diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index 673ed190f03c4368ff7dd445fe37e38954081593..f6d0d2b0dbd2932093616bef015910fe78e01d8f 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ check_install_additional_tools (){
     $SUDO pip install paramiko
     $SUDO pip install pyroute2
     $SUDO rm -fr /opt/ssh
-    $SUDO git clone https://gist.github.com/2190472.git /opt/ssh
+    $SUDO GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true git clone https://gist.github.com/2190472.git /opt/ssh
     
     log_netiface=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/netiface_install_log.txt
     echo_info "Installing Netinterfaces package. The logfile for installation is in $log_netiface"