@@ -221,10 +221,13 @@
 
 		@throw [OFAcceptFailedException exceptionWithClass: [self class]
 							    socket: self];
 	}
 
+	if (requestsClientCertificates)
+		SSL_set_verify(newSocket->ssl, SSL_VERIFY_PEER, NULL);
+
 	SSL_set_accept_state(newSocket->ssl);
 
 	if (!SSL_use_PrivateKey_file(newSocket->ssl, [privateKeyFile
 	    cStringWithEncoding: OF_STRING_ENCODING_NATIVE],
 	    SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) || !SSL_use_certificate_file(newSocket->ssl,
@@ -349,10 +352,20 @@
 
 - (OFString*)certificateFile
 {
 	OF_GETTER(certificateFile, YES)
 }
+
+- (void)setRequestsClientCertificates: (BOOL)enabled
+{
+	requestsClientCertificates = enabled;
+}
+
+- (BOOL)requestsClientCertificates
+{
+	return requestsClientCertificates;
+}
 
 - (OFDataArray*)channelBindingDataWithType: (OFString*)type
 {
 	size_t length;
 	char buffer[64];