diff --git a/tools/buildman/toolchain.py b/tools/buildman/toolchain.py

index a65737fdf8..94877f1047 100644

--- a/tools/buildman/toolchain.py

+++ b/tools/buildman/toolchain.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from HTMLParser import HTMLParser

 import os

 import sys

 import tempfile

+import ssl

 import urllib2

 import bsettings

@@ -566,6 +567,7 @@ class Toolchains:

         # Fist get the URL for this architecture

         col = terminal.Color()

         print col.Color(col.BLUE, "Downloading toolchain for arch '%s'" % arch)

+        ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context

         url = self.LocateArchUrl(arch)

         if not url:

             print ("Cannot find toolchain for arch '%s' - use 'list' to list" %