diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 0e6abda..61d7294 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -2219,6 +2219,13 @@ context_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
                                    sizeof(SID_CTX));
 #undef SID_CTX
 
+#ifdef X509_V_FLAG_TRUSTED_FIRST
+    {
+        X509_STORE *store = SSL_CTX_get_cert_store(self->ctx);
+        X509_STORE_set_flags(store, X509_V_FLAG_TRUSTED_FIRST);
+    }
+#endif
+
     return (PyObject *)self;
 }