diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 64c60e6..d2479c3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ requests
 humanfriendly
 party
 pluginbase
+django
diff --git a/src/lavatory/utils/artifactory.py b/src/lavatory/utils/artifactory.py
index df80668..2a726d3 100644
--- a/src/lavatory/utils/artifactory.py
+++ b/src/lavatory/utils/artifactory.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ def __init__(self, repo_name=None):
         self.artifactory.artifactory_url = self.api_url
         self.artifactory.username = self.credentials['artifactory_username']
         self.artifactory.password = base64.encodebytes(bytes(self.credentials['artifactory_password'], 'utf-8'))
-        self.artifactory.certbundle = os.getenv('LAVATORY_CERTBUNDLE_PATH', certifi.where())
+        skip_verify = int(os.getenv('LAVATORY_SKIP_CERT_VERIFY', '1'))
+        self.artifactory.certbundle = False if skip_verify else os.getenv('LAVATORY_CERTBUNDLE_PATH', certifi.where())
 
     def repos(self, repo_type='local'):
         """