erikstainsby on "class-http.php not permitting self-signed SSL to work"

Ever since upgrading to the current version my debug.log is choking on these error messages and my AJAX callbacks are dying unanswered:

[30-Nov-2013 18:59:26 UTC] PHP Warning:  stream_socket_client(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:
error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed in /usr/share/wp3.7.1/wp-includes/class-http.php on line 787
[30-Nov-2013 18:59:26 UTC] PHP Warning:  stream_socket_client(): Failed to enable crypto in /usr/share/wp3.7.1/wp-includes/class-http.php on line 787
[30-Nov-2013 18:59:26 UTC] PHP Warning:  stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to ssl://bcla.dev:443 (Unknown error) in /usr/share/wp3.7.1/wp-includes/class-http.php on line 787

Can anyone tell me exactly where I need to set the ssl_verify_peer = false ? Or someway I can force through the allow_self_signed_certs ?
My development work is dead in the water without this...