diff --git a/0103-curl-7.55.1-system-crypto-policy.patch b/0103-curl-7.55.1-system-crypto-policy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dd670b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0103-curl-7.55.1-system-crypto-policy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 7271547cb46a4dc28004febaea19e5edaa2250d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 17:02:26 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] openssl: utilize system wide crypto policies
+
+... unless explicitly overridden via libcurl API
+---
+ lib/vtls/openssl.h | 3 +--
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.h b/lib/vtls/openssl.h
+index b9648d5..48036e1 100644
+--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.h
++++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.h
+@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ bool Curl_ossl_cert_status_request(void);
+ #endif
+ #define curlssl_cert_status_request() Curl_ossl_cert_status_request()
+ 
+-#define DEFAULT_CIPHER_SELECTION \
+-  "ALL:!EXPORT:!EXPORT40:!EXPORT56:!aNULL:!LOW:!RC4:@STRENGTH"
++#define DEFAULT_CIPHER_SELECTION "PROFILE=SYSTEM"
+ 
+ #endif /* USE_OPENSSL */
+ #endif /* HEADER_CURL_SSLUSE_H */
+-- 
+2.9.5
+
diff --git a/curl.spec b/curl.spec
index 076a723..bf9c192 100644
--- a/curl.spec
+++ b/curl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
 Name: curl
 Version: 7.55.1
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 Group: Applications/Internet
 Source: https://curl.haxx.se/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Patch101: 0101-curl-7.32.0-multilib.patch
 # prevent configure script from discarding -g in CFLAGS (#496778)
 Patch102: 0102-curl-7.36.0-debug.patch
 
+# utilize system wide crypto policies for TLS (#1483972)
+Patch103: 0103-curl-7.55.1-system-crypto-policy.patch
+
 # use localhost6 instead of ip6-localhost in the curl test-suite
 Patch104: 0104-curl-7.19.7-localhost6.patch
 
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ be installed.
 # Fedora patches
 %patch101 -p1
 %patch102 -p1
+%patch103 -p1
 %patch104 -p1
 
 # regenerate Makefile.in files
@@ -306,6 +310,9 @@ rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/libcurl.la
 %{_libdir}/libcurl.so.[0-9].[0-9].[0-9].minimal
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 22 2017 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> 7.55.1-3
+- utilize system wide crypto policies for TLS (#1483972)
+
 * Tue Aug 15 2017 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> 7.55.1-2
 - make zsh completion work again