diff --git a/src/etc/inc/system.inc b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
index b10936279..d4ebf5d41 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/system.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
@@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ function system_cron_configure($verbose = false, $defer = false)
     $crontab_contents .= "# /etc/crontab, see the crontab(5) manual page.\n";
     $crontab_contents .= "SHELL=/bin/sh\n";
     $crontab_contents .= "PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin\n";
+    $crontab_contents .= "REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/usr/local/etc/ssl/cert.pem\n";
     $crontab_contents .= "#minute\thour\tmday\tmonth\twday\tcommand\n";
 
     foreach ($autocron as $item) {
diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/conf/configd.conf b/src/opnsense/service/conf/configd.conf
index 93c1718f7..fe8bc8c9a 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/conf/configd.conf
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/conf/configd.conf
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ pid_filename:/var/run/configd.pid
 [environment]
 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
 HOME=/
+REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/usr/local/etc/ssl/cert.pem