diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7070c9d..5bf6fba 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Changes since 2.7.1
+-------------------
+  Enhancement/BugFix
+   * For RETS servers doing SSL, ezRETS will not attempt to verify the
+     SSL certificate from the server.  This behaviour will chance in
+     the future with some configuration options.
+
+  Developer Notes
+   * Small fix to building on OS X where a library was linked
+     dynamically instead of staticly
+
 Changes since 2.7.0
 -------------------
   Bug fix
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d51dd13..a048993 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if test -n "$GCC"; then
 fi
 
 dnl AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(void*)
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long)
 AC_CHECK_TYPES(long long)
 AC_CHECK_PROG(my_have_perl, perl, yes, no)
diff --git a/project/common/src/DataSource.cpp b/project/common/src/DataSource.cpp
index 2c01c1a..4b1aa93 100644
--- a/project/common/src/DataSource.cpp
+++ b/project/common/src/DataSource.cpp
@@ -1085,6 +1085,10 @@ lr::RetsSessionPtr CLASS::CreateRetsSession() const
         session->SetProxy(mProxyUrl, mProxyPassword);
     }
 
+    // Until I have time to ship an SSL CA bundle, or configure a
+    // pointer to it, we'll be naughty and just not verify shit.
+    session->SetModeFlags(lr::RetsSession::MODE_NO_SSL_VERIFY);
+
     return session;
 }
 
diff --git a/project/driver/src/RetsDBC.cpp b/project/driver/src/RetsDBC.cpp
index 2477a9d..3c91d8c 100644
--- a/project/driver/src/RetsDBC.cpp
+++ b/project/driver/src/RetsDBC.cpp
@@ -669,10 +669,6 @@ bool RetsDBC::login()
             session->SetHttpLogger(mRetsHttpLogger.get());
         }
 
-        // Until I have time to ship an SSL CA bundle, or configure a
-        // pointer to it, we'll be naughty and just not verify shit.
-        session->SetModeFlags(lr::RetsSession::MODE_NO_SSL_VERIFY);
-        
         success = mDataSource.RetsLogin(session);
         if (success)
         {