diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d4ec737..6205395 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "create a draft release",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_DRAFT,GITEA_RELEASE_DRAFT",
 		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:   "insecure",
+			Usage:  "visit base-url via insecure https protocol",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_INSECURE,GITEA_RELEASE_INSECURE",
+		},
 		cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:   "prerelease",
 			Usage:  "set the release as prerelease",
@@ -126,6 +131,7 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			Draft:      c.Bool("draft"),
 			PreRelease: c.Bool("prerelease"),
 			BaseURL:    c.String("base-url"),
+			Insecure:   c.Bool("insecure"),
 			Title:      c.String("title"),
 			Note:       c.String("note"),
 		},
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index ac0da4f..b59dfcc 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/cookiejar"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ type (
 		Checksum   []string
 		Draft      bool
 		PreRelease bool
+		Insecure   bool
 		BaseURL    string
 		Title      string
 		Note       string
@@ -108,6 +112,18 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 
 	client := gitea.NewClient(p.Config.BaseURL, p.Config.APIKey)
 
+	if p.Config.Insecure {
+		cookieJar, _ := cookiejar.New(nil)
+
+		var insecureClient = &http.Client{
+			Jar: cookieJar,
+			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+			},
+		}
+		client.SetHTTPClient(insecureClient)
+	}
+
 	rc := releaseClient{
 		Client:     client,
 		Owner:      p.Repo.Owner,