diff --git a/fetchmail/Dockerfile b/fetchmail/Dockerfile
index 4a1931f0..84926e19 100644
--- a/fetchmail/Dockerfile
+++ b/fetchmail/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ FROM python:alpine
 
 RUN apk add --update \
     fetchmail \
+    ca-certificates \
  && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
 
 COPY fetchmail.py /fetchmail.py
diff --git a/fetchmail/fetchmail.py b/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
index 9109ce33..72f942d8 100755
--- a/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
+++ b/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ import os
 import tempfile
 
 
+FETCHMAIL = """
+fetchmail -N \
+    --sslcertck --sslcertpath /etc/ssl/certs \
+    -f {}
+"""
+
+
 RC_LINE = """
 poll {host} proto {protocol} port {port}
     user "{username}" password "{password}"
@@ -19,7 +26,7 @@ def fetchmail(fetchmailrc):
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as handler:
         handler.write(fetchmailrc.encode("utf8"))
         handler.flush()
-        os.system("fetchmail --sslcertck -N -f '{}'".format(handler.name))
+        os.system(FETCHMAIL.format(handler.name))
 
 
 def run(cursor):