diff --git a/python-requests.changes b/python-requests.changes
index 2fa3b55..e42c6f7 100644
--- a/python-requests.changes
+++ b/python-requests.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun May 20 17:44:57 UTC 2012 - jfunk@funktronics.ca
+
+- Load directory-based cert store in openSUSE >= 12.2
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 18 00:41:52 UTC 2012 - jfunk@funktronics.ca
 
diff --git a/python-requests.spec b/python-requests.spec
index 9ec3b5f..3636843 100644
--- a/python-requests.spec
+++ b/python-requests.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Summary:        Awesome Python HTTP Library That's Actually Usable
 License:        ISC
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/requests/requests-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE requests-use_directory_cert_store.patch [bnc#761501] -- Load directory-based cert store in /etc/ssl/certs. Depends on Python patched to allow it
+Patch0:         requests-use_directory_cert_store.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  python
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
@@ -32,9 +34,12 @@ BuildRequires:  python-distribute
 BuildRequires:  python-chardet
 BuildRequires:  python-oauthlib
 Requires:       python
-Requires:       python-certifi
 Requires:       python-chardet
 Requires:       python-oauthlib
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} < 1220
+BuildRequires:  python-certifi
+Requires:       python-certifi
+%endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
 %{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 %else
@@ -67,6 +72,9 @@ Features:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n requests-%{version}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} < 1220
+%patch0 -p1
+%endif
 
 %build
 python setup.py build
diff --git a/requests-use_directory_cert_store.patch b/requests-use_directory_cert_store.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dcf2d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requests-use_directory_cert_store.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Index: requests-0.12.1/requests/utils.py
+===================================================================
+--- requests-0.12.1.orig/requests/utils.py
++++ requests-0.12.1/requests/utils.py
+@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import codecs
+ import os
+ import random
+ import re
++import socket
++import ssl
++import _ssl
+ import zlib
+ from netrc import netrc, NetrcParseError
+ 
+@@ -51,9 +54,13 @@ def get_os_ca_bundle_path():
+             return path
+     return None
+ 
+-# if certifi is installed, use its CA bundle;
+-# otherwise, try and use the OS bundle
+-DEFAULT_CA_BUNDLE_PATH = CERTIFI_BUNDLE_PATH or get_os_ca_bundle_path()
++# If SSL module can load a directory-based store, use that
++try:
++    _ssl.sslwrap(socket.socket()._sock, False, None, None, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, "/etc/ssl/certs", None)
++except ssl.SSLError:
++    # if certifi is installed, use its CA bundle;
++    # otherwise, try and use the OS bundle
++    DEFAULT_CA_BUNDLE_PATH = CERTIFI_BUNDLE_PATH or get_os_ca_bundle_path()
+ 
+ def dict_to_sequence(d):
+     """Returns an internal sequence dictionary update."""
+Index: requests-0.12.1/setup.py
+===================================================================
+--- requests-0.12.1.orig/setup.py
++++ requests-0.12.1/setup.py
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ packages = [
+ # On certain supported platforms (e.g., Red Hat / Debian / FreeBSD), Requests can
+ # use the system CA bundle instead; see `requests.utils` for details.
+ # If your platform is supported, set `requires` to [] instead:
+-requires = ['certifi>=0.0.7']
++requires = []
+ 
+ # chardet is used to optimally guess the encodings of pages that don't declare one.
+ # At this time, chardet is not a required dependency. However, it's sufficiently