diff --git "a/D:\\_Sandbox\\curl\\curl-src\\src\\tool_doswin.c" "b/D:\\_Sandbox\\curl\\curl-src\\src\\tool_doswin.c"
index 98e13bc..34d6496 100644
--- "a/src/tool_doswin.c"
+++ "b/src/tool_doswin.c"
@@ -627,22 +627,32 @@ CURLcode FindWin32CACert(struct OperationConfig *config,
   if((curlinfo->features & CURL_VERSION_SSL) &&
      backend != CURLSSLBACKEND_SCHANNEL) {
 
-    DWORD res_len;
-    TCHAR buf[PATH_MAX];
-    TCHAR *ptr = NULL;
-
-    buf[0] = TEXT('\0');
-
-    res_len = SearchPath(NULL, bundle_file, NULL, PATH_MAX, buf, &ptr);
-    if(res_len > 0) {
-      Curl_safefree(config->cacert);
+    static const size_t BUFFSIZE = 512;
+    TCHAR filebuffer[BUFFSIZE];
+    unsigned long len = GetModuleFileName(0, filebuffer, BUFFSIZE);
+    if(len > 0 && len < BUFFSIZE) {
 #ifdef UNICODE
-      config->cacert = curlx_convert_wchar_to_UTF8(buf);
+      char *bundle_name = curlx_convert_wchar_to_UTF8(bundle_file);
+      char *module_path = curlx_convert_wchar_to_UTF8(filebuffer);
 #else
-      config->cacert = strdup(buf);
+      char *bundle_name = strdup(bundle_file);
+      char *module_path = strdup(filebuffer);
 #endif
-      if(!config->cacert)
+      if (module_path && bundle_name) {
+        char *lastdirchar = strrchr(module_path, '\\');
+        if(lastdirchar) {
+          *lastdirchar = '\0';
+        }
+        Curl_safefree(config->cacert);
+        config->cacert = curl_maprintf("%s%s%s", module_path, DIR_CHAR, bundle_name);
+        if(!config->cacert)
+          result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+      }
+      else
         result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+
+      free(bundle_name);
+      free(module_path);
     }
   }