diff --git a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
index 39ba13c43..57b422d69 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@ CurlInputStream::InitEasy()
 				   StringFormat<1024>("%s:%s", proxy_user,
 						      proxy_password).c_str());
 
-	request->SetOption(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, verify_peer ? 1L : 0L);
-	request->SetOption(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, verify_host ? 2L : 0L);
+	request->SetVerifyPeer(verify_peer);
+	request->SetVerifyHost(verify_host);
 	request->SetOption(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, request_headers.Get());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Easy.hxx b/src/lib/curl/Easy.hxx
index 20e25a5c2..b36274b66 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Easy.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Easy.hxx
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ public:
 		SetOption(CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, (long)value);
 	}
 
+	void SetVerifyHost(bool value) {
+		SetOption(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, value ? 2L : 0L);
+	}
+
+	void SetVerifyPeer(bool value) {
+		SetOption(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, (long)value);
+	}
+
 	void SetConnectTimeout(long timeout) {
 		SetOption(CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, timeout);
 	}
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx b/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
index 654f3f179..e08e58e8c 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ public:
 		easy.SetRequestHeaders(request_headers);
 	}
 
+	void SetVerifyHost(bool value) {
+		easy.SetVerifyHost(value);
+	}
+
+	void SetVerifyPeer(bool value) {
+		easy.SetVerifyPeer(value);
+	}
+
 	void SetNoBody(bool value=true) {
 		easy.SetNoBody(value);
 	}