diff --git a/osc/conf.py b/osc/conf.py
index 53a5f34d..5c12dfb3 100644
--- a/osc/conf.py
+++ b/osc/conf.py
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ def init_basicauth(config):
         try:
             import oscssl
             oscssl.myHTTPSConnection.appname = 'osc'
+            oscssl.myProxyHTTPSConnection.appname = 'osc'
             from M2Crypto import m2urllib2
         except Exception, e:
             print e
diff --git a/osc/oscssl.py b/osc/oscssl.py
index bf071ac6..749c96fe 100644
--- a/osc/oscssl.py
+++ b/osc/oscssl.py
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def verify_certificate(connection):
     # Maybe it changed to something valid.
     if not connection.sock.verify_ok():
 
-        tc = TrustedCertStore(connection.getHost(), connection.getPort(), 'generic', cert)
+        tc = TrustedCertStore(connection.getHost(), connection.getPort(), connection.appname, cert)
 
         if tc.is_known():