diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc b/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc
index 8dc68e4a92..9df38c28da 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ _pingback (void *arg)
 	pthread_set_name ("Pingback");
 	ArdourCurl::HttpGet h;
 
+#ifdef MIXBUS
+	curl_easy_setopt (h.curl (), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+	/* do not check cert */
+	curl_easy_setopt (h.curl (), CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
+	curl_easy_setopt (h.curl (), CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
+#endif
+
 	ping_call* cm = static_cast<ping_call*> (arg);
 	string return_str;
 	//initialize curl