diff --git a/unittests/test_connection.py b/unittests/test_connection.py
index d0408674b339e0958d6f37d6d9c2a834274986d2..6cc23d87c5cdcf639709a444849a856a8c70af5f 100644
--- a/unittests/test_connection.py
+++ b/unittests/test_connection.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ def test_configure_connection():
     get_config().set("Connection", "password_method", "plain")
     get_config().set("Connection", "password", "test_password")
     get_config().set("Connection", "timeout", "200")
+    get_config().set("Connection", "ssl_insecure", "True")
 
     there(configure_connection)
     tru(hasattr(configure_connection, "__call__"))