diff --git a/wp-includes/cron.php b/wp-includes/cron.php
index 9b340dfe5..275eaed87 100644
--- a/wp-includes/cron.php
+++ b/wp-includes/cron.php
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function spawn_cron( $local_time = 0 ) {
 	set_transient( 'doing_cron', $local_time );
 
 	$cron_url = get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron';
-	wp_remote_post( $cron_url, array('timeout' => 0.01, 'blocking' => false) );
+	wp_remote_post( $cron_url, array('timeout' => 0.01, 'blocking' => false, 'sslverify' => apply_filters('https_local_ssl_verify', true)) );
 }
 
 /**