diff --git a/lib/oauthclient.php b/lib/oauthclient.php
index 1a86e2460e..b22fd78974 100644
--- a/lib/oauthclient.php
+++ b/lib/oauthclient.php
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ class OAuthClient
             'timeout' => 120,
             'follow_redirects' => true,
             'ssl_verify_peer' => false,
+            'ssl_verify_host' => false
         ));
 
         // Twitter is strict about accepting invalid "Expect" headers
diff --git a/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitterbasicauthclient.php b/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitterbasicauthclient.php
index d1cf45aec6..7ee8d7d4c4 100644
--- a/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitterbasicauthclient.php
+++ b/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitterbasicauthclient.php
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ class TwitterBasicAuthClient
             'follow_redirects' => true,
             'connect_timeout' => 120,
             'timeout' => 120,
-            'ssl_verifypeer' => false,
+            'ssl_verify_peer' => false,
+            'ssl_verify_host' => false
         ));
 
         if ($auth) {