diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientConfig.java
index 038c43cae..34ce13133 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientConfig.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.BooleanUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
@@ -418,8 +417,8 @@ public final DockerClientConfigBuilder withDockerConfig(String dockerConfig) {
         }
 
         public final DockerClientConfigBuilder withDockerTlsVerify(String dockerTlsVerify) {
-            this.dockerTlsVerify = BooleanUtils.toBoolean(dockerTlsVerify.trim())
-                    || BooleanUtils.toBoolean(dockerTlsVerify.trim(), "1", "0");
+            String trimmed = dockerTlsVerify.trim();
+            this.dockerTlsVerify = "true".equals(trimmed) || "1".equals(trimmed);
             return this;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientConfigTest.java
index e87254b88..af42df640 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientConfigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientConfigTest.java
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -176,4 +179,23 @@ public void testUnixHostScheme() throws Exception {
         new DockerClientConfig(URI.create("unix://foo"), "dockerConfig", "apiVersion", "registryUrl", "registryUsername", "registryPassword", "registryEmail",
                 null, false);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void withDockerTlsVerify() throws Exception {
+        DockerClientConfig.DockerClientConfigBuilder builder = new DockerClientConfig.DockerClientConfigBuilder();
+        Field field = builder.getClass().getDeclaredField("dockerTlsVerify");
+        field.setAccessible(true);
+
+        builder.withDockerTlsVerify("");
+        assertFalse(field.getBoolean(builder));
+        builder.withDockerTlsVerify("false");
+        assertFalse(field.getBoolean(builder));
+        builder.withDockerTlsVerify("true");
+        assertTrue(field.getBoolean(builder));
+        builder.withDockerTlsVerify("0");
+        assertFalse(field.getBoolean(builder));
+        builder.withDockerTlsVerify("1");
+        assertTrue(field.getBoolean(builder));
+    }
+
 }