diff --git a/include/mysql.h b/include/mysql.h
index 3a71e47f414..b2efa2ffd3b 100644
--- a/include/mysql.h
+++ b/include/mysql.h
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ struct st_mysql_options {
   char *ssl_ca;					/* PEM CA file */
   char *ssl_capath;				/* PEM directory of CA-s? */
   char *ssl_cipher;				/* cipher to use */
-  my_bool ssl_verify_server_cert;		/* if to verify server cert */
   char *shared_memory_base_name;
   unsigned long max_allowed_packet;
   my_bool use_ssl;				/* if to use SSL or not */
diff --git a/include/mysql_com.h b/include/mysql_com.h
index ec1c133799f..d60cfd8d8d8 100644
--- a/include/mysql_com.h
+++ b/include/mysql_com.h
@@ -134,8 +134,10 @@ enum enum_server_command
 #define CLIENT_TRANSACTIONS	8192	/* Client knows about transactions */
 #define CLIENT_RESERVED         16384   /* Old flag for 4.1 protocol  */
 #define CLIENT_SECURE_CONNECTION 32768  /* New 4.1 authentication */
-#define CLIENT_MULTI_STATEMENTS 65536   /* Enable/disable multi-stmt support */
-#define CLIENT_MULTI_RESULTS    131072  /* Enable/disable multi-results */
+#define CLIENT_MULTI_STATEMENTS (((ulong) 1) << 16)   /* Enable/disable multi-stmt support */
+#define CLIENT_MULTI_RESULTS    (((ulong) 1) << 17)  /* Enable/disable multi-results */
+
+#define CLIENT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT	(((ulong) 1) << 30)
 #define CLIENT_REMEMBER_OPTIONS	(((ulong) 1) << 31)
 
 #define SERVER_STATUS_IN_TRANS     1	/* Transaction has started */
diff --git a/sql-common/client.c b/sql-common/client.c
index 31e85475f08..a8e87ff4d2e 100644
--- a/sql-common/client.c
+++ b/sql-common/client.c
@@ -1502,7 +1502,6 @@ mysql_ssl_set(MYSQL *mysql __attribute__((unused)) ,
   mysql->options.ssl_ca=     strdup_if_not_null(ca);
   mysql->options.ssl_capath= strdup_if_not_null(capath);
   mysql->options.ssl_cipher= strdup_if_not_null(cipher);
-  mysql->options.ssl_verify_server_cert= FALSE; /* Off by default */
 #endif /* HAVE_OPENSSL */
   DBUG_RETURN(0);
 }
@@ -2162,7 +2161,7 @@ CLI_MYSQL_REAL_CONNECT(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
     DBUG_PRINT("info", ("IO layer change done!"));
 
     /* Verify server cert */
-    if (mysql->options.ssl_verify_server_cert &&
+    if ((client_flag & CLIENT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT) &&
         ssl_verify_server_cert(mysql->net.vio, mysql->host))
     {
       set_mysql_error(mysql, CR_SSL_CONNECTION_ERROR, unknown_sqlstate);
@@ -2909,7 +2908,10 @@ mysql_options(MYSQL *mysql,enum mysql_option option, const char *arg)
     mysql->reconnect= *(my_bool *) arg;
     break;
   case MYSQL_OPT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT:
-    mysql->options.ssl_verify_server_cert= *(my_bool *) arg;
+    if (!arg || test(*(uint*) arg))
+      mysql->options.client_flag|= CLIENT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT;
+    else
+      mysql->options.client_flag&= ~CLIENT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT;
     break;
   default:
     DBUG_RETURN(1);