diff --git a/gallery_dl/option.py b/gallery_dl/option.py
index da38945e..ff6f2776 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/option.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/option.py
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ def build_parser():
         action=ConfigConstAction, nargs=0, dest="part", const=False,
         help="Do not use .part files",
     )
+    downloader.add_argument(
+        "--no-check-certificate",
+        action=ConfigConstAction, nargs=0, dest="verify", const=False,
+        help="Disable HTTPS certificate validation",
+    )
     downloader.add_argument(
         "--abort-on-skip",
         action=ConfigConstAction, nargs=0, dest="skip", const="abort",