diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManNativeAPI.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManNativeAPI.cs
index 1b1fe2b2163..b46c13b5ea0 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManNativeAPI.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManNativeAPI.cs
@@ -2443,9 +2443,9 @@ internal static extern int WSManSetSessionOption(IntPtr wsManSessionHandle,
         /// <param name="value">
         /// An int (DWORD) data.
         /// </param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <returns>Zero on success, otherwise the error code.</returns>
         [DllImport(WSManNativeApi.WSManClientApiDll, SetLastError = false, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
-        internal static extern void WSManGetSessionOptionAsDword(IntPtr wsManSessionHandle,
+        internal static extern int WSManGetSessionOptionAsDword(IntPtr wsManSessionHandle,
             WSManSessionOption option,
             out int value);
 
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManTransportManager.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManTransportManager.cs
index 1fad7ccb3e8..9be3d79a9e3 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManTransportManager.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/WSManTransportManager.cs
@@ -1546,8 +1546,13 @@ private void Initialize(Uri connectionUri, WSManConnectionInfo connectionInfo)
                 throw new PSRemotingTransportException(PSRemotingErrorId.ConnectFailed, RemotingErrorIdStrings.BasicAuthOverHttpNotSupported);
             }
 
-            // Allow HTTPS on Unix only if SkipCACheck and SkipCNCheck are selected, because OMI client does not support validating server certificates.
-            if (isSSLSpecified && (!connectionInfo.SkipCACheck || !connectionInfo.SkipCNCheck))
+            // The OMI client distributed with PowerShell does not support validating server certificates on Unix.
+            // Check if third-party psrpclient and MI support the verification.
+            // If WSManGetSessionOptionAsDword does not return 0 then it's not supported.
+            bool verificationAvailable = WSManNativeApi.WSManGetSessionOptionAsDword(_wsManSessionHandle,
+                WSManNativeApi.WSManSessionOption.WSMAN_OPTION_SKIP_CA_CHECK, out _) == 0;
+
+            if (isSSLSpecified && !verificationAvailable && (!connectionInfo.SkipCACheck || !connectionInfo.SkipCNCheck))
             {
                 throw new PSRemotingTransportException(PSRemotingErrorId.ConnectSkipCheckFailed, RemotingErrorIdStrings.UnixOnlyHttpsWithoutSkipCACheckNotSupported);
             }