diff --git a/srcpkgs/reop/template b/srcpkgs/reop/template
index 92041184501..fea5b2ded52 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/reop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/reop/template
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ homepage="http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/reop"
 distfiles="http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/files/reop-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=e429c7ff47f130bd465eaa0c23a1783b476bc484d32793592b54a568b55e49af
 
+pre_fetch() {
+	# 301 redirect to https://www.tedunangst.com/flak/files/reop-2.1.0.tgz
+	# [...]
+	# Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=PA/O=tedunangst.com/CN=www.tedunangst.com/emailAddress=tedu@tedunangst.com
+	export SSL_NO_VERIFY_PEER=1
+}
+
 do_build() {
 	make -f GNUmakefile \
 		CC="$CC" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" \