diff --git a/lemur/certificates/verify.py b/lemur/certificates/verify.py
index ebc29d21..c35e6f5a 100644
--- a/lemur/certificates/verify.py
+++ b/lemur/certificates/verify.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """
 import requests
 import subprocess
-from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError, InvalidSchema
 from cryptography import x509
 from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
 
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ def crl_verify(cert_path):
 
             if response.status_code != 200:
                 raise Exception("Unable to retrieve CRL: {0}".format(point))
+        except InvalidSchema:
+            # Unhandled URI scheme (like ldap://); skip this distribution point.
+            continue
         except ConnectionError:
             raise Exception("Unable to retrieve CRL: {0}".format(point))
 
diff --git a/lemur/tests/conftest.py b/lemur/tests/conftest.py
index cf773930..c0a3149e 100644
--- a/lemur/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/lemur/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import os
+
+import datetime
 import pytest
+from cryptography import x509
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization import load_pem_private_key
 from flask import current_app
 from flask_principal import identity_changed, Identity
 
 from lemur import create_app
 from lemur.database import db as _db
 from lemur.auth.service import create_token
+from lemur.tests.vectors import PRIVATE_KEY_STR
 
 from .factories import ApiKeyFactory, AuthorityFactory, NotificationFactory, DestinationFactory, \
     CertificateFactory, UserFactory, RoleFactory, SourceFactory, EndpointFactory, RotationPolicyFactory
@@ -193,3 +199,19 @@ def logged_in_admin(session, app):
     with app.test_request_context():
         identity_changed.send(current_app._get_current_object(), identity=Identity(2))
         yield
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def private_key():
+    return load_pem_private_key(PRIVATE_KEY_STR.encode(), password=None, backend=default_backend())
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def cert_builder(private_key):
+    return (x509.CertificateBuilder()
+            .subject_name(x509.Name([x509.NameAttribute(x509.NameOID.COMMON_NAME, 'foo.com')]))
+            .issuer_name(x509.Name([x509.NameAttribute(x509.NameOID.COMMON_NAME, 'foo.com')]))
+            .serial_number(1)
+            .public_key(private_key.public_key())
+            .not_valid_before(datetime.datetime(2017, 12, 22))
+            .not_valid_after(datetime.datetime(2040, 1, 1)))
diff --git a/lemur/tests/test_verify.py b/lemur/tests/test_verify.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b0f79a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lemur/tests/test_verify.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import pytest
+from cryptography import x509
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization, hashes
+from cryptography.x509 import UniformResourceIdentifier
+
+from lemur.certificates.verify import verify_string, crl_verify
+from lemur.tests.vectors import INTERNAL_VALID_LONG_STR
+from lemur.utils import mktempfile
+
+
+def test_verify_simple_cert():
+    """Simple certificate without CRL or OCSP."""
+    # Verification raises an exception for "unknown" if there are no means to verify it
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Failed to verify"):
+        verify_string(INTERNAL_VALID_LONG_STR, '')
+
+
+def test_verify_crl_unknown_scheme(cert_builder, private_key):
+    """Unknown distribution point URI schemes should be ignored."""
+    ldap_uri = 'ldap://ldap.example.org/cn=Example%20Certificate%20Authority?certificateRevocationList;binary'
+    crl_dp = x509.DistributionPoint([UniformResourceIdentifier(ldap_uri)],
+                                    relative_name=None, reasons=None, crl_issuer=None)
+    cert = (cert_builder
+            .add_extension(x509.CRLDistributionPoints([crl_dp]), critical=False)
+            .sign(private_key, hashes.SHA256(), default_backend()))
+
+    with mktempfile() as cert_tmp:
+        with open(cert_tmp, 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(cert.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM))
+
+        # Must not raise exception
+        crl_verify(cert_tmp)
+
+
+def test_verify_crl_unreachable(cert_builder, private_key):
+    """Unreachable CRL distribution point results in error."""
+    ldap_uri = 'http://invalid.example.org/crl/foobar.crl'
+    crl_dp = x509.DistributionPoint([UniformResourceIdentifier(ldap_uri)],
+                                    relative_name=None, reasons=None, crl_issuer=None)
+    cert = (cert_builder
+            .add_extension(x509.CRLDistributionPoints([crl_dp]), critical=False)
+            .sign(private_key, hashes.SHA256(), default_backend()))
+
+    with mktempfile() as cert_tmp:
+        with open(cert_tmp, 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(cert.public_bytes(serialization.Encoding.PEM))
+
+        with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Unable to retrieve CRL:"):
+            crl_verify(cert_tmp)