diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/cert-path.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/cert-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..846752f5bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/cert-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ru -x '*~' git-1.9.2-orig/git-send-email.perl git-1.9.2/git-send-email.perl
+--- git-1.9.2-orig/git-send-email.perl	2014-04-09 21:09:34.000000000 +0200
++++ git-1.9.2/git-send-email.perl	2014-04-16 18:35:05.861132282 +0200
+@@ -1094,6 +1094,8 @@
+ 		return;
+ 	}
+ 
++	$smtp_ssl_cert_path //= $ENV{'OPENSSL_X509_CERT_FILE'};
++
+ 	if (!defined $smtp_ssl_cert_path) {
+ 		# use the OpenSSL defaults
+ 		return (SSL_verify_mode => SSL_VERIFY_PEER());
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index a7be9b5798a..861030bae99 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1x4rb06vw4ckdflmn01r5l9spvn7cng4i5mm3sbd0n8cz0n6xz13";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ./symlinks-in-bin.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ./symlinks-in-bin.patch ./cert-path.patch ];
 
   buildInputs = [curl openssl zlib expat gettext cpio makeWrapper]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals withManual [ asciidoc texinfo xmlto docbook2x