diff --git a/app/models/hooks/web_hook.rb b/app/models/hooks/web_hook.rb
index 9a8251bdad5..a078accbdbd 100644
--- a/app/models/hooks/web_hook.rb
+++ b/app/models/hooks/web_hook.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class WebHook < ActiveRecord::Base
   default_value_for :note_events, false
   default_value_for :merge_requests_events, false
   default_value_for :tag_push_events, false
-  default_value_for :enable_ssl_verification, false
+  default_value_for :enable_ssl_verification, true
 
   # HTTParty timeout
   default_timeout Gitlab.config.gitlab.webhook_timeout
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150915001905_enable_ssl_verification_by_default.rb b/db/migrate/20150915001905_enable_ssl_verification_by_default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e924262a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150915001905_enable_ssl_verification_by_default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class EnableSslVerificationByDefault < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    change_column :web_hooks, :enable_ssl_verification, :boolean, default: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150916000405_enable_ssl_verification_for_web_hooks.rb b/db/migrate/20150916000405_enable_ssl_verification_for_web_hooks.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90ce6c2db3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150916000405_enable_ssl_verification_for_web_hooks.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class EnableSslVerificationForWebHooks < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    execute("UPDATE web_hooks SET enable_ssl_verification = true")
+  end
+
+  def down
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 48314b8db6a..a3a69a4b626 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150916145038) do
-
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150916000405) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
@@ -782,7 +781,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150916145038) do
     t.boolean  "merge_requests_events",   default: false,         null: false
     t.boolean  "tag_push_events",         default: false
     t.boolean  "note_events",             default: false,         null: false
-    t.boolean  "enable_ssl_verification", default: false
+    t.boolean  "enable_ssl_verification", default: true
   end
 
   add_index "web_hooks", ["created_at", "id"], name: "index_web_hooks_on_created_at_and_id", using: :btree