diff --git a/playback/player/ios/GstPlay/gst_ios_init.h b/playback/player/ios/GstPlay/gst_ios_init.h
index 870515bd87..a5626f11ef 100644
--- a/playback/player/ios/GstPlay/gst_ios_init.h
+++ b/playback/player/ios/GstPlay/gst_ios_init.h
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define GST_G_IO_MODULE_DECLARE(name) \
-extern void G_PASTE(g_io_module_, G_PASTE(name, _load_static)) (void)
+extern void G_PASTE(g_io_, G_PASTE(name, _load)) (gpointer module)
 
 #define GST_G_IO_MODULE_LOAD(name) \
-G_PASTE(g_io_module_, G_PASTE(name, _load_static)) ()
+G_PASTE(g_io_, G_PASTE(name, _load)) (NULL)
 
 /* Uncomment each line to enable the plugin categories that your application needs.
  * You can also enable individual plugins. See gst_ios_init.c to see their names
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ G_PASTE(g_io_module_, G_PASTE(name, _load_static)) ()
 
 #define GST_IOS_GIO_MODULE_GNUTLS
 
-void gst_ios_init ();
+void gst_ios_init (void);
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/playback/player/ios/GstPlay/gst_ios_init.m b/playback/player/ios/GstPlay/gst_ios_init.m
index aea37caf99..fbee884a84 100644
--- a/playback/player/ios/GstPlay/gst_ios_init.m
+++ b/playback/player/ios/GstPlay/gst_ios_init.m
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "gst_ios_init.h"
+#include <gio/gio.h>
 
 #if defined(GST_IOS_PLUGIN_NLE) || defined(GST_IOS_PLUGINS_GES)
 GST_PLUGIN_STATIC_DECLARE(nle);
@@ -491,7 +492,6 @@ GST_PLUGIN_STATIC_DECLARE(rtspclientsink);
 #endif
 
 #if defined(GST_IOS_GIO_MODULE_GNUTLS)
-  #include <gio/gio.h>
   GST_G_IO_MODULE_DECLARE(gnutls);
 #endif
 
@@ -524,13 +524,26 @@ gst_ios_init (void)
   g_setenv ("XDG_DATA_HOME", resources_dir, TRUE);
   g_setenv ("FONTCONFIG_PATH", resources_dir, TRUE);
 
-  ca_certificates = g_build_filename (resources_dir, "ssl", "certs", "ca-certifcates.crt", NULL);
+  ca_certificates = g_build_filename (resources_dir, "ssl", "certs", "ca-certificates.crt", NULL);
   g_setenv ("CA_CERTIFICATES", ca_certificates, TRUE);
-  g_free (ca_certificates);
     
+#if defined(GST_IOS_GIO_MODULE_GNUTLS)
+  GST_G_IO_MODULE_LOAD(gnutls);
+#endif
+
+  if (ca_certificates) {
+    GTlsBackend *backend = g_tls_backend_get_default ();
+    if (backend) {
+      GTlsDatabase *db = g_tls_file_database_new (ca_certificates, NULL);
+      if (db)
+        g_tls_backend_set_default_database (backend, db);
+    }
+  }
+  g_free (ca_certificates);
+
   gst_init (NULL, NULL);
 
-  #if defined(GST_IOS_PLUGIN_NLE) || defined(GST_IOS_PLUGINS_GES)
+#if defined(GST_IOS_PLUGIN_NLE) || defined(GST_IOS_PLUGINS_GES)
     GST_PLUGIN_STATIC_REGISTER(nle);
 #endif
 #if defined(GST_IOS_PLUGIN_COREELEMENTS) || defined(GST_IOS_PLUGINS_CORE)
@@ -1020,10 +1033,6 @@ gst_ios_init (void)
     GST_PLUGIN_STATIC_REGISTER(rtspclientsink);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(GST_IOS_GIO_MODULE_GNUTLS)
-  GST_G_IO_MODULE_LOAD(gnutls);
-#endif
-
   /* Lower the ranks of filesrc and giosrc so iosavassetsrc is
    * tried first in gst_element_make_from_uri() for file:// */
   reg = gst_registry_get();