diff --git a/doc/10-icinga-template-library.md b/doc/10-icinga-template-library.md
index 0e064ce37..e38a7fad5 100644
--- a/doc/10-icinga-template-library.md
+++ b/doc/10-icinga-template-library.md
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ http_ipv4                        | **Optional.** Use IPv4 connection. Defaults t
 http_ipv6                        | **Optional.** Use IPv6 connection. Defaults to false.
 http_link                        | **Optional.** Wrap output in HTML link. Defaults to false.
 http_verbose                     | **Optional.** Show details for command-line debugging. Defaults to false.
+http_verify_host                 | **Optional.** Verify SSL certificate is for the -H hostname (with --sni and -S). Defaults to false. **Only supported by the Nagios plugins version of check\_http, not by the monitoring plugins one.**
 
 
 ### icmp <a id="plugin-check-command-icmp"></a>
diff --git a/itl/command-plugins.conf b/itl/command-plugins.conf
index d3f380e65..269e5627a 100644
--- a/itl/command-plugins.conf
+++ b/itl/command-plugins.conf
@@ -540,6 +540,10 @@ object CheckCommand "http" {
 			set_if = "$http_verbose$"
 			description = "Show details for command-line debugging"
 		}
+		"--verify-host" = {
+			set_if = "$http_verify_host$"
+			description = "Verify SSL certificate is for the -H hostname (with --sni and -S)"
+		}
 	}
 
 	vars.http_address = "$check_address$"