diff --git a/bin/boto-rsync b/bin/boto-rsync
index 76278b2..6668d4e 100644
--- a/bin/boto-rsync
+++ b/bin/boto-rsync
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import sys, os, time, datetime, argparse, threading, signal
 from fnmatch import fnmatch
 import boto
+import boto.s3.connection
 
 __version__ = '0.8.1'
 
@@ -204,6 +205,15 @@ def main():
         help='Connect without credentials (S3 only). Useful if working ' + \
              'with others\' buckets that have a global read/write ACL.'
         )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--insecure', action='store_true',
+        help='Connect without SSL'
+        )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--ordinarycallingformat' , action='store_true',
+        help='Connect with the old connection type ' + \
+             '(no subdomain and Bucket upper case).'
+        )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--endpoint', metavar='HOST', default='s3.amazonaws.com',
         help='Specify a specific S3 endpoint to connect to via boto\'s ' + \
@@ -312,6 +322,8 @@ def main():
         cloud_access_key_id = args.cloud_access_key_id
         cloud_secret_access_key = args.cloud_secret_access_key
         anon = args.anon
+        ordinarycallingformat = args.ordinarycallingformat
+        insecure = args.insecure
         endpoint = args.endpoint
         grant = args.grant
         metadata = args.metadata
@@ -410,16 +422,22 @@ def main():
     
     
     # Connect to Cloud
+    parameters = {}
     if cloud_service == 'gs':
-        c = boto.connect_gs(gs_access_key_id=cloud_access_key_id,
-                            gs_secret_access_key=cloud_secret_access_key)
+        parameters['gs_access_key_id'] = cloud_access_key_id
+        parameters['gs_secret_access_key'] = cloud_secret_access_key
     else:
+        parameters['host'] = endpoint
         if anon:
-            c = boto.connect_s3(host=endpoint, anon=True)
+             parameters['anon'] = True
         else:
-            c = boto.connect_s3(aws_access_key_id=cloud_access_key_id,
-                                aws_secret_access_key=cloud_secret_access_key,
-                                host=endpoint)
+             parameters['aws_access_key_id'] = cloud_access_key_id
+             parameters['aws_secret_access_key'] = cloud_secret_access_key
+        if ordinarycallingformat:
+             parameters['calling_format'] = boto.s3.connection.OrdinaryCallingFormat()
+        if insecure:
+             parameters['is_secure'] = False
+    c = boto.connect_s3(**parameters)
     c.debug = debug
     b = c.get_bucket(cloud_bucket)
     if xfer_type in ['sync']: