diff --git a/xos/configurations/common/Dockerfile.common b/xos/configurations/common/Dockerfile.common
index 1f42c34..5329142 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/common/Dockerfile.common
+++ b/xos/configurations/common/Dockerfile.common
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # XXX Workaround for docker bug:
 # https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/6345
 # Kernel 3.15 breaks docker, uss the line below as a workaround
-# until there is a fix 
-RUN ln -s -f /bin/true /usr/bin/chfn 
+# until there is a fix
+RUN ln -s -f /bin/true /usr/bin/chfn
 # XXX End workaround
 
 # Install.
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
     python-httplib2 \
     geoip-database \
     libgeoip1 \
-    wget \ 
-    curl \ 
+    wget \
+    curl \
     python-dev \
-    libyaml-dev \ 
-    pkg-config \ 
-    python-pycurl 
+    libyaml-dev \
+    pkg-config \
+    python-pycurl
 
 RUN pip install django==1.7
 RUN pip install djangorestframework==2.4.4
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 RUN easy_install python_gflags
 RUN easy_install --upgrade httplib2
 RUN easy_install google_api_python_client
+RUN easy_install httplib2.ca_certs_locater
 
 # Install custom Ansible
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python-crypto
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y supervisor
 ADD observer.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/
 
-# Get XOS 
+# Get XOS
 ADD xos /opt/xos
 
 # Initscript is broken in Ubuntu
diff --git a/xos/openstack/client.py b/xos/openstack/client.py
index 4962e06..c500204 100644
--- a/xos/openstack/client.py
+++ b/xos/openstack/client.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     return opts
 
 class Client:
-    def __init__(self, username=None, password=None, tenant=None, url=None, token=None, endpoint=None, controller=None, admin=True, *args, **kwds):
+    def __init__(self, username=None, password=None, tenant=None, url=None, token=None, endpoint=None, controller=None, cacert=None, admin=True, *args, **kwds):
        
         self.has_openstack = has_openstack
         self.url = controller.auth_url
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
         if endpoint:
             self.endpoint = endpoint
 
+        self.cacert = cacert
+
         #if '@' in self.username:
         #    self.username = self.username[:self.username.index('@')]
 
@@ -157,7 +159,8 @@
             self.client = quantum_client.Client(username=self.username,
                                                 password=self.password,
                                                 tenant_name=self.tenant,
-                                                auth_url=self.url)
+                                                auth_url=self.url,
+                                                ca_cert=self.cacert)
     @require_enabled
     def connect(self, *args, **kwds):
         self.__init__(*args, **kwds)