diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/qtwebengine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/qtwebengine/default.nix
index 96b6cca75aa..13b8296dc0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/qtwebengine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.6/qtwebengine/default.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ qtSubmodule {
     sed -i -e 's,\(static QString processPath\),\1 = QLatin1String("'$out'/libexec/QtWebEngineProcess"),' src/core/web_engine_library_info.cpp
     sed -i -e 's,\(static QString potentialLocalesPath =\).*,\1 QLatin1String("'$out'/translations/qtwebengine_locales");,' src/core/web_engine_library_info.cpp
 
+    # fix default SSL bundle location
+    sed -i -e 's,/cert.pem,/certs/ca-bundle.crt,' src/3rdparty/chromium/third_party/boringssl/src/crypto/x509/x509_def.c
+
     configureFlags+="\
         -plugindir $out/lib/qt5/plugins \
         -importdir $out/lib/qt5/imports \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/qtwebengine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/qtwebengine/default.nix
index e7cb8c0ec62..ec3f9061f79 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/qtwebengine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.7/qtwebengine/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ qtSubmodule {
       --replace /bin/echo ${coreutils}/bin/echo
     substituteInPlace ./src/3rdparty/chromium/v8/build/standalone.gypi \
       --replace /bin/echo ${coreutils}/bin/echo
-      
+
+    # fix default SSL bundle location
+    sed -i -e 's,/cert.pem,/certs/ca-bundle.crt,' src/3rdparty/chromium/third_party/boringssl/src/crypto/x509/x509_def.c
+
     configureFlags+="\
         -plugindir $out/lib/qt5/plugins \
         -importdir $out/lib/qt5/imports \