diff --git a/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml
index cd29fa8a0..a295feab6 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ fi
 # Don't poison the stage1 compiler (host -> host)
 unset AR AS CC CXX LD LDFLAGS NM OBJCOPY OBJDUMP RANLIB READELF RUSTFLAGS CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS STRIP
 
+SSL_CERT_FILE="/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" \
 python3 "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/x.py" install \
     --config config.toml \
     --jobs ${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}