diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend.cpp
index f005939..ea5f48e 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ protected:
 };

 QNetworkAccessHttpBackend::QNetworkAccessHttpBackend()
-    : QNetworkAccessBackend(), httpReply(0), http(0), uploadDevice(0)
+    : QNetworkAccessBackend(), httpReply(0), http(0), uploadDevice(0), pendingSslConfiguration(0)
 {
 }

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ QNetworkAccessHttpBackend::~QNetworkAccessHttpBackend()
 {
     if (http)
         disconnectFromHttp();
+    delete pendingSslConfiguration;
 }

 void QNetworkAccessHttpBackend::disconnectFromHttp()
@@ -251,6 +252,11 @@ void QNetworkAccessHttpBackend::postRequest()

     httpReply = http->sendRequest(httpRequest);
     httpReply->setParent(this);
+    if (pendingSslConfiguration) {
+        httpReply->setSslConfiguration(*pendingSslConfiguration);
+        delete pendingSslConfiguration;
+        pendingSslConfiguration = 0;
+    }

     connect(httpReply, SIGNAL(readyRead()), SLOT(replyReadyRead()));
     connect(httpReply, SIGNAL(finished()), SLOT(replyFinished()));
@@ -595,12 +601,20 @@ void QNetworkAccessHttpBackend::ignoreSslErrors()

 void QNetworkAccessHttpBackend::fetchSslConfiguration(QSslConfiguration &config) const
 {
-    config = httpReply->sslConfiguration();
+    if (httpReply)
+        config = httpReply->sslConfiguration();
+    else if (pendingSslConfiguration)
+        config = *pendingSslConfiguration;
 }

 void QNetworkAccessHttpBackend::setSslConfiguration(const QSslConfiguration &newconfig)
 {
-    httpReply->setSslConfiguration(newconfig);
+    if (httpReply)
+        httpReply->setSslConfiguration(newconfig);
+    else if (pendingSslConfiguration)
+        *pendingSslConfiguration = newconfig;
+    else
+        pendingSslConfiguration = new QSslConfiguration(newconfig);
 }
 #endif

diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend_p.h b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend_p.h
index 15cfcb5..514def2 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend_p.h
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ private:
     QHttpNetworkReply *httpReply;
     QPointer<QNetworkAccessHttpBackendCache> http;
     QNetworkAccessHttpBackendIODevice *uploadDevice;
+#ifndef QT_NO_OPENSSL
+    QSslConfiguration *pendingSslConfiguration;
+#endif

     void finished();            // override
     void disconnectFromHttp();