diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4d663706..dbe73870 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ncmpcpp-0.7.5 (????-??-??)
 * Action chains can be now used for seeking.
+* Fixed fetching artist info from last.fm.
 
 ncmpcpp 0.7.4 (2016-04-17)
 * Fetching lyrics from lyricwiki.org was fixed.
diff --git a/src/curl_handle.cpp b/src/curl_handle.cpp
index 7c64308f..cdd90344 100644
--- a/src/curl_handle.cpp
+++ b/src/curl_handle.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ CURLcode Curl::perform(std::string &data, const std::string &URL, const std::str
 	curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &data);
 	curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, timeout);
 	curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1);
+	// Workaround last.fm SSL certificate problems.
+	curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
 	curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "ncmpcpp " VERSION);
 	if (follow_redirect)
 		curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);