diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2133ea3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Only panics if the user agent is invalid but we define it statically so either
+// it always or never fails
+pub fn http_client(allow_insecure: bool) -> reqwest::blocking::Client {
+    reqwest::blocking::Client::builder()
+        .user_agent("nushell")
+        .danger_accept_invalid_certs(allow_insecure)
+        .build()
+        .expect("Failed to build reqwest client")
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/get.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/get.rs
index 0a51d633d..68cfa15dd 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/get.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/get.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::network::http::client::http_client;
 use base64::{alphabet, engine::general_purpose::PAD, engine::GeneralPurpose, Engine};
 use nu_engine::CallExt;
 use nu_protocol::ast::Call;
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 "fetch contents as text rather than a table",
                 Some('r'),
             )
+            .switch(
+                "insecure",
+                "allow insecure server connections when using SSL",
+                Some('k'),
+            )
             .filter()
             .category(Category::Network)
     }
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
 struct Arguments {
     url: Value,
     raw: bool,
+    insecure: Option<bool>,
     user: Option<String>,
     password: Option<String>,
     timeout: Option<Value>,
@@ -127,6 +134,7 @@ fn run_fetch(
     let args = Arguments {
         url: call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?,
         raw: call.has_flag("raw"),
+        insecure: call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "insecure")?,
         user: call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "user")?,
         password: call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "password")?,
         timeout: call.get_flag(engine_state, stack, "timeout")?,
@@ -183,7 +191,7 @@ fn helper(
         _ => None,
     };
 
-    let client = http_client();
+    let client = http_client(args.insecure.is_some());
     let mut request = client.get(url);
 
     if let Some(timeout) = timeout {
@@ -407,13 +415,3 @@ fn response_to_buffer(
         trim_end_newline: false,
     }
 }
-
-// Only panics if the user agent is invalid but we define it statically so either
-// it always or never fails
-#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
-fn http_client() -> reqwest::blocking::Client {
-    reqwest::blocking::Client::builder()
-        .user_agent("nushell")
-        .build()
-        .unwrap()
-}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/mod.rs
index af807b222..694b1401d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+mod client;
 mod get;
 mod http_;
 mod post;
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
index 14a8ea6b3..8352496cc 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ use std::io::BufReader;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
+use crate::network::http::client::http_client;
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct SubCommand;
 
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
     ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
         run_post(engine_state, stack, call, input)
     }
+
     fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
         vec![
             Example {
@@ -430,13 +433,3 @@ fn response_to_buffer(
         trim_end_newline: false,
     }
 }
-// Only panics if the user agent is invalid but we define it statically so either
-// it always or never fails
-#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
-fn http_client(allow_insecure: bool) -> reqwest::blocking::Client {
-    reqwest::blocking::Client::builder()
-        .user_agent("nushell")
-        .danger_accept_invalid_certs(allow_insecure)
-        .build()
-        .expect("Failed to build reqwest client")
-}