diff --git a/apiv2/client.go b/apiv2/client.go
index 70ea533e..a3a239cc 100644
--- a/apiv2/client.go
+++ b/apiv2/client.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func NewRESTClient(v2Client *v2client.Harbor, opts *config.Options, authInfo run
 
 // NewRESTClientForHost constructs a new REST client containing a swagger API client using the defined
 // host string and basePath, the additional Harbor v2 API suffix as well as basic auth info.
-func NewRESTClientForHost(u, username, password string, opts *config.Options) (*RESTClient, error) {
+func NewRESTClientForHost(u, username, password string, opts *config.Options, clientOpts runtimeclient.TLSClientOptions) (*RESTClient, error) {
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(u, v2URLSuffix) {
 		u += v2URLSuffix
 	}
@@ -124,7 +124,12 @@ func NewRESTClientForHost(u, username, password string, opts *config.Options) (*
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	v2SwaggerClient := v2client.New(runtimeclient.New(harborURL.Host, harborURL.Path, []string{harborURL.Scheme}), strfmt.Default)
+	client, err := runtimeclient.TLSClient(clientOpts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	v2SwaggerClient := v2client.New(runtimeclient.NewWithClient(harborURL.Host, harborURL.Path, []string{harborURL.Scheme}, client), strfmt.Default)
 	authInfo := runtimeclient.BasicAuth(username, password)
 
 	return NewRESTClient(v2SwaggerClient, opts, authInfo), nil
diff --git a/apiv2/client_test.go b/apiv2/client_test.go
index ece7c80e..dec02e14 100644
--- a/apiv2/client_test.go
+++ b/apiv2/client_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ func ExampleNewRESTClientForHost() {
 	username := "user"
 	password := "password"
 
-	harborClient, err := NewRESTClientForHost(apiURL, username, password, nil)
+	clientOpts := runtimeclient.TLSClientOptions{
+		InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+	}
+
+	harborClient, err := NewRESTClientForHost(apiURL, username, password, nil, clientOpts)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -55,7 +59,14 @@ func ExampleNewRESTClient() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	v2SwaggerClient := v2client.New(runtimeclient.New(harborURL.Host, harborURL.Path, []string{harborURL.Scheme}), strfmt.Default)
+	clientOpts := runtimeclient.TLSClientOptions{
+		InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+		//refer to github.com/go-openapi/runtime/client/runtime_test.go
+		//Certificate:        "",
+		//Key:                "",
+	}
+
+	v2SwaggerClient := v2client.New(runtimeclient.NewWithClient(harborURL.Host, harborURL.Path, []string{harborURL.Scheme}, clientOpts), strfmt.Default)
 	authInfo := runtimeclient.BasicAuth(username, password)
 
 	harborClient := NewRESTClient(v2SwaggerClient, nil, authInfo)
@@ -82,7 +93,11 @@ func ExampleNewRESTClient_withOptions() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	v2SwaggerClient := v2client.New(runtimeclient.New(harborURL.Host, harborURL.Path, []string{harborURL.Scheme}), strfmt.Default)
+	clientOpts := runtimeclient.TLSClientOptions{
+		InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+	}
+
+	v2SwaggerClient := v2client.New(runtimeclient.NewWithClient(harborURL.Host, harborURL.Path, []string{harborURL.Scheme}, clientOpts), strfmt.Default)
 	authInfo := runtimeclient.BasicAuth(username, password)
 
 	options := &config.Options{