diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d26db39f..672d19eb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1198,14 +1198,40 @@ then
                  have_libwebsockets=no])
 fi
 
-# Check for client-specific closed event, which must be used in favor of the
-# generic closed event if libwebsockets is recent enough to provide this
 if test "x$with_websockets" != "xno"
 then
+
+    # Check for client-specific closed event, which must be used in favor of
+    # the generic closed event if libwebsockets is recent enough to provide
+    # this
     AC_CHECK_DECL([LWS_CALLBACK_CLIENT_CLOSED],
         [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LWS_CALLBACK_CLIENT_CLOSED],,
                    [Whether LWS_CALLBACK_CLIENT_CLOSED is defined])],,
         [#include <libwebsockets.h>])
+
+    # Older versions of libwebsockets may not define a flag for requesting
+    # global initialization of OpenSSL, instead performing that initialization
+    # by default
+    AC_CHECK_DECL([LWS_SERVER_OPTION_DO_SSL_GLOBAL_INIT],
+        [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LWS_SERVER_OPTION_DO_SSL_GLOBAL_INIT],,
+                   [Whether LWS_SERVER_OPTION_DO_SSL_GLOBAL_INIT is defined])],,
+        [#include <libwebsockets.h>])
+
+    # Older versions of libwebsockets do not define special macros for SSL
+    # connection flags, instead relying on documented integer values
+    AC_CHECK_DECL([LCCSCF_USE_SSL],
+        [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LCCSCF_USE_SSL],,
+                   [Whether LCCSCF_USE_SSL is defined])],,
+        [#include <libwebsockets.h>])
+
+    # Older versions of libwebsockets do not define a dummy callback which
+    # must be invoked after the main event callback is invoked; the main event
+    # callback must instead manually return zero
+    AC_CHECK_DECL([lws_callback_http_dummy],
+        [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LWS_CALLBACK_HTTP_DUMMY],,
+                   [Whether lws_callback_http_dummy() is defined])],,
+        [#include <libwebsockets.h>])
+
 fi
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_WEBSOCKETS],
diff --git a/src/protocols/kubernetes/kubernetes.c b/src/protocols/kubernetes/kubernetes.c
index f314c597..e115fc57 100644
--- a/src/protocols/kubernetes/kubernetes.c
+++ b/src/protocols/kubernetes/kubernetes.c
@@ -66,8 +66,13 @@ static int guac_kubernetes_lws_callback(struct lws* wsi,
     guac_client* client = guac_kubernetes_lws_current_client;
 
     /* Do not handle any further events if connection is closing */
-    if (client->state != GUAC_CLIENT_RUNNING)
+    if (client->state != GUAC_CLIENT_RUNNING) {
+#ifdef HAVE_LWS_CALLBACK_HTTP_DUMMY
         return lws_callback_http_dummy(wsi, reason, user, in, length);
+#else
+        return 0;
+#endif
+    }
 
     switch (reason) {
 
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@ static int guac_kubernetes_lws_callback(struct lws* wsi,
 #endif
 
         /* Connection closed */
+        case LWS_CALLBACK_WSI_DESTROY:
         case LWS_CALLBACK_CLOSED:
             guac_client_stop(client);
             guac_client_log(client, GUAC_LOG_DEBUG, "WebSocket connection to "
@@ -127,7 +133,11 @@ static int guac_kubernetes_lws_callback(struct lws* wsi,
 
     }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LWS_CALLBACK_HTTP_DUMMY
     return lws_callback_http_dummy(wsi, reason, user, in, length);
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
 
 }
 
@@ -259,7 +269,6 @@ void* guac_kubernetes_client_thread(void* data) {
         .origin = settings->hostname,
         .port = settings->port,
         .protocol = GUAC_KUBERNETES_LWS_PROTOCOL,
-        .pwsi = &kubernetes_client->wsi,
         .userdata = client
     };
 
@@ -268,9 +277,15 @@ void* guac_kubernetes_client_thread(void* data) {
      * do our own validation - libwebsockets does not validate properly if
      * IP addresses are used. */
     if (settings->use_ssl) {
+#ifdef HAVE_LWS_SERVER_OPTION_DO_SSL_GLOBAL_INIT
         context_info.options = LWS_SERVER_OPTION_DO_SSL_GLOBAL_INIT;
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_LCCSCF_USE_SSL
         connection_info.ssl_connection = LCCSCF_USE_SSL
             | LCCSCF_SKIP_SERVER_CERT_HOSTNAME_CHECK;
+#else
+        connection_info.ssl_connection = 2; /* SSL + no hostname check */
+#endif
     }
 
     /* Create libwebsockets context */
diff --git a/src/protocols/kubernetes/ssl.c b/src/protocols/kubernetes/ssl.c
index 6ebafc61..520ce8cb 100644
--- a/src/protocols/kubernetes/ssl.c
+++ b/src/protocols/kubernetes/ssl.c
@@ -110,6 +110,27 @@ static EVP_PKEY* guac_kubernetes_read_key(char* pem) {
 
 }
 
+/**
+ * OpenSSL certificate verification callback which universally accepts all
+ * certificates without performing any verification at all.
+ *
+ * @param x509_ctx
+ *     The current context of the certificate verification process. This
+ *     parameter is ignored by this particular implementation of the callback.
+ *
+ * @param arg
+ *     The arbitrary value passed to SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(). This
+ *     parameter is ignored by this particular implementation of the callback.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *     Strictly 0 if certificate verification fails, 1 if the certificate is
+ *     verified. No other values are legal return values for this callback as
+ *     documented by OpenSSL.
+ */
+static int guac_kubernetes_assume_cert_ok(X509_STORE_CTX* x509_ctx, void* arg) {
+    return 1;
+}
+
 void guac_kubernetes_init_ssl(guac_client* client, SSL_CTX* context) {
 
     guac_kubernetes_client* kubernetes_client =
@@ -118,8 +139,11 @@ void guac_kubernetes_init_ssl(guac_client* client, SSL_CTX* context) {
     guac_kubernetes_settings* settings = kubernetes_client->settings;
 
     /* Bypass certificate checks if requested */
-    if (settings->ignore_cert)
-        SSL_CTX_set_verify(context, SSL_VERIFY_NONE, NULL);
+    if (settings->ignore_cert) {
+        SSL_CTX_set_verify(context, SSL_VERIFY_PEER, NULL);
+        SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(context,
+                guac_kubernetes_assume_cert_ok, NULL);
+    }
 
     /* Otherwise use the given CA certificate to validate (if any) */
     else if (settings->ca_cert != NULL) {