diff --git a/make/environment.mk b/make/environment.mk
index b5e59b78..530faeae 100644
--- a/make/environment.mk
+++ b/make/environment.mk
@@ -162,8 +162,9 @@ CCACHE_DIR    = $(HOME)/.ccache-ni-buildsystem-$(BOXARCH)-$(BOXSERIES)
 export CCACHE_DIR
 
 # certificates
-CA_BUNDLE     = ca-certificates.crt
-CA_BUNDLE_DIR = $(TARGETPREFIX)/etc/ssl/certs
+CA_BUNDLE		= ca-certificates.crt
+CA_BUNDLE_DIR		= /etc/ssl/certs
+CA_BUNDLE_TARGET_DIR	= $(TARGETPREFIX)$(CA_BUNDLE_DIR)
 
 # create debug image
 DEBUG ?= no
diff --git a/make/system-tools.mk b/make/system-tools.mk
index 75215eb6..36c9aa7a 100644
--- a/make/system-tools.mk
+++ b/make/system-tools.mk
@@ -1003,5 +1003,6 @@ $(D)/aio-grab: $(D)/zlib $(D)/libpng $(D)/libjpeg | $(TARGETPREFIX)
 	touch $@
 
 $(D)/ca-bundle: $(ARCHIVE)/curl-ca-bundle.crt | $(TARGETPREFIX)
-	mkdir -p $(CA_BUNDLE_DIR) && \
-	cp -a $(ARCHIVE)/$(CA_BUNDLE) $(CA_BUNDLE_DIR)
+	mkdir -p $(CA_BUNDLE_TARGET_DIR) && \
+	cp -a $(ARCHIVE)/$(CA_BUNDLE) $(CA_BUNDLE_TARGET_DIR)
+	touch $@