diff --git a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix.ml b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix.ml
index 9d4e5111..5cbf7e8a 100644
--- a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix.ml
+++ b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix.ml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ type ctx = {
   src : Unix.sockaddr option;
   tls_own_key : tls_own_key;
   tls_authenticator : Conduit_lwt_tls.X509.authenticator;
+  ssl_client_verify : Conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.Client.verify;
   ssl_ctx : Ssl.context;
 }
 
@@ -155,21 +156,25 @@ let default_ctx =
       src = None;
       tls_own_key = `None;
       tls_authenticator = Lazy.force Conduit_lwt_tls.X509.default_authenticator;
+      ssl_client_verify = Conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.Client.default_verify;
       ssl_ctx = Conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.Client.default_ctx;
     }
 
 let init ?src ?(tls_own_key = `None)
     ?(tls_authenticator = Lazy.force Conduit_lwt_tls.X509.default_authenticator)
-    ?(ssl_ctx = Conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.Client.default_ctx) () =
+    ?(ssl_ctx = Conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.Client.default_ctx)
+    ?(ssl_client_verify = Conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.Client.default_verify) () =
+  let no_source_ctx =
+    { src = None; tls_own_key; tls_authenticator; ssl_ctx; ssl_client_verify }
+  in
   match src with
-  | None -> Lwt.return { src = None; tls_own_key; tls_authenticator; ssl_ctx }
+  | None -> Lwt.return no_source_ctx
   | Some host -> (
       let open Unix in
       Lwt_unix.getaddrinfo host "0" [ AI_PASSIVE; AI_SOCKTYPE SOCK_STREAM ]
       >>= function
       | { ai_addr; _ } :: _ ->
-          Lwt.return
-            { src = Some ai_addr; tls_own_key; tls_authenticator; ssl_ctx }
+          Lwt.return { no_source_ctx with src = Some ai_addr }
       | [] -> Lwt.fail_with "Invalid conduit source address specified")
 
 module Sockaddr_io = struct
@@ -296,7 +301,8 @@ let connect_with_openssl ~ctx (`Hostname hostname, `IP ip, `Port port) =
         in
         ctx_ssl
   in
-  Conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.Client.connect ~ctx:ctx_ssl ?src:ctx.src ~hostname ~ip sa
+  Conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.Client.connect ~ctx:ctx_ssl ?src:ctx.src ~hostname ~ip
+    ~verify:ctx.ssl_client_verify sa
   >>= fun (fd, ic, oc) ->
   let flow = TCP { fd; ip; port } in
   Lwt.return (flow, ic, oc)
diff --git a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix.mli b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix.mli
index 93432f22..e95ac50c 100644
--- a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix.mli
+++ b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix.mli
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ val init :
   ?tls_own_key:tls_own_key ->
   ?tls_authenticator:Conduit_lwt_tls.X509.authenticator ->
   ?ssl_ctx:Ssl.context ->
+  ?ssl_client_verify:Conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.Client.verify ->
   unit ->
   ctx io
 (** [init ?src ?tls_own_key ?tls_authenticator ?ssl_ctx ()] will initialize a
@@ -174,8 +175,8 @@ val init :
     anchors}.
 
     If SSL client connections are used, then [tls_own_key] may contain a valid
-    certificate to be used to advertise a TLS connection. If it's not
-    configured [ssl_ctx] will be used to configure OpenSSL. *)
+    certificate to be used to advertise a TLS connection. If it's not configured
+    [ssl_ctx] will be used to configure OpenSSL. *)
 
 val connect : ctx:ctx -> client -> (flow * ic * oc) io
 (** [connect ~ctx client] establishes an outgoing connection via the [ctx]
diff --git a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.dummy.ml b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.dummy.ml
index 89bebdf3..7448c485 100644
--- a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.dummy.ml
+++ b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.dummy.ml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 module Client = struct
   type verify = { hostname : bool; ip : bool }
 
+  let default_verify = { hostname = true; ip = true }
   let default_ctx = `Ssl_not_available
   let create_ctx ?certfile:_ ?keyfile:_ ?password:_ () = default_ctx
 
diff --git a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.dummy.mli b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.dummy.mli
index 2a39be05..407e76a3 100644
--- a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.dummy.mli
+++ b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.dummy.mli
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 module Client : sig
   type verify = { hostname : bool; ip : bool }
 
+  val default_verify : verify
   val default_ctx : [ `Ssl_not_available ]
 
   val create_ctx :
diff --git a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.real.ml b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.real.ml
index 2de299f1..9903d366 100644
--- a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.real.ml
+++ b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.real.ml
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ module Client = struct
 
   type verify = { hostname : bool; ip : bool }
 
+  let default_verify = { hostname = true; ip = false }
+
   let verification { hostname; ip } = function
     | None, _ when hostname -> invalid_arg "impossible to verify hostname"
     | _, None when ip -> invalid_arg "impossible to verify ip"
@@ -80,9 +82,7 @@ module Client = struct
         | Some src_sa -> Lwt_unix.bind fd src_sa)
         >>= fun () ->
         Lwt_unix.connect fd sa >>= fun () ->
-        let verify =
-          Option.value ~default:{ hostname = true; ip = false } verify
-        in
+        let verify = Option.value ~default:default_verify verify in
         let with_socket f =
           let s = Lwt_ssl.embed_uninitialized_socket fd ctx in
           let socket = Lwt_ssl.ssl_socket_of_uninitialized_socket s in
diff --git a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.real.mli b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.real.mli
index 16cb920e..76498a75 100644
--- a/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.real.mli
+++ b/src/conduit-lwt-unix/conduit_lwt_unix_ssl.real.mli
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 module Client : sig
   type verify = { hostname : bool; ip : bool }
 
+  val default_verify : verify
   val default_ctx : Ssl.context
 
   val create_ctx :