diff --git a/social/email/61-email.html b/social/email/61-email.html
index 0d684a43..52e4c38d 100644
--- a/social/email/61-email.html
+++ b/social/email/61-email.html
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
         <input type="password" id="node-input-password">
     </div>
     <br/>
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-input-useTLS"><i class="fa fa-lock"></i> <span data-i18n="email.label.useTLS"></label>
+        <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-tls" style="display:inline-block; width:20px; vertical-align:baseline;">
+    </div>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-input-dname"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> <span data-i18n="node-red:common.label.name"></span></label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-dname" data-i18n="[placeholder]node-red:common.label.name">
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@
     <p>Alternatively you may provide <code>msg.attachments</code> which should contain an array of one or
     more attachments in <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodemailer#attachments" target="_new">nodemailer</a> format.</p>
     <p>If required by your recipient you may also pass in a <code>msg.envelope</code> object, typically containing extra from and to properties.</p>
+    <p>If you have own signed certificates, Nodemailer can complain about that and refuse sending the message. In this case you can try switching off TLS.</p>
     <p>Note: uses SMTP with SSL to port 465.</p>
 </script>
 
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@
             server: {value:"smtp.gmail.com",required:true},
             port: {value:"465",required:true},
             secure: {value: true},
+            tls: {value: true},
             name: {value:""},
             dname: {value:""}
         },
diff --git a/social/email/61-email.js b/social/email/61-email.js
index 92a7cdea..e3e6a0fa 100644
--- a/social/email/61-email.js
+++ b/social/email/61-email.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         this.outserver = n.server;
         this.outport = n.port;
         this.secure = n.secure;
+        this.tls = true;
         var flag = false;
         if (this.credentials && this.credentials.hasOwnProperty("userid")) {
             this.userid = this.credentials.userid;
@@ -50,12 +51,16 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         if (flag) {
             RED.nodes.addCredentials(n.id,{userid:this.userid, password:this.password, global:true});
         }
+        if (n.tls === false){
+            this.tls = false;
+        }
         var node = this;
 
         var smtpOptions = {
             host: node.outserver,
             port: node.outport,
-            secure: node.secure
+            secure: node.secure,
+            tls: {rejectUnauthorized: node.tls}
         }
 
         if (this.userid && this.password) {
diff --git a/social/email/locales/en-US/61-email.json b/social/email/locales/en-US/61-email.json
index fbe47766..d3f05375 100644
--- a/social/email/locales/en-US/61-email.json
+++ b/social/email/locales/en-US/61-email.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
             "folder": "Folder",
             "protocol": "Protocol",
             "useSSL": "Use SSL?",
+            "useTLS": "Use TLS?",
             "disposition": "Disposition",
             "none": "None",
             "read": "Mark Read",