diff --git a/gnome2/epiphany/epiphany.conf b/gnome2/epiphany/epiphany.conf
index eb9752944..457646688 100644
--- a/gnome2/epiphany/epiphany.conf
+++ b/gnome2/epiphany/epiphany.conf
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@ var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-nautilus-view"
 # TODO: we do not have defined a CA file path yet so we disable it for now
 # --with-ca-file=[path]   path to system Certificate Authority list
 var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--without-ca-file"
+
+# nss support
+if ! pkginstalled -f nss; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--disable-nss"
+fi