diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/ca.nix b/nixos/modules/security/ca.nix
index 3cd56bff04d1..ae188ea709dd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/ca.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/ca.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ let
     extraCertificateFiles = cfg.certificateFiles;
     extraCertificateStrings = cfg.certificates;
   };
-  caBundle = "${cacertPackage}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt";
+  caBundleName = if cfg.useCompatibleBundle then "ca-no-trust-rules-bundle.crt" else "ca-bundle.crt";
+  caBundle = "${cacertPackage}/etc/ssl/certs/${caBundleName}";
 
 in
 
@@ -23,6 +24,17 @@ in
       internal = true;
     };
 
+    security.pki.useCompatibleBundle = mkEnableOption ''usage of a compatibility bundle.
+
+      Such a bundle consist exclusively of `BEGIN CERTIFICATE` and no `BEGIN TRUSTED CERTIFICATE`,
+      which is a OpenSSL specific PEM format.
+
+      It is known to be incompatible with certain software stacks.
+
+      Nevertheless, enabling this will strip all additional trust rules provided by the
+      certificates themselves, this can have security consequences depending on your usecases.
+    '';
+
     security.pki.certificateFiles = mkOption {
       type = types.listOf types.path;
       default = [];
diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/cacert/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/cacert/default.nix
index 30f2ee38c72f..4979fa6edfde 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/cacert/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/cacert/default.nix
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --ca_bundle_input "${extraCertificatesBundle}" ${lib.escapeShellArgs (map (arg: "${arg}") extraCertificateFiles)} \
       --blocklist "${blocklist}" \
       --ca_bundle_output ca-bundle.crt \
+      --ca_standard_bundle_output ca-no-trust-rules-bundle.crt \
       --ca_unpacked_output unbundled \
       --p11kit_output ca-bundle.trust.p11-kit
   '';
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
     install -D -t "$out/etc/ssl/certs" ca-bundle.crt
 
+    # install standard PEM compatible bundle
+    install -D -t "$out/etc/ssl/certs" ca-no-trust-rules-bundle.crt
+
     # install p11-kit specific output to p11kit output
     install -D -t "$p11kit/etc/ssl/trust-source" ca-bundle.trust.p11-kit