diff --git a/0001-Use-SYSTEM-wide-ciphers-for-gnutls.patch b/0001-Use-SYSTEM-wide-ciphers-for-gnutls.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81983be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Use-SYSTEM-wide-ciphers-for-gnutls.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 680849e6b9ced55fe8ac61771fd57e694c9ff79c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nicolas Chauvet <kwizart@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:28:26 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Use @SYSTEM wide ciphers for gnutls
+
+Gnutls upstream has support for system
+This is decribed at
+https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:CryptoPolicies
+Also found on the debian wiki
+https://wiki.debian.org/CryptoPolicy
+
+Signed-off-by: Nicolas Chauvet <kwizart@gmail.com>
+---
+ modules/misc/gnutls.c | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/modules/misc/gnutls.c b/modules/misc/gnutls.c
+index 1b214358d4..05b4209692 100644
+--- a/modules/misc/gnutls.c
++++ b/modules/misc/gnutls.c
+@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ static void CloseServer (vlc_tls_creds_t *crd)
+     "hash functions and compression methods can be selected. " \
+     "Refer to GNU TLS documentation for detailed syntax.")
+ static const char *const priorities_values[] = {
++    "@SYSTEM",
+     "PERFORMANCE",
+     "NORMAL",
+     "SECURE128",
+@@ -775,6 +776,7 @@ static const char *const priorities_values[] = {
+     "EXPORT",
+ };
+ static const char *const priorities_text[] = {
++    N_("System (default to system crypto ciphers policy)"),
+     N_("Performance (prioritize faster ciphers)"),
+     N_("Normal"),
+     N_("Secure 128-bits (exclude 256-bits ciphers)"),
+-- 
+2.17.2
+
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index 60fba2b..2121d45 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ URL:		https://www.videolan.org
 Source0:	%{vlc_url}/%{?!vlc_tag:%{version}/}vlc-%{version}%{?vlc_tag}.tar.xz
 Patch0:		https://github.com/RPi-Distro/vlc/raw/stretch-rpt/debian/patches/mmal_8.patch
 Patch1:     libplacebo_patch_1.patch
+Patch2:     0001-Use-SYSTEM-wide-ciphers-for-gnutls.patch 
 BuildRequires:	desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  libappstream-glib
 BuildRequires:  fontpackages-devel