diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index a735f0279b..0d34a67119 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,16 @@ class NoUnzipCurlDownloadStrategy <CurlDownloadStrategy
   end
 end
 
+# This Download Strategy is provided for use with sites that
+# only provide HTTPS and also have a broken cert.
+# Try not to need this, as we probably won't accept the forulae
+# into trunk.
+class CurlUnsafeDownloadStrategy <CurlDownloadStrategy
+  def _fetch
+    curl @url, '--insecure', '-o', @tarball_path
+  end
+end
+
 class SubversionDownloadStrategy <AbstractDownloadStrategy
   def initialize url, name, version, specs
     super