diff --git a/scenarios/s3_multipart.js b/scenarios/s3_multipart.js
index 39e943f..ee39996 100644
--- a/scenarios/s3_multipart.js
+++ b/scenarios/s3_multipart.js
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ const summary_json = __ENV.SUMMARY_JSON || "/tmp/summary.json";
 // Select random S3 endpoint for current VU
 const s3_endpoints = __ENV.S3_ENDPOINTS.split(',');
 const s3_endpoint = s3_endpoints[Math.floor(Math.random() * s3_endpoints.length)];
-const s3_client = s3.connect(`http://${s3_endpoint}`);
+const no_verify_ssl = __ENV.NO_VERIFY_SSL || "true";
+const connection_args = {no_verify_ssl: no_verify_ssl}
+const s3_client = s3.connect(s3_endpoint, connection_args);
 const log = logging.new().withField("endpoint", s3_endpoint);
 
 const registry_enabled = !!__ENV.REGISTRY_FILE;