diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef37a7f330f..d706e8321f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 - Add support to get connection data from Trigger Authorization in PostgreSQL Scaler ([#2114](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2114))
 - Add support to provide the metric name in Azure Log Analytics Scaler ([#2106](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2106))
 - Add `pageSize` (using regex) in RabbitMQ Scaler ([#2162](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2162))
+- Add `unsafeSsl` parameter in InfluxDB scaler ([#2157](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/2157))
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler.go
index befe8d043ab..ff78c3215e6 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package scalers
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ type influxDBMetadata struct {
 	organizationName string
 	query            string
 	serverURL        string
+	unsafeSsL        bool
 	thresholdValue   float64
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +43,13 @@ func NewInfluxDBScaler(config *ScalerConfig) (Scaler, error) {
 	}
 
 	influxDBLog.Info("starting up influxdb client")
-
+	// In case unsafeSsL is enabled.
+	if meta.unsafeSsL {
+		return &influxDBScaler{
+			client:   influxdb2.NewClientWithOptions(meta.serverURL, meta.authToken, influxdb2.DefaultOptions().SetTLSConfig(&tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true})),
+			metadata: meta,
+		}, nil
+	}
 	return &influxDBScaler{
 		client:   influxdb2.NewClient(meta.serverURL, meta.authToken),
 		metadata: meta,
@@ -55,6 +63,7 @@ func parseInfluxDBMetadata(config *ScalerConfig) (*influxDBMetadata, error) {
 	var organizationName string
 	var query string
 	var serverURL string
+	var unsafeSsL bool
 	var thresholdValue float64
 
 	val, ok := config.TriggerMetadata["authToken"]
@@ -127,6 +136,14 @@ func parseInfluxDBMetadata(config *ScalerConfig) (*influxDBMetadata, error) {
 	} else {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no threshold value given")
 	}
+	unsafeSsL = false
+	if val, ok := config.TriggerMetadata["unsafeSsL"]; ok {
+		parsedVal, err := strconv.ParseBool(val)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing unsafeSsL: %s", err)
+		}
+		unsafeSsL = parsedVal
+	}
 
 	return &influxDBMetadata{
 		authToken:        authToken,
@@ -135,6 +152,7 @@ func parseInfluxDBMetadata(config *ScalerConfig) (*influxDBMetadata, error) {
 		query:            query,
 		serverURL:        serverURL,
 		thresholdValue:   thresholdValue,
+		unsafeSsL:        unsafeSsL,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler_test.go b/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler_test.go
index 7c1b3d62dcd..db83262183a 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler_test.go
@@ -26,21 +26,23 @@ var testInfluxDBMetadata = []parseInfluxDBMetadataTestData{
 	// nothing passed
 	{map[string]string{}, true, map[string]string{}},
 	// everything is passed in verbatim
-	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "metricName": "influx_metric", "organizationName": "influx_org", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "authToken": "myToken"}, false, map[string]string{}},
+	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "metricName": "influx_metric", "organizationName": "influx_org", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "authToken": "myToken", "unsafeSsL": "false"}, false, map[string]string{}},
 	// everything is passed in (environment variables)
-	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "organizationNameFromEnv": "INFLUX_ORG", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "authTokenFromEnv": "INFLUX_TOKEN"}, false, map[string]string{}},
+	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "organizationNameFromEnv": "INFLUX_ORG", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "authTokenFromEnv": "INFLUX_TOKEN", "unsafeSsL": "false"}, false, map[string]string{}},
 	// no serverURL passed
-	{map[string]string{"metricName": "influx_metric", "organizationName": "influx_org", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "authToken": "myToken"}, true, map[string]string{}},
+	{map[string]string{"metricName": "influx_metric", "organizationName": "influx_org", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "authToken": "myToken", "unsafeSsL": "false"}, true, map[string]string{}},
 	// no organization name passed
-	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "metricName": "influx_metric", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "authToken": "myToken"}, true, map[string]string{}},
+	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "metricName": "influx_metric", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "authToken": "myToken", "unsafeSsL": "false"}, true, map[string]string{}},
 	// no query passed
-	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "organizationName": "influx_org", "thresholdValue": "10", "authToken": "myToken"}, true, map[string]string{}},
+	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "organizationName": "influx_org", "thresholdValue": "10", "authToken": "myToken", "unsafeSsL": "false"}, true, map[string]string{}},
 	// no threshold value passed
-	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "organizationName": "influx_org", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "authToken": "myToken"}, true, map[string]string{}},
+	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "organizationName": "influx_org", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "authToken": "myToken", "unsafeSsL": "false"}, true, map[string]string{}},
 	// no auth token passed
-	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "organizationName": "influx_org", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10"}, true, map[string]string{}},
+	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "organizationName": "influx_org", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "unsafeSsL": "false"}, true, map[string]string{}},
 	// authToken, organizationName, and serverURL are defined in authParams
-	{map[string]string{"query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10"}, false, map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "organizationName": "influx_org", "authToken": "myToken"}},
+	{map[string]string{"query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "unsafeSsL": "false"}, false, map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "organizationName": "influx_org", "authToken": "myToken"}},
+	// no sunsafeSsl value passed
+	{map[string]string{"serverURL": "https://influxdata.com", "metricName": "influx_metric", "organizationName": "influx_org", "query": "from(bucket: hello)", "thresholdValue": "10", "authToken": "myToken"}, false, map[string]string{}},
 }
 
 var influxDBMetricIdentifiers = []influxDBMetricIdentifier{