diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 38c9712c8a..6179dbed7a 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ deps = {
   "src/packager/third_party/protobuf":
     Var("chromium_svn") + "/src/third_party/protobuf@" + Var("chromium_rev"),
 
+  # Required by build/linux/system.gyp and third_party/curl/curl.gyp.
+  "src/packager/third_party/zlib":
+    Var("chromium_svn") + "/src/third_party/zlib@" + Var("chromium_rev"),
+
   "src/packager/tools/clang":
     Var("chromium_svn") + "/src/tools/clang@" + Var("chromium_rev"),
 
@@ -100,10 +104,6 @@ deps_os = {
     # Linux gold build to build faster.
     "src/packager/third_party/gold":
       Var("chromium_svn") + "/deps/third_party/gold@" + Var("chromium_rev"),
-
-    # Required by /src/build/linux/system.gyp.
-    "src/packager/third_party/zlib":
-      Var("chromium_svn") + "/src/third_party/zlib@" + Var("chromium_rev"),
   },
 }
 
diff --git a/packager/third_party/curl/README.packager b/packager/third_party/curl/README.packager
index 0d808b6139..d40de2a9b0 100644
--- a/packager/third_party/curl/README.packager
+++ b/packager/third_party/curl/README.packager
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Description of source tree.
         linux platform, with a few features disabled to build correctly on a
         fresh linux box.
 
+    config/linux/find_curl_ca_bundle.sh
+        A script used to find the path to curl_ca_bundle in the target system.
+
 2) curl.gyp
     A gyp build file for the library. Manually maintained.
 
diff --git a/packager/third_party/curl/config/linux/find_curl_ca_bundle.sh b/packager/third_party/curl/config/linux/find_curl_ca_bundle.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..af0d4a74a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packager/third_party/curl/config/linux/find_curl_ca_bundle.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
+# https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
+
+# Scan ca bundle in its common appearing locations.
+paths=('/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt'
+       '/etc/ssl/cert.pem'
+       '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt'
+       '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
+       '/usr/local/share/certs/ca-root.crt'
+       '/usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt')
+
+for path in "${paths[@]}"
+do
+  if test -f "$path"
+  then
+    echo "$path"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+done
+
+echo 'Failed to locate SSL CA cert.'
+exit 1
diff --git a/packager/third_party/curl/curl.gyp b/packager/third_party/curl/curl.gyp
index 240389e9ed..be458f4d26 100644
--- a/packager/third_party/curl/curl.gyp
+++ b/packager/third_party/curl/curl.gyp
@@ -5,23 +5,6 @@
 # https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
 
 {
-  'variables': {
-    # Scan ca bundle in its common appearing locations.
-    'curl_ca_bundle%':
-      '<!(for path in /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt       \
-                      /etc/ssl/cert.pem                      \
-                      /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt           \
-                      /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt     \
-                      /usr/local/share/certs/ca-root.crt     \
-                      /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt; do \
-            if test -f "$path"; then ca="$path"; break; fi;  \
-          done;                                              \
-          if [ -z "$ca" ]; then                              \
-            echo "Failed to locate SSL CA cert."; exit 1;    \
-          else                                               \
-            echo "$ca";                                      \
-          fi)',
-  },
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'curl_config',
@@ -35,7 +18,6 @@
           'USE_IPV6',
           'USE_OPENSSL'
           'USE_SSLEAY',
-          'CURL_CA_BUNDLE="<(curl_ca_bundle)"',
         ],
         'include_dirs': [
           'config',
@@ -55,6 +37,7 @@
           'direct_dependent_settings': {
             'defines': [
               'HAVE_CONFIG_H',
+              'CURL_CA_BUNDLE="<!(config/linux/find_curl_ca_bundle.sh)"',
             ],
             'include_dirs': [
               'config/linux',