diff --git a/src/Mailgun/Connection/RestClient.php b/src/Mailgun/Connection/RestClient.php
index 7955c78..65cf7b9 100644
--- a/src/Mailgun/Connection/RestClient.php
+++ b/src/Mailgun/Connection/RestClient.php
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ class RestClient{
 	private $apiKey;
 	protected $mgClient;
 	
-	public function __construct($apiKey, $apiEndpoint, $apiVersion){	
+	public function __construct($apiKey, $apiEndpoint, $apiVersion, $ssl){
 		$this->apiKey = $apiKey;
-		$this->mgClient = new Guzzle('https://' . $apiEndpoint . '/' . $apiVersion . '/');
+		$this->mgClient = new Guzzle($this->generateEndpoint($apiEndpoint, $apiVersion, $ssl));
 		$this->mgClient->setDefaultOption('curl.options', array('CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE' => true));
 		$this->mgClient->setDefaultOption('auth', array (API_USER, $this->apiKey));	
 		$this->mgClient->setDefaultOption('exceptions', false);
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ class RestClient{
 		$result->http_response_code = $httpResponseCode;
 		return $result;
 	}
+
+	private function generateEndpoint($apiEndpoint, $apiVersion, $ssl){
+		if(!$ssl){
+			return "http://" . $apiEndpoint . "/" . $apiVersion . "/";
+		}
+		else{
+			return "https://" . $apiEndpoint . "/" . $apiVersion . "/";
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Mailgun/Mailgun.php b/src/Mailgun/Mailgun.php
index f722c0f..45bf736 100644
--- a/src/Mailgun/Mailgun.php
+++ b/src/Mailgun/Mailgun.php
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ class Mailgun{
     protected $workingDomain;
     protected $restClient;
     
-    public function __construct($apiKey = null, $apiEndpoint = "api.mailgun.net", $apiVersion = "v2"){
-	    $this->restClient = new RestClient($apiKey, $apiEndpoint, $apiVersion);
+    public function __construct($apiKey = null, $apiEndpoint = "api.mailgun.net", $apiVersion = "v2", $ssl = true){
+	    $this->restClient = new RestClient($apiKey, $apiEndpoint, $apiVersion, $ssl);
     }
 
 	public function sendMessage($workingDomain, $postData, $postFiles = array()){