diff --git a/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk b/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
index d4782e01f2..b6e40f84c3 100644
--- a/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
+++ b/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ GLIB_NETWORKING_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	host-intltool \
 	libglib2
+GLIB_NETWORKING_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--with-ca-certificates=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 GLIB_NETWORKING_LICENSE = LGPLv2+
 GLIB_NETWORKING_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 GLIB_NETWORKING_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \