diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 76170fe..2d753e1 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -1986,8 +1986,7 @@ sub geturl {
 
     opt('fw') && debug("opt(fw = %s)", opt('fw'));
     $globals{'fw'} && debug("glo fw = %s", $globals{'fw'});
-    ## always omit SSL for connections to local router
-    if ($force_ssl || ($globals{'ssl'} && ((caller(1))[3] // '') ne 'ddclient::get_ip')) {
+    if ($force_ssl || ($globals{'ssl'} && !($params->{ignore_ssl_option} // 0))) {
         $use_ssl      = 1;
         $default_port = '443';
     } else {
@@ -2167,7 +2166,11 @@ sub get_ip {
         $arg = $url;
 
         if ($url) {
-            $reply = geturl({ proxy => opt('proxy', $h), url => $url }) || '';
+            $reply = geturl({
+                proxy => opt('proxy', $h),
+                url => $url,
+                ignore_ssl_option => 1,
+            }) || '';
         }
 
     } elsif (($use eq 'cisco')) {
@@ -2188,6 +2191,7 @@ sub get_ip {
             url => $url,
             login => opt('fw-login', $h),
             password => opt('fw-password', $h),
+            ignore_ssl_option => 1,
         }) || '';
         $arg = $url;
 
@@ -2209,6 +2213,7 @@ sub get_ip {
             url => $url,
             login => opt('fw-login', $h),
             password => opt('fw-password', $h),
+            ignore_ssl_option => 1,
         }) || '';
         $arg = $url;
 
@@ -2227,6 +2232,7 @@ sub get_ip {
                 url => $url,
                 login => opt('fw-login', $h),
                 password => opt('fw-password', $h),
+                ignore_ssl_option => 1,
             }) || '';
         }
     }