diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/lwp-protocol-https-cert-file.patch b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/lwp-protocol-https-cert-file.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..119c8b61da36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/lwp-protocol-https-cert-file.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -ru -x '*~' LWP-Protocol-https-6.04-orig/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm LWP-Protocol-https-6.04/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm
+--- LWP-Protocol-https-6.04-orig/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm	2013-04-29 23:16:18.000000000 +0200
++++ LWP-Protocol-https-6.04/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm	2016-03-02 14:59:01.639844511 +0100
+@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
+     }
+     if ($ssl_opts{SSL_verify_mode}) {
+ 	unless (exists $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_file} || exists $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_path}) {
++	    $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_file} = $ENV{'SSL_CERT_FILE'};
++	    $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_file} = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
++		if !defined $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_file} && -e "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt";
++	}
++	unless (exists $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_file} || exists $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_path}) {
+ 	    eval {
+ 		require Mozilla::CA;
+ 	    };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index e61f24ae3c2a..18ef6145df0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -6950,6 +6950,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/LWP-Protocol-https-6.04.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "0agnga5dg94222h6rlzqxa0dri2sh3gayncvfb7jad9nxr87gxhy";
     };
+    patches = [ ../development/perl-modules/lwp-protocol-https-cert-file.patch ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ LWP IOSocketSSL ];
     doCheck = false; # tries to connect to https://www.apache.org/.
     meta = {