diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
index 41b1135855f..e02f171aee4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
@@ -52,6 +52,31 @@ except:
 
 import tempfile
 
+
+# This is a dummy cacert provided for Mac OS since you need at least 1
+# ca cert, regardless of validity, for Python on Mac OS to use the
+# keychain functionality in OpenSSL for validating SSL certificates.
+# See: http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/CACertificates#Mac_OS_X_10.6_and_higher
+DUMMY_CA_CERT = """-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+"""
+
+
 class RequestWithMethod(urllib2.Request):
     '''
     Workaround for using DELETE/PUT/etc with urllib2
@@ -112,6 +137,10 @@ class SSLValidationHandler(urllib2.BaseHandler):
 
         tmp_fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp()
 
+        # Write the dummy ca cert if we are running on Mac OS X
+        if platform == 'Darwin':
+            os.write(tmp_fd, DUMMY_CA_CERT)
+
         # for all of the paths, find any  .crt or .pem files
         # and compile them into single temp file for use
         # in the ssl check to speed up the test