diff --git a/server/src/handlers/http.rs b/server/src/handlers/http.rs
index 0b854f5..657db5c 100644
--- a/server/src/handlers/http.rs
+++ b/server/src/handlers/http.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ impl McpTool for FetchUrlHandler {
             client_builder = client_builder.user_agent("mcp-memory-server/1.0");
         }
 
+        // Allow bypassing SSL validation for self-signed certificates
+        if req.ignore_ssl_errors.unwrap_or(false) {
+            client_builder = client_builder.danger_accept_invalid_certs(true);
+        }
+
         // Reqwest automatically uses HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, NO_PROXY 
         // environment variables by default, so we don't need to manually
         // extract and apply them, the builder handles it.
diff --git a/server/src/tools.rs b/server/src/tools.rs
index 507eaf8..19311c5 100644
--- a/server/src/tools.rs
+++ b/server/src/tools.rs
@@ -1041,4 +1041,6 @@ pub struct FetchUrlTool {
     pub url: String,
     /// Optional custom user-agent string.
     pub user_agent: Option<String>,
+    /// Bypass SSL certificate verification for self-signed or invalid certs. Use with caution.
+    pub ignore_ssl_errors: Option<bool>,
 }