diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Vincent Hanquez <vincent@snarc.org>
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+are met:
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+3. Neither the name of the author nor the names of his contributors
+   may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+   without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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+OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/System/X509.hs b/System/X509.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+-- |
+-- Module      : System.X509
+-- License     : BSD-style
+-- Maintainer  : Vincent Hanquez <vincent@snarc.org>
+-- Stability   : experimental
+-- Portability : good
+--
+module System.X509
+	( getSystemCertificateStore
+	) where
+
+#if defined(WINDOWS)
+import System.X509.Win32
+#elif defined(MACOSX)
+import System.X509.MacOS
+#else
+import System.X509.Unix
+#endif
diff --git a/System/X509/MacOS.hs b/System/X509/MacOS.hs
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+module System.X509.MacOS
+	( getSystemCertificateStore
+	) where
+
+import Data.PEM (pemParseLBS, PEM(..))
+import System.Process
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
+import Control.Applicative
+import Data.Either
+
+import Data.X509
+import Data.X509.CertificateStore
+
+rootCAKeyChain :: String
+rootCAKeyChain = "/System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain"
+
+listInKeyChain :: String -> IO [SignedCertificate]
+listInKeyChain keyChain = do
+    (_, Just hout, _, ph) <- createProcess (proc "security" ["find-certificate", "-pa", keyChain]) { std_out = CreatePipe }
+    pems <- either error id . pemParseLBS <$> LBS.hGetContents hout
+    let targets = rights $ map (decodeSignedCertificate . pemContent) $ filter ((=="CERTIFICATE") . pemName) pems
+    _ <- targets `seq` waitForProcess ph
+    return targets
+
+getSystemCertificateStore :: IO CertificateStore
+getSystemCertificateStore = makeCertificateStore <$> listInKeyChain rootCAKeyChain
diff --git a/System/X509/Unix.hs b/System/X509/Unix.hs
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+-- |
+-- Module      : System.X509
+-- License     : BSD-style
+-- Maintainer  : Vincent Hanquez <vincent@snarc.org>
+-- Stability   : experimental
+-- Portability : unix only
+--
+-- this module is portable to unix system where there is usually
+-- a /etc/ssl/certs with system X509 certificates.
+--
+-- the path can be dynamically override using the environment variable
+-- defined by envPathOverride in the module, which by
+-- default is SYSTEM_CERTIFICATE_PATH
+--
+module System.X509.Unix
+    ( getSystemCertificateStore
+    ) where
+
+import System.Directory (getDirectoryContents, doesFileExist)
+import System.Environment (getEnv)
+import System.FilePath ((</>))
+
+import Data.List (isPrefixOf)
+import Data.PEM (PEM(..), pemParseBS)
+import Data.Either
+import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+import Data.X509
+import Data.X509.CertificateStore
+
+import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
+import Control.Monad (filterM)
+import qualified Control.Exception as E
+
+import Data.Char
+
+defaultSystemPath :: FilePath
+defaultSystemPath = "/etc/ssl/certs/"
+
+envPathOverride :: String
+envPathOverride = "SYSTEM_CERTIFICATE_PATH"
+
+listDirectoryCerts :: FilePath -> IO [FilePath]
+listDirectoryCerts path = (map (path </>) . filter isCert <$> getDirectoryContents path)
+                      >>= filterM doesFileExist
+    where isHashedFile s = length s == 10
+                        && isDigit (s !! 9)
+                        && (s !! 8) == '.'
+                        && all isHexDigit (take 8 s)
+          isCert x = (not $ isPrefixOf "." x) && (not $ isHashedFile x)
+
+getSystemCertificateStore :: IO CertificateStore
+getSystemCertificateStore = makeCertificateStore . concat <$> (getSystemPath >>= listDirectoryCerts >>= mapM readCertificates)
+
+getSystemPath :: IO FilePath
+getSystemPath = E.catch (getEnv envPathOverride) inDefault
+    where
+        inDefault :: E.IOException -> IO FilePath
+        inDefault _ = return defaultSystemPath
+
+readCertificates :: FilePath -> IO [SignedCertificate]
+readCertificates file = E.catch (either (const []) (rights . map getCert) . pemParseBS <$> B.readFile file) skipIOError
+    where
+        getCert = decodeSignedCertificate . pemContent
+        skipIOError :: E.IOException -> IO [SignedCertificate]
+        skipIOError _ = return []
diff --git a/System/X509/Win32.hs b/System/X509/Win32.hs
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+module System.X509.Win32
+	( getSystemCertificateStore
+	) where
+
+{-
+import Foreign.Marshal.Alloc (allocaBytes)
+import Foreign.Ptr (castPtr)
+
+import Control.Exception (bracket, IOException)
+import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
+
+import System.Win32.Registry
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Internal as B
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
+
+import Data.X509
+import Data.X509.Cert
+
+import Data.Bits
+import Data.CertificateStore
+
+defaultSystemPath :: FilePath
+defaultSystemPath = "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SystemCertificates\\CA\\Certificates"
+
+listSubDirectories path = bracket openKey regCloseKey regEnumKeys
+	where openKey = regOpenKeyEx hKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE path (kEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS .|. kEY_READ)
+
+openValue path key toByteS = bracket openKey regCloseKey $ \hkey -> allocaBytes 4096 $ \mem -> do
+		regQueryValueEx hkey key mem 4096 >>= toByteS mem
+	where openKey = regOpenKeyEx hKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE path kEY_QUERY_VALUE
+
+fromBlob mem ty
+	| ty == rEG_BINARY = do
+		len <- B.c_strlen (castPtr mem)
+		B.create (fromIntegral len) (\bptr -> B.memcpy bptr mem len)
+	| otherwise        = error "certificate blob have unexpected type"
+
+data ReadErr =
+	  Exception IOException
+	| CertError String
+	deriving (Show,Eq)
+
+readCertificate dir hash = do
+    b <- openValue path "Blob" fromBlob
+    return $ decodeCertificate $ L.fromChunks [b]
+    where path = dir ++ "\\" ++ hash
+
+listIn dir = listSubDirectories dir >>= \hs -> (rights <$> mapM (readCertificate dir) hs)
+
+getSystemCertificateStore :: IO CertificateStore
+getSystemCertificateStore = makeCertificateStore <$> listIn defaultSystemPath
+-}
+import Data.X509.CertificateStore
+
+getSystemCertificateStore :: IO CertificateStore
+getSystemCertificateStore = return (makeCertificateStore [])
diff --git a/x509-system.cabal b/x509-system.cabal
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+Name:                x509-system
+Version:             1.4.0
+Description:         System X.509 handling
+License:             BSD3
+License-file:        LICENSE
+Copyright:           Vincent Hanquez <vincent@snarc.org>
+Author:              Vincent Hanquez <vincent@snarc.org>
+Maintainer:          Vincent Hanquez <vincent@snarc.org>
+Synopsis:            Handle per-operating-system X.509 accessors and storage
+Build-Type:          Simple
+Category:            Data
+stability:           experimental
+Homepage:            http://github.com/vincenthz/hs-certificate
+Cabal-Version:       >=1.8
+
+Library
+  Build-Depends:     base >= 3 && < 5
+                   , bytestring
+                   , mtl
+                   , pem >= 0.1 && < 0.2
+                   , containers
+                   , directory
+                   , filepath
+                   , process
+                   , time
+                   , x509
+                   , x509-store
+  Exposed-modules:   System.X509
+                     System.X509.Unix
+                     System.X509.MacOS
+  ghc-options:       -Wall
+  if os(windows)
+     cpp-options: -DWINDOWS
+     Build-Depends:  Win32
+     Exposed-modules:  System.X509.Win32
+  if os(OSX)
+     cpp-options: -DMACOSX
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: git://github.com/vincenthz/hs-certificate
