diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-websocket-client/template b/srcpkgs/python-websocket-client/template
index cd554e54ee1..fee45b50de8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-websocket-client/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-websocket-client/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'python-websocket-client'
 pkgname=python-websocket-client
 version=0.35.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="websocket_client-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 python_versions="2.7 3.4"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
-depends="python-six"
+depends="python-six ca-certificates"
 pycompile_module="websocket"
 short_desc="WebSocket client for Python2"
 maintainer="Sergi Alvarez <pancake@nopcode.org>"
@@ -16,16 +16,19 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/w/websocket-client/websocket_client-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5ac3ead091be17b680a0dda926aef1a697a2b6cf1e9ac0fbe4bffb14914c2116
 
+pre_build() {
+	# use system certs
+	rm -f websocket/cacert.pem
+}
 post_install() {
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/*
 	vbin build-2.7/scripts-2.7/wsdump.py wsdump
 	vbin build-3.4/scripts-3.4/wsdump.py wsdump3.4
 }
 
-
 python3.4-websocket-client_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4-six"
+	depends="python3.4-six ca-certificates"
 	pycompile_version="3.4"
 	pycompile_module="websocket"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"