diff --git a/chain.go b/chain.go
index 306c697..f4dc6dd 100644
--- a/chain.go
+++ b/chain.go
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ package gost
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/ginuerzh/pht"
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	"github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go/h2quic"
-	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
@@ -18,6 +16,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ginuerzh/pht"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go/h2quic"
+	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 )
 
 // Proxy chain holds a list of proxy nodes
@@ -93,6 +96,22 @@ func (c *ProxyChain) Init() {
 				InsecureSkipVerify: node.insecureSkipVerify(),
 				ServerName:         node.serverName,
 			}
+
+			caFile := node.caFile()
+
+			if caFile != "" {
+				cfg.RootCAs = x509.NewCertPool()
+
+				data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(caFile)
+				if err != nil {
+					glog.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				if !cfg.RootCAs.AppendCertsFromPEM(data) {
+					glog.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+
 			c.http2NodeIndex = i
 			c.initHttp2Client(cfg, c.nodes[:i]...)
 			break // shortest chain for HTTP2
@@ -152,6 +171,68 @@ func (c *ProxyChain) Http2Enabled() bool {
 	return c.http2Enabled
 }
 
+// Wrap a net.Conn into a client tls connection, performing any
+// additional verification as needed.
+//
+// As of go 1.3, crypto/tls only supports either doing no certificate
+// verification, or doing full verification including of the peer's
+// DNS name. For consul, we want to validate that the certificate is
+// signed by a known CA, but because consul doesn't use DNS names for
+// node names, we don't verify the certificate DNS names. Since go 1.3
+// no longer supports this mode of operation, we have to do it
+// manually.
+//
+// This code is taken from consul:
+// https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/master/tlsutil/config.go
+func wrapTLSClient(conn net.Conn, tlsConfig *tls.Config) (net.Conn, error) {
+	var err error
+	var tlsConn *tls.Conn
+
+	tlsConn = tls.Client(conn, tlsConfig)
+
+	// If crypto/tls is doing verification, there's no need to do our own.
+	if tlsConfig.InsecureSkipVerify == false {
+		return tlsConn, nil
+	}
+
+	// Similarly if we use host's CA, we can do full handshake
+	if tlsConfig.RootCAs == nil {
+		return tlsConn, nil
+	}
+
+	// Otherwise perform handshake, but don't verify the domain
+	//
+	// The following is lightly-modified from the doFullHandshake
+	// method in https://golang.org/src/crypto/tls/handshake_client.go
+	if err = tlsConn.Handshake(); err != nil {
+		tlsConn.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	opts := x509.VerifyOptions{
+		Roots:         tlsConfig.RootCAs,
+		CurrentTime:   time.Now(),
+		DNSName:       "",
+		Intermediates: x509.NewCertPool(),
+	}
+
+	certs := tlsConn.ConnectionState().PeerCertificates
+	for i, cert := range certs {
+		if i == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		opts.Intermediates.AddCert(cert)
+	}
+
+	_, err = certs[0].Verify(opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		tlsConn.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return tlsConn, err
+}
+
 func (c *ProxyChain) initHttp2Client(config *tls.Config, nodes ...ProxyNode) {
 	if c.http2NodeIndex < 0 || c.http2NodeIndex >= len(c.nodes) {
 		return
@@ -166,7 +247,11 @@ func (c *ProxyChain) initHttp2Client(config *tls.Config, nodes ...ProxyNode) {
 			if err != nil {
 				return conn, err
 			}
-			conn = tls.Client(conn, cfg)
+
+			conn, err = wrapTLSClient(conn, cfg)
+			if err != nil {
+				return conn, err
+			}
 
 			// enable HTTP2 ping-pong
 			pingIntvl, _ := strconv.Atoi(http2Node.Get("ping"))
diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index f9398f5..451211c 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package gost
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
 // Proxy node represent a proxy
@@ -142,6 +143,10 @@ func (node *ProxyNode) insecureSkipVerify() bool {
 	return !node.getBool("secure")
 }
 
+func (node *ProxyNode) caFile() string {
+	return node.Get("ca")
+}
+
 func (node *ProxyNode) certFile() string {
 	if cert := node.Get("cert"); cert != "" {
 		return cert