diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/api/swift.py b/openstack_dashboard/api/swift.py
index b822560ea1..5403610281 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/api/swift.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/api/swift.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def _metadata_to_header(metadata):
 def swift_api(request):
     endpoint = base.url_for(request, 'object-store')
     cacert = getattr(settings, 'OPENSTACK_SSL_CACERT', None)
+    insecure = getattr(settings, 'OPENSTACK_SSL_NO_VERIFY', False)
     LOG.debug('Swift connection created using token "%s" and url "%s"'
               % (request.user.token.id, endpoint))
     return swiftclient.client.Connection(None,
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ def swift_api(request):
                                          preauthtoken=request.user.token.id,
                                          preauthurl=endpoint,
                                          cacert=cacert,
+                                         insecure=insecure,
                                          auth_version="2.0")
 
 
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py b/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py
index c9d5b0bd56..11a9b46732 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ class APITestCase(TestCase):
                                         preauthtoken=mox.IgnoreArg(),
                                         preauthurl=mox.IgnoreArg(),
                                         cacert=None,
+                                        insecure=False,
                                         auth_version="2.0") \
                             .AndReturn(self.swiftclient)
                 expected_calls -= 1