From 07866d97ee734f88f1bc58f9cb9504ceaa933e67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: botbikamordehai2-sketch <botbikamordehai2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:31:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: load system default certificates into SSL context
 (closes #480)

---
 httpie/ssl_.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/httpie/ssl_.py b/httpie/ssl_.py
index 6b3ef38cf6..cd1e66d775 100644
--- a/httpie/ssl_.py
+++ b/httpie/ssl_.py
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ def _create_ssl_context(
             cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED if verify else ssl.CERT_NONE
         )
         ensure_default_certs_loaded(ssl_context)
+        # Also load system default certificates if available (e.g., /etc/ssl/certs)
+        if hasattr(ssl_context, 'load_default_certs'):
+            ssl_context.load_default_certs()
         return ssl_context
 
     @classmethod