diff --git a/buku b/buku
index bd67a3f..80a85c0 100755
--- a/buku
+++ b/buku
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import time
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple
 import unicodedata
 import webbrowser
-import certifi
 import urllib3
 from urllib3.exceptions import LocationParseError
 from urllib3.util import parse_url, make_headers, Retry
@@ -105,6 +104,16 @@ LOGGER = logging.getLogger()
 LOGDBG = LOGGER.debug
 LOGERR = LOGGER.error
 
+# Define the default path to ca-certificates
+# In Linux distros with openssl, it is /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+# Fall back to use `certifi` otherwise
+try:
+    os.path.isfile('/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt')
+    CA_CERTS = '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
+except Exception:
+    import certifi
+    CA_CERTS = certifi.where()
+
 
 class BukuCrypt:
     """Class to handle encryption and decryption of
@@ -2656,7 +2665,7 @@ class BukuDb:
         if MYPROXY is None:
             gen_headers()
 
-        ca_certs = os.getenv('BUKU_CA_CERTS', default=certifi.where())
+        ca_certs = os.getenv('BUKU_CA_CERTS', default=CA_CERTS)
         if MYPROXY:
             manager = urllib3.ProxyManager(
                 MYPROXY,
@@ -3628,7 +3637,7 @@ def get_PoolManager():
     ProxyManager or PoolManager
         ProxyManager if https_proxy is defined, PoolManager otherwise.
     """
-    ca_certs = os.getenv('BUKU_CA_CERTS', default=certifi.where())
+    ca_certs = os.getenv('BUKU_CA_CERTS', default=CA_CERTS)
     if MYPROXY:
         return urllib3.ProxyManager(MYPROXY, num_pools=1, headers=MYHEADERS, timeout=15,
                                     cert_reqs='CERT_REQUIRED', ca_certs=ca_certs)
@@ -4523,7 +4532,7 @@ def check_upstream_release():
     if MYPROXY is None:
         gen_headers()
 
-    ca_certs = os.getenv('BUKU_CA_CERTS', default=certifi.where())
+    ca_certs = os.getenv('BUKU_CA_CERTS', default=CA_CERTS)
     if MYPROXY:
         manager = urllib3.ProxyManager(
             MYPROXY,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ddcd80..0a1baa7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ setup(
     py_modules=['buku'],
     install_requires=[
         'beautifulsoup4>=4.4.1',
-        'certifi',
         'cryptography>=1.2.3',
         'urllib3>=1.23',
         'html5lib>=1.0.1',
@@ -85,6 +84,7 @@ setup(
         'console_scripts': ['buku=buku:main', 'bukuserver=bukuserver.server:cli']
     },
     extras_require={
+        'ca-certificates': ['certifi'],
         'tests': tests_require + server_require,
         'server': server_require,
         'packaging': ['twine>=1.11.0']