diff -ruNp elinks-0.12pre3.orig/src/network/ssl/ssl.c elinks-0.12pre3/src/network/ssl/ssl.c
--- elinks-0.12pre3.orig/src/network/ssl/ssl.c	2009-04-29 12:48:26.250878000 +0200
+++ elinks-0.12pre3/src/network/ssl/ssl.c	2009-04-29 13:03:51.318746893 +0200
@@ -48,10 +48,20 @@ SSL_CTX *context = NULL;
 static void
 init_openssl(struct module *module)
 {
+	unsigned char *ca_file;
 	SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms();
 	context = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
 	SSL_CTX_set_options(context, SSL_OP_ALL);
+#ifdef CONFIG_NSS_COMPAT_OSSL
+	ca_file = get_opt_str("connection.ssl.trusted_ca_file");
+	if (*ca_file)
+		SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(context, ca_file, NULL);
+	else
+		SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths(context);
+#else
+	(void) ca_file;
 	SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths(context);
+#endif
 }
 
 static void
@@ -61,10 +71,30 @@ done_openssl(struct module *module)
 }
 
 static struct option_info openssl_options[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NSS_COMPAT_OSSL
+	INIT_OPT_BOOL("connection.ssl", N_("Verify certificates"),
+		"cert_verify", 0, 0,
+		N_("Verify the peer's SSL certificate.")),
+
+	INIT_OPT_STRING("connection.ssl", N_("Trusted CA file"),
+		"trusted_ca_file", 0, "/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt",
+		N_("The location of a file containing certificates of "
+		"trusted certification authorities in PEM format. "
+		"ELinks then trusts certificates issued by these CAs.\n"
+		"\n"
+		"If you set this option to an empty string, default NSS root"
+		"certificates are loaded.\n"
+		"\n"
+		"If you change this option or the file, you must "
+		"restart ELinks for the changes to take effect. "
+		"This option affects GnuTLS and nss_compat_ossl but not "
+		"OpenSSL.")),
+#else
 	INIT_OPT_BOOL("connection.ssl", N_("Verify certificates"),
 		"cert_verify", 0, 0,
 		N_("Verify the peer's SSL certificate. Note that this "
 		"needs extensive configuration of OpenSSL by the user.")),
+#endif
 
 	INIT_OPT_TREE("connection.ssl", N_("Client Certificates"),
         	"client_cert", OPT_SORT,
@@ -187,7 +217,8 @@ static struct option_info gnutls_options
 		"\n"
 		"If you change this option or the file, you must "
 		"restart ELinks for the changes to take effect. "
-		"This option affects GnuTLS but not OpenSSL.")),
+		"This option affects GnuTLS and nss_compat_ossl but not "
+		"OpenSSL.")),
 
 	NULL_OPTION_INFO,
 };