diff --git a/fineract-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/client/util/FineractClient.java b/fineract-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/client/util/FineractClient.java
index ef6356e9c..740979a08 100644
--- a/fineract-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/client/util/FineractClient.java
+++ b/fineract-client/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/client/util/FineractClient.java
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fineract.client.util;
 
+import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
+import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
 import okhttp3.logging.HttpLoggingInterceptor;
 import okhttp3.logging.HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level;
 import org.apache.fineract.client.ApiClient;
@@ -389,6 +399,47 @@ public final class FineractClient {
             return this;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Skip Fineract API host SSL certificate verification. DO NOT USE THIS when invoking a production server's API!
+         * This is intended for https://localhost:8443/ testing of development servers with self-signed certificates,
+         * only. If you do not understand what this is, do not use it. You WILL cause a security issue in your
+         * application due to the possibility of a "man in the middle" attack when this is enabled.
+         */
+        @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+        public Builder insecure(boolean insecure) {
+            // Nota bene: Similar code to this is also in Fineract Provider's
+            // org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.hooks.processor.ProcessorHelper
+            if (insecure) {
+                HostnameVerifier insecureHostnameVerifier = (hostname, session) -> true;
+                apiClient.getOkBuilder().hostnameVerifier(insecureHostnameVerifier);
+
+                try {
+                    X509TrustManager insecureX509TrustManager = new X509TrustManager() {
+
+                        @Override
+                        public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {}
+
+                        @Override
+                        public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {}
+
+                        @Override
+                        public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
+                            return new X509Certificate[] {};
+                        }
+                    };
+
+                    var sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
+                    sslContext.init(null, new TrustManager[] { insecureX509TrustManager }, new SecureRandom());
+                    SSLSocketFactory insecureSslSocketFactory = sslContext.getSocketFactory();
+
+                    apiClient.getOkBuilder().sslSocketFactory(insecureSslSocketFactory, insecureX509TrustManager);
+                } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException e) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException("insecure() SSL configuration failed", e);
+                }
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public FineractClient build() {
             // URL
             apiClient.getAdapterBuilder().baseUrl(has("baseURL", baseURL));
diff --git a/fineract-client/src/test/java/org/apache/fineract/client/test/FineractClientTest.java b/fineract-client/src/test/java/org/apache/fineract/client/test/FineractClientTest.java
index a6c9f78f0..0c501c6d1 100644
--- a/fineract-client/src/test/java/org/apache/fineract/client/test/FineractClientTest.java
+++ b/fineract-client/src/test/java/org/apache/fineract/client/test/FineractClientTest.java
@@ -34,14 +34,26 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
  */
 public class FineractClientTest {
 
-    @Test
-    void testRetrieveAllClients() throws IOException {
-        FineractClient fineract = FineractClient.builder().baseURL("https://demo.fineract.dev/fineract-provider/api/v1/").tenant("default")
-                .basicAuth("mifos", "password").build();
+    void checkClients(FineractClient fineract) throws IOException {
         assertThat(ok(fineract.clients.retrieveAll20(null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 0, 100, null, null, null))
                 .getTotalFilteredRecords()).isAtLeast(3);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testRetrieveAllClientsFromFineractDev() throws IOException {
+        FineractClient fineract = FineractClient.builder().baseURL("https://demo.fineract.dev/fineract-provider/api/v1/").tenant("default")
+                .basicAuth("mifos", "password").build();
+        checkClients(fineract);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Disabled // TODO remove Disabled once https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1209 is fixed
+    void testRetrieveAllClientsFromLocalhostWithInsecureSelfSignedCert() throws IOException {
+        FineractClient fineract = FineractClient.builder().baseURL("https://localhost:8443/fineract-provider/api/v1/").tenant("default")
+                .basicAuth("mifos", "password").insecure(true).build();
+        checkClients(fineract);
+    }
+
     @Test
     @Disabled // TODO remove Ignore once https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1221 is fixed
     void testInvalidOperations() throws IOException {