diff --git a/lib/feed_handler.rb b/lib/feed_handler.rb
index 7d9b5ed..b360b0a 100644
--- a/lib/feed_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/feed_handler.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class FeedHandler
           else
             header.merge!(:proxy => ENV['FEED_HTTP_PROXY']) if ENV['FEED_HTTP_PROXY']
           end
+          header.merge!(:ssl_verify_mode => OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) if ENV['SSL_VERIFY_NONE']
           open(address, header, &block)
         end
       return content
diff --git a/test/unit/feed_handler_test.rb b/test/unit/feed_handler_test.rb
index 784e94a..5fbe98d 100644
--- a/test/unit/feed_handler_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/feed_handler_test.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class FeedHandlerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   def setup
     @handler = FeedHandler.new
     @container = nil
+    ENV.stubs('[]').with(anything)
   end
   attr_reader :handler
   def container
@@ -175,4 +176,10 @@ class FeedHandlerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal 'bli content', handler.fetch('http://site.org/feed.xml')
   end
 
+  should 'not verify ssl when define env parameter SSL_VERIFY_NONE' do
+    ENV.stubs('[]').with('SSL_VERIFY_NONE').returns(true)
+    handler.expects(:open).with('http://site.org/feed.xml', {"User-Agent" => "Noosfero/#{Noosfero::VERSION}", :ssl_verify_mode => OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE}, anything)
+    handler.fetch('http://site.org/feed.xml')
+  end
+
 end
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