diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ansible_tower.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ansible_tower.py
index 90de99b64f..6835ea9227 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ansible_tower.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ansible_tower.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def tower_auth_config(module):
         if password:
             auth_config['password'] = password
         verify_ssl = module.params.get('tower_verify_ssl')
-        if verify_ssl:
+        if verify_ssl is not None:
             auth_config['verify_ssl'] = verify_ssl
         return auth_config