diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib582.c b/tests/libtest/lib582.c
index f55e5de71..2f9242a85 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib582.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib582.c
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ int test(char *URL)
   easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, libtest_arg3);
   easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_PUBLIC_KEYFILE, "curl_client_key.pub");
   easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE, "curl_client_key");
+  easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
 
   easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE, (curl_off_t)file_info.st_size);