diff --git a/assets/init b/assets/init
index c5e8d6cf..68e44024 100755
--- a/assets/init
+++ b/assets/init
@@ -539,7 +539,12 @@ sed 's,{{SSL_CERTIFICATE_PATH}},'"${SSL_CERTIFICATE_PATH}"',' -i /etc/nginx/site
 sed 's,{{SSL_KEY_PATH}},'"${SSL_KEY_PATH}"',' -i /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab
 sed 's,{{SSL_DHPARAM_PATH}},'"${SSL_DHPARAM_PATH}"',' -i /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab
 sed 's/{{SSL_VERIFY_CLIENT}}/'"${SSL_VERIFY_CLIENT}"'/' -i /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab
-sed 's,{{CA_CERTIFICATES_PATH}},'"${CA_CERTIFICATES_PATH}"',' -i /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab
+if [ -f /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ca.crt ]; then
+  sed 's,{{CA_CERTIFICATES_PATH}},'"${CA_CERTIFICATES_PATH}"',' -i /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab
+else
+  sed '/{{CA_CERTIFICATES_PATH}}/d' -i /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab
+fi
+
 sed 's/{{NGINX_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE}}/'"${NGINX_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE}"'/' -i /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab
 sed 's/{{NGINX_X_FORWARDED_PROTO}}/'"${NGINX_X_FORWARDED_PROTO}"'/' -i /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab