diff --git a/cloud/cloudformation b/cloud/cloudformation
index e072f3923f8..606458b3f3c 100644
--- a/cloud/cloudformation
+++ b/cloud/cloudformation
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ options:
     required: false
     aliases: ['aws_region', 'ec2_region']
     version_added: "1.5"
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
 
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 author: James S. Martin
diff --git a/cloud/ec2 b/cloud/ec2
index 1b22496c8eb..e590b40fbdc 100644
--- a/cloud/ec2
+++ b/cloud/ec2
@@ -212,7 +212,14 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: null
     aliases: []
-       
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
 
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 author: Seth Vidal, Tim Gerla, Lester Wade
diff --git a/cloud/ec2_ami b/cloud/ec2_ami
index a6e449cbce9..ae2eca4fa4e 100644
--- a/cloud/ec2_ami
+++ b/cloud/ec2_ami
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: null
     aliases: []
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
 
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 author: Evan Duffield <eduffield@iacquire.com>
diff --git a/cloud/ec2_eip b/cloud/ec2_eip
index ab6056ae4ad..de041f42227 100644
--- a/cloud/ec2_eip
+++ b/cloud/ec2_eip
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: false
     version_added: "1.4"
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
+
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 author: Lorin Hochstein <lorin@nimbisservices.com>
 notes:
diff --git a/cloud/ec2_elb b/cloud/ec2_elb
index 1927d6c3a7a..c6f4a72b0e1 100644
--- a/cloud/ec2_elb
+++ b/cloud/ec2_elb
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: yes
     choices: [ "yes", "no" ] 
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
 
 """
 
diff --git a/cloud/ec2_elb_lb b/cloud/ec2_elb_lb
index 5e4db144c87..f7d23631bc0 100644
--- a/cloud/ec2_elb_lb
+++ b/cloud/ec2_elb_lb
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ options:
       - The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used.
     required: false
     aliases: ['aws_region', 'ec2_region']
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
 
 """
 
diff --git a/cloud/ec2_group b/cloud/ec2_group
index 552f6a503e0..34d9b161244 100644
--- a/cloud/ec2_group
+++ b/cloud/ec2_group
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: 'present'
     aliases: []
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
 
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 '''
diff --git a/cloud/ec2_key b/cloud/ec2_key
index e3bcbec50c7..5e6950d2c8b 100644
--- a/cloud/ec2_key
+++ b/cloud/ec2_key
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: 'present'
     aliases: []
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
 
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 author: Vincent Viallet
diff --git a/cloud/ec2_tag b/cloud/ec2_tag
index 1bdcd404f57..ca5a337646f 100644
--- a/cloud/ec2_tag
+++ b/cloud/ec2_tag
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: null
     aliases: []
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
+
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 author: Lester Wade
 '''
diff --git a/cloud/ec2_vol b/cloud/ec2_vol
index 815460f5e65..bdd2eae3822 100644
--- a/cloud/ec2_vol
+++ b/cloud/ec2_vol
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ options:
       - snapshot ID on which to base the volume
     required: false
     default: null
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
+
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 author: Lester Wade
 '''
diff --git a/cloud/ec2_vpc b/cloud/ec2_vpc
index d50bed4bcba..7671e6314fa 100644
--- a/cloud/ec2_vpc
+++ b/cloud/ec2_vpc
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: None
     aliases: ['ec2_access_key', 'access_key' ]
+  validate_certs:
+    description:
+      - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
+    required: false
+    default: "yes"
+    choices: ["yes", "no"]
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.5"
+
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 author: Carson Gee
 '''