diff --git a/pkgs/games/spring/fix-certs.patch b/pkgs/games/spring/fix-certs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b31160a05cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/spring/fix-certs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/downloader/lib/src/Downloader/CurlWrapper.cpp
++++ b/src/downloader/lib/src/Downloader/CurlWrapper.cpp
+@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
+ 		if (res != CURLE_OK) {
+ 			LOG_WARN("Error setting CURLOPT_CAPATH: %d", res);
+ 		}
+-		return;
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	const std::string cafile = GetCAFilePath();
+
diff --git a/pkgs/games/spring/springlobby.nix b/pkgs/games/spring/springlobby.nix
index fa7fad3ecd92..8df4450d13d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/spring/springlobby.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/spring/springlobby.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     boost libpng libX11 libnotify gtk2 doxygen makeWrapper glib minizip alure
   ];
 
-  patches = [ ./revert_58b423e.patch ]; # Allows springLobby to continue using system installed spring until #707 is fixed
+  patches = [ ./revert_58b423e.patch ./fix-certs.patch ]; # Allows springLobby to continue using system installed spring until #707 is fixed
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;