diff --git a/test/basetest/task.py b/test/basetest/task.py
index a6921f7e3..36d858dbc 100644
--- a/test/basetest/task.py
+++ b/test/basetest/task.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class Task(object):
         self.config("taskd.certificate", cert)
         self.config("taskd.key", key)
         self.config("taskd.ca", self.taskd.ca_cert)
+        self.config("taskd.trust", "ignore hostname")
 
         address = ":".join((self.taskd.address, str(self.taskd.port)))
         self.config("taskd.server", address)