diff --git a/aria2-1.18.10-use-system-wide-crypto-policies.patch b/aria2-1.18.10-use-system-wide-crypto-policies.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bff87d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aria2-1.18.10-use-system-wide-crypto-policies.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff -ru aria2-1.18.10/src/LibgnutlsTLSSession.cc aria2-1.18.10.patched/src/LibgnutlsTLSSession.cc
+--- aria2-1.18.10/src/LibgnutlsTLSSession.cc	2015-02-23 15:34:01.000000000 +0100
++++ aria2-1.18.10.patched/src/LibgnutlsTLSSession.cc	2015-02-27 19:49:13.649873035 +0100
+@@ -127,20 +127,8 @@
+   // It seems err is not error message, but the argument string
+   // which causes syntax error.
+   const char* err;
+-  std::string pri = "SECURE128";
+-  switch(tlsContext_->getMinTLSVersion()) {
+-  case TLS_PROTO_TLS12:
+-    pri += ":-VERS-TLS1.1";
+-    // fall through
+-  case TLS_PROTO_TLS11:
+-    pri += ":-VERS-TLS1.0";
+-    // fall through
+-  case TLS_PROTO_TLS10:
+-    pri += ":-VERS-SSL3.0";
+-  default:
+-    break;
+-  };
+-  rv_ = gnutls_priority_set_direct(sslSession_, pri.c_str(), &err);
++  rv_ = gnutls_priority_set_direct(sslSession_, "@SYSTEM", &err);
++
+   if(rv_ != GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS) {
+     return TLS_ERR_ERROR;
+   }
diff --git a/aria2.spec b/aria2.spec
index 1a9743d..eb6e817 100644
--- a/aria2.spec
+++ b/aria2.spec
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 Name:           aria2
 Version:        1.18.10
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        High speed download utility with resuming and segmented downloading
 Group:          Applications/Internet
 License:        GPLv2+ with exceptions
 URL:            http://aria2.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+Patch0:         aria2-1.18.10-use-system-wide-crypto-policies.patch  
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  c-ares-devel cppunit-devel
 BuildRequires:  gettext gnutls-devel
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ Currently it has following features:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-bittorrent \
@@ -66,6 +68,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}
 %{_mandir}/*/man1/aria2c.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 27 2015 Athmane Madjoudj <athmane@fedoraproject.org> 1.18.10-2
+- Add a patch to use system-wide crypto-policies (RHBZ #1179277)
+
 * Fri Feb 27 2015 Athmane Madjoudj <athmane@fedoraproject.org> 1.18.10-1
 - Update to 1.18.10 (RHBZ #1123979)