diff --git a/cortexutils/worker.py b/cortexutils/worker.py
index f62d406..e586746 100644
--- a/cortexutils/worker.py
+++ b/cortexutils/worker.py
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ def __init__(self, job_directory):
 
         self.__set_proxies()
 
+        # Set CA certificate configuration if available
+        self.cacerts = self.get_param('config.cacerts')
+
+        self.__set_cacerts()
+
         # Finally run check tlp
         if not (self.__check_tlp()):
             self.error('TLP is higher than allowed.')
@@ -61,6 +66,10 @@ def __set_proxies(self):
         if self.https_proxy is not None:
             os.environ['https_proxy'] = self.https_proxy
 
+    def __set_cacerts(self):
+        if self.cacerts is not None:
+            os.environ['REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE'] = self.cacerts
+
     @staticmethod
     def __set_encoding():
         try: