to `false`).
+    pub fn set_danger_accept_invalid_certs(&mut self, value: bool) -> &mut Self {
+        self.accept_invalid_certs = value;
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn pkcs12_path(&self) -> Option<&Path> {
         self.pkcs12_path.as_ref().map(|x| x.as_ref())
     }
@@ -94,6 +103,10 @@ impl SslOpts {
     pub fn skip_domain_validation(&self) -> bool {
         self.skip_domain_validation
     }
+
+    pub fn accept_invalid_certs(&self) -> bool {
+        self.accept_invalid_certs
+    }
 }
 
 /// Mysql connection options.