diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 56473030..fb24a710 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ In alphabetical order:
 - Christian Geier
 - Clément Mondon
 - Corey Hinshaw
+- Euxane TRAN-GIRARD
 - Kai Herlemann
 - Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
 - Jason Cox
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index f0ded6a0..ad304736 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Version 0.19.3
 - Require matching ``BEGIN`` and ``END`` lines in vobjects. :gh:`1103`
 - A Docker environment for Vdirsyncer has been added `Vdirsyncer DOCKERIZED <https://github.com/Bleala/Vdirsyncer-DOCKERIZED>`_.
 - Implement digest auth. :gh:`1137`
+- Expose ``ignore_uids`` config parameter for :storage:`http`, :gh:`1135`
 
 Version 0.19.2
 ==============
diff --git a/docs/config.rst b/docs/config.rst
index d157be31..41db290c 100644
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@@ -484,14 +484,7 @@ leads to an error.
         [storage holidays_remote]
         type = "http"
         url = https://example.com/holidays_from_hicksville.ics
-
-    Too many WebCAL providers generate UIDs of all ``VEVENT``-components
-    on-the-fly, i.e. all UIDs change every time the calendar is downloaded.
-    This leads many synchronization programs to believe that all events have
-    been deleted and new ones created, and accordingly causes a lot of
-    unnecessary uploads and deletions on the other side. Vdirsyncer completely
-    ignores UIDs coming from :storage:`http` and will replace them with a hash
-    of the normalized item content.
+        #ignore_uids = true
 
     :param url: URL to the ``.ics`` file.
     :param username: Username for authentication.
@@ -508,3 +501,11 @@ leads to an error.
     :param auth_cert: Optional. Either a path to a certificate with a client
         certificate and the key or a list of paths to the files with them.
     :param useragent: Default ``vdirsyncer``.
+    :param ignore_uids: Ignore UIDs coming from :storage:`http` and replace
+        them with a hash of the normalized item content.
+        Too many WebCAL providers generate UIDs of all ``VEVENT``-components
+        on-the-fly, i.e. all UIDs change every time the calendar is downloaded.
+        This leads many synchronization programs to believe that all events
+        have been deleted and new ones created, and accordingly causes a lot of
+        unnecessary uploads and deletions on the other side.
+        Default: ``true``.
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_http_with_singlefile.py b/tests/storage/test_http_with_singlefile.py
index 5d29eaea..d522e1aa 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_http_with_singlefile.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_http_with_singlefile.py
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ def __init__(self, url, path, *, connector, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.url = url
         self.path = path
-        self._reader = vdirsyncer.storage.http.HttpStorage(url=url, connector=connector)
-        self._reader._ignore_uids = False
+        self._reader = vdirsyncer.storage.http.HttpStorage(
+            url=url,
+            connector=connector,
+            ignore_uids=False,
+        )
         self._writer = SingleFileStorage(path=path)
 
     async def list(self, *a, **kw):
diff --git a/vdirsyncer/storage/http.py b/vdirsyncer/storage/http.py
index 41d94e83..d66faa38 100644
--- a/vdirsyncer/storage/http.py
+++ b/vdirsyncer/storage/http.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def __init__(
         verify=None,
         auth=None,
         useragent=USERAGENT,
+        ignore_uids=True,
         verify_fingerprint=None,
         auth_cert=None,
         *,
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.username, self.password = username, password
         self.useragent = useragent
+        self._ignore_uids = ignore_uids
         assert connector is not None
         self.connector = connector