diff --git a/homeassistant/components/splunk.py b/homeassistant/components/splunk.py
index 28863f6a4365..37f56ed3b1cd 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/splunk.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/splunk.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import requests
 import voluptuous as vol
 
 from homeassistant.const import (
-    CONF_SSL, CONF_HOST, CONF_NAME, CONF_PORT, CONF_TOKEN, EVENT_STATE_CHANGED)
+    CONF_SSL, CONF_VERIFY_SSL, CONF_HOST, CONF_NAME,
+    CONF_PORT, CONF_TOKEN, EVENT_STATE_CHANGED)
 from homeassistant.helpers import state as state_helper
 import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
 from homeassistant.helpers.json import JSONEncoder
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({
         vol.Optional(CONF_HOST, default=DEFAULT_HOST): cv.string,
         vol.Optional(CONF_PORT, default=DEFAULT_PORT): cv.port,
         vol.Optional(CONF_SSL, default=False): cv.boolean,
+        vol.Optional(CONF_VERIFY_SSL, default=True): cv.boolean,
         vol.Optional(CONF_NAME, default=DEFAULT_NAME): cv.string,
     }),
 }, extra=vol.ALLOW_EXTRA)
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ def setup(hass, config):
     port = conf.get(CONF_PORT)
     token = conf.get(CONF_TOKEN)
     use_ssl = conf.get(CONF_SSL)
+    verify_ssl = conf.get(CONF_VERIFY_SSL)
     name = conf.get(CONF_NAME)
 
     if use_ssl:
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ def setup(hass, config):
             }
             requests.post(event_collector,
                           data=json.dumps(payload, cls=JSONEncoder),
-                          headers=headers, timeout=10)
+                          headers=headers, timeout=10, verify=verify_ssl)
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException as error:
             _LOGGER.exception("Error saving event to Splunk: %s", error)
 
diff --git a/tests/components/test_splunk.py b/tests/components/test_splunk.py
index a39143f14bb7..f3cefb9c2d9f 100644
--- a/tests/components/test_splunk.py
+++ b/tests/components/test_splunk.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class TestSplunk(unittest.TestCase):
                 'port': 123,
                 'token': 'secret',
                 'ssl': 'False',
+                'verify_ssl': 'True',
                 'name': 'hostname',
             }
         }
@@ -88,10 +89,9 @@ class TestSplunk(unittest.TestCase):
         }
 
         for in_, out in valid.items():
-            state = mock.MagicMock(state=in_,
-                                   domain='fake',
-                                   object_id='entity',
-                                   attributes={'datetime_attr': now})
+            state = mock.MagicMock(
+                state=in_, domain='fake', object_id='entity',
+                attributes={'datetime_attr': now})
             event = mock.MagicMock(data={'new_state': state}, time_fired=12345)
 
             try:
@@ -118,6 +118,5 @@ class TestSplunk(unittest.TestCase):
                 mock.call(
                     payload['host'], data=json.dumps(payload),
                     headers={'Authorization': 'Splunk secret'},
-                    timeout=10
-                )
+                    timeout=10, verify=True)
             self.mock_post.reset_mock()