diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-minio/llama_index/README.md b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-minio/llama_index/README.md
index 35c3feeedb50a..e17e81f4d6bcc 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-minio/llama_index/README.md
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-minio/llama_index/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ To use this loader, you need to pass in the name of your Minio Bucket. After tha
 
 Otherwise, you may specify a prefix if you only want to parse certain files in the Bucket, or a subdirectory.
 
+You can now use the client with a TLS-secured MinIO instance (`minio_secure=True`), even if server's certificate isn't trusted (`minio_cert_check=False`).
+
 ```python
 from llama_index import download_loader
 
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@ MinioReader = download_loader("MinioReader")
 loader = MinioReader(
     bucket="documents",
     minio_endpoint="localhost:9000",
-    minio_secure=False,
+    minio_secure=True,
+    minio_cert_check=False,
     minio_access_key="minio_access_key",
     minio_secret_key="minio_secret_key",
 )
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-minio/llama_index/readers/minio/minio_client/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-minio/llama_index/readers/minio/minio_client/base.py
index 35ec79858f3ac..3c4db2ec95129 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-minio/llama_index/readers/minio/minio_client/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-minio/llama_index/readers/minio/minio_client/base.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def __init__(
         file_metadata: Optional[Callable[[str], Dict]] = None,
         minio_endpoint: Optional[str] = None,
         minio_secure: bool = False,
+        minio_cert_check: bool = True,
         minio_access_key: Optional[str] = None,
         minio_secret_key: Optional[str] = None,
         minio_session_token: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ def __init__(
         minio_access_key (Optional[str]): The Minio access key. Default is None.
         minio_secret_key (Optional[str]): The Minio secret key. Default is None.
         minio_session_token (Optional[str]): The Minio session token.
+        minio_secure: MinIO server runs in TLS mode
+        minio_cert_check: allows the usage of a self-signed cert for MinIO server
         """
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.minio_endpoint = minio_endpoint
         self.minio_secure = minio_secure
+        self.minio_cert_check = minio_cert_check
         self.minio_access_key = minio_access_key
         self.minio_secret_key = minio_secret_key
         self.minio_session_token = minio_session_token
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ def load_data(self) -> List[Document]:
         minio_client = Minio(
             self.minio_endpoint,
             secure=self.minio_secure,
+            cert_check=self.minio_cert_check,
             access_key=self.minio_access_key,
             secret_key=self.minio_secret_key,
             session_token=self.minio_session_token,