diff --git a/services/ocm/pkg/config/config.go b/services/ocm/pkg/config/config.go
index b9a36906b8..065d2dc2ad 100644
--- a/services/ocm/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/ocm/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ type ScienceMesh struct {
 	MeshDirectoryURL     string `yaml:"science_mesh_directory_url" env:"OCM_MESH_DIRECTORY_URL" desc:"URL of the mesh directory service." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
 	DirectoryServiceURLs string `yaml:"directory_service_urls" env:"OCM_DIRECTORY_SERVICE_URLS" desc:"Space delimited URLs of the directory services." introductionVersion:"3.5.0"`
 	InviteAcceptDialog   string `yaml:"invite_accept_dialog" env:"OCM_INVITE_ACCEPT_DIALOG" desc:"/open-cloud-mesh/accept-invite;The frontend URL where to land when receiving an invitation" introductionVersion:"3.5.0"`
+	OCMClientInsecure    bool   `yaml:"ocm_client_insecure" env:"OC_INSECURE;OCM_CLIENT_INSECURE" desc:"Dev-only. Disable TLS verification for the OCM discovery client (directory fetch and provider discovery). Does not affect OCM invite manager, storage provider, or share provider. Do not set in production." introductionVersion:"%%NEXT%%"`
 }
 
 type OCMD struct {
diff --git a/services/ocm/pkg/revaconfig/config.go b/services/ocm/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
index db784883d2..9d9f6c9a4c 100644
--- a/services/ocm/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
+++ b/services/ocm/pkg/revaconfig/config.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ func OCMConfigFromStruct(cfg *config.Config, logger log.Logger) map[string]inter
 					"gatewaysvc":             cfg.Reva.Address,
 					"mesh_directory_url":     cfg.ScienceMesh.MeshDirectoryURL,
 					"directory_service_urls": cfg.ScienceMesh.DirectoryServiceURLs,
+					"ocm_client_insecure":    cfg.ScienceMesh.OCMClientInsecure,
 					"provider_domain":        providerDomain,
 					"events": map[string]interface{}{
 						"natsaddress":          cfg.Events.Endpoint,