diff --git a/pkgs/games/anki/bin.nix b/pkgs/games/anki/bin.nix
index ee293cb7c962..1ffe999c8896 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/anki/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/anki/bin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, lib, buildFHSEnv, appimageTools, writeShellScript, anki, undmg, zstd, commandLineArgs ? [] }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, lib, buildFHSEnv, appimageTools, writeShellScript, anki, undmg, zstd, cacert, commandLineArgs ? [] }:
 
 let
   pname = "anki-bin";
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ let
     profile = ''
       # anki vendors QT and mixing QT versions usually causes crashes
       unset QT_PLUGIN_PATH
+      # anki uses the system ssl cert, without it plugins do not download/update
+      export SSL_CERT_FILE="${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
     '';
 
     # Dependencies of anki