diff --git a/components/ui-request-interceptor/io.entgra.ui.request.interceptor/src/main/java/io/entgra/ui/request/interceptor/util/HandlerUtil.java b/components/ui-request-interceptor/io.entgra.ui.request.interceptor/src/main/java/io/entgra/ui/request/interceptor/util/HandlerUtil.java
index a17e3dcb70..f35c0700ee 100644
--- a/components/ui-request-interceptor/io.entgra.ui.request.interceptor/src/main/java/io/entgra/ui/request/interceptor/util/HandlerUtil.java
+++ b/components/ui-request-interceptor/io.entgra.ui.request.interceptor/src/main/java/io/entgra/ui/request/interceptor/util/HandlerUtil.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.http.Consts;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
 import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public class HandlerUtil {
      * @throws IOException IO exception returns if error occurs when executing the httpMethod
      */
     public static ProxyResponse execute(HttpRequestBase httpRequest) throws IOException {
-        try (CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClients.createDefault()) {
+        try (CloseableHttpClient client = getHttpClient()) {
             HttpResponse response = client.execute(httpRequest);
             ProxyResponse proxyResponse = new ProxyResponse();
 
@@ -217,4 +218,18 @@ public class HandlerUtil {
         return gatewayPort;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve Http client based on hostname verification.
+     * @return {@link CloseableHttpClient} http client
+     */
+    public static CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient() {
+        boolean isIgnoreHostnameVerification = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.
+                getProperty("org.wso2.ignoreHostnameVerification"));
+        if (isIgnoreHostnameVerification) {
+            return HttpClients.custom().setSSLHostnameVerifier(NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE).build();
+        } else {
+            return HttpClients.createDefault();
+        }
+    }
+
 }