diff --git a/security/gnutls/gnutls.conf b/security/gnutls/gnutls.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eea4cd655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/gnutls/gnutls.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../gnutls/gnutls.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+# since 2.11.x gnutls is supporting 2 cryptographic backend libraries:
+# 1. nettle (default)
+# 2. libgcrypt 
+if ! pkginstalled nettle; then
+	echo_status "Could not find default cryptographic backend library (nettle)"
+	echo_status "Trying to use alternative cryptographic backend library (libgcrypt)"
+	pkgprefix -t libgcrypt
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--with-libgcrypt'
+fi
diff --git a/security/gnutls/gnutls.desc b/security/gnutls/gnutls.desc
index 3b4e0846d..4dba2a9e1 100644
--- a/security/gnutls/gnutls.desc
+++ b/security/gnutls/gnutls.desc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../gnutls/gnutls.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY]
 [COPY] More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 [E] libtasn1 opencdk libgcrypt
 
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.10.3
+[V] 2.12.3
 [P] X -----5---9 109.300
 
-[D] 1627931269 gnutls-2.10.3.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnutls.org/pub/gnutls/
+[D] 3704756724 gnutls-2.12.3.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnutls/