diff --git a/rust/rust.spec b/rust/rust.spec
index ab0e061ac3..dafea70c5d 100644
--- a/rust/rust.spec
+++ b/rust/rust.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Language
 License:      MIT/Apache
 Version:      %{V_opkg}
-Release:      20181015
+Release:      20181016
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-%{V_dist}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Source1:      https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-%{V_dist}-x86_64-unknown-fr
 
 #   build information
 BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20160101
-PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20160101
+PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20160101, x509
 
 %description
     Rust is a systems programming language that runs blazingly fast,
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20160101
         (   echo "#!/bin/sh"
             echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%{l_prefix}/lib/rust:%{l_prefix}/lib:/usr/lib:/lib"
             echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+            echo "SSL_CERT_FILE=%{l_prefix}/etc/x509/public-ca.crt.pem"
+            echo "export SSL_CERT_FILE"
             echo "exec %{l_prefix}/libexec/rust/$prog \${1+\"\$@\"}"
         ) >$prog.sh
         %{l_shtool} install -c -m 755 \