diff --git a/status/sslcert-monitor.pl b/status/sslcert-monitor.pl
index 3136b41fd..38e951814 100755
--- a/status/sslcert-monitor.pl
+++ b/status/sslcert-monitor.pl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ if ($_[0]->{'url'}) {
 
 	# Run the openssl command to connect
 	local $cmd = "openssl s_client -host ".quotemeta($host).
+		     " -servername ".quotemeta($host).
 		     " -port ".quotemeta($port)." </dev/null 2>&1";
 	local $out = &backquote_with_timeout($cmd, 10);
 	if ($?) {