diff --git a/src/connector.rs b/src/connector.rs
index e97be1d..74a125e 100644
--- a/src/connector.rs
+++ b/src/connector.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub struct HttpsConnector<T> {
     force_https: bool,
     http: T,
     tls_config: Arc<rustls::ClientConfig>,
+    server_name_override: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl<T> fmt::Debug for HttpsConnector<T> {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ where
             force_https: false,
             http,
             tls_config: cfg.into(),
+            server_name_override: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -83,10 +85,21 @@ where
                 Box::pin(f)
             } else if sch == &http::uri::Scheme::HTTPS {
                 let cfg = self.tls_config.clone();
-                let hostname = dst
-                    .host()
-                    .unwrap_or_default()
-                    .to_string();
+                let hostname = match self.server_name_override.as_deref() {
+                    Some(h) => h,
+                    None =>  dst
+                        .host()
+                        .unwrap_or_default()
+                };
+                let hostname = match rustls::ServerName::try_from(hostname) {
+                    Ok(dnsname) => dnsname,
+                    Err(_) => {
+                        let err = io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "invalid dnsname");
+                        let err: Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static> = Box::new(err);
+                        let res = std::future::ready(Err(err));
+                        return Box::pin(res);
+                    }
+                };
                 let connecting_future = self.http.call(dst);
 
                 let f = async move {
@@ -94,10 +107,8 @@ where
                         .await
                         .map_err(Into::into)?;
                     let connector = TlsConnector::from(cfg);
-                    let dnsname = rustls::ServerName::try_from(hostname.as_str())
-                        .map_err(|_| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "invalid dnsname"))?;
                     let tls = connector
-                        .connect(dnsname, tcp)
+                        .connect(hostname, tcp)
                         .await
                         .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
                     Ok(MaybeHttpsStream::Https(tls))
diff --git a/src/connector/builder.rs b/src/connector/builder.rs
index 0398f8b..4c3dafd 100644
--- a/src/connector/builder.rs
+++ b/src/connector/builder.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ impl ConnectorBuilder<WantsSchemes> {
         ConnectorBuilder(WantsProtocols1 {
             tls_config: self.0.tls_config,
             https_only: true,
+            server_name_override: None,
         })
     }
 
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ impl ConnectorBuilder<WantsSchemes> {
         ConnectorBuilder(WantsProtocols1 {
             tls_config: self.0.tls_config,
             https_only: false,
+            server_name_override: None
         })
     }
 }
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ impl ConnectorBuilder<WantsSchemes> {
 pub struct WantsProtocols1 {
     tls_config: ClientConfig,
     https_only: bool,
+    server_name_override: Option<String>
 }
 
 impl WantsProtocols1 {
@@ -136,6 +139,7 @@ impl WantsProtocols1 {
             force_https: self.https_only,
             http: conn,
             tls_config: std::sync::Arc::new(self.tls_config),
+            server_name_override: None
         }
     }
 
@@ -169,6 +173,15 @@ impl ConnectorBuilder<WantsProtocols1> {
             enable_http1: false,
         })
     }
+
+    /// Override expected server name
+    /// 
+    /// If called, server certificates will be validated against `server_name_override`,
+    /// and host portion of URL will not be used for server authentication.
+    pub fn override_server_name(mut self, server_name_override: String) -> Self {
+        self.0.server_name_override = Some(server_name_override);
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 /// State of a builder with HTTP1 enabled, that may have some other
@@ -195,6 +208,15 @@ impl ConnectorBuilder<WantsProtocols2> {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Override expected server name
+    /// 
+    /// If called, server certificates will be validated against `server_name_override`,
+    /// and host portion of URL will not be used for server authentication.
+    pub fn override_server_name(mut self, server_name_override: String) -> Self {
+        self.0.inner.server_name_override = Some(server_name_override);
+        self
+    }
+
     /// This builds an [`HttpsConnector`] built on hyper's default [`HttpConnector`]
     #[cfg(feature = "tokio-runtime")]
     pub fn build(self) -> HttpsConnector<HttpConnector> {
@@ -226,6 +248,15 @@ pub struct WantsProtocols3 {
 
 #[cfg(feature = "http2")]
 impl ConnectorBuilder<WantsProtocols3> {
+    /// Override expected server name
+    /// 
+    /// If called, server certificates will be validated against `server_name_override`,
+    /// and host portion of URL will not be used for server authentication.
+    pub fn override_server_name(mut self, server_name_override: String) -> Self {
+        self.0.inner.server_name_override = Some(server_name_override);
+        self
+    }
+
     /// This builds an [`HttpsConnector`] built on hyper's default [`HttpConnector`]
     #[cfg(feature = "tokio-runtime")]
     pub fn build(self) -> HttpsConnector<HttpConnector> {