diff --git a/lego/client_config.go b/lego/client_config.go
index ed8c4a57..e75739c1 100644
--- a/lego/client_config.go
+++ b/lego/client_config.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/certcrypto"
@@ -16,10 +18,15 @@ import (
 const (
 	// caCertificatesEnvVar is the environment variable name that can be used to
 	// specify the path to PEM encoded CA Certificates that can be used to
-	// authenticate an ACME server with a HTTPS certificate not issued by a CA in
+	// authenticate an ACME server with an HTTPS certificate not issued by a CA in
 	// the system-wide trusted root list.
+	// Multiple file paths can be added by using os.PathListSeparator as a separator.
 	caCertificatesEnvVar = "LEGO_CA_CERTIFICATES"
 
+	// caSystemCertPool is the environment variable name that can be used to define
+	// if the certificates pool must use a copy of the system cert pool.
+	caSystemCertPool = "LEGO_CA_SYSTEM_CERT_POOL"
+
 	// caServerNameEnvVar is the environment variable name that can be used to
 	// specify the CA server name that can be used to
 	// authenticate an ACME server with a HTTPS certificate not issued by a CA in
@@ -81,23 +88,44 @@ func createDefaultHTTPClient() *http.Client {
 }
 
 // initCertPool creates a *x509.CertPool populated with the PEM certificates
-// found in the filepath specified in the caCertificatesEnvVar OS environment
-// variable. If the caCertificatesEnvVar is not set then initCertPool will
-// return nil. If there is an error creating a *x509.CertPool from the provided
-// caCertificatesEnvVar value then initCertPool will panic.
+// found in the filepath specified in the caCertificatesEnvVar OS environment variable.
+// If the caCertificatesEnvVar is not set then initCertPool will return nil.
+// If there is an error creating a *x509.CertPool from the provided caCertificatesEnvVar value then initCertPool will panic.
+// If the caSystemCertPool is set to a "truthy value" (`1`, `t`, `T`, `TRUE`, `true`, `True`) then a copy of system cert pool will be used.
+// caSystemCertPool requires caCertificatesEnvVar to be set.
 func initCertPool() *x509.CertPool {
-	if customCACertsPath := os.Getenv(caCertificatesEnvVar); customCACertsPath != "" {
-		customCAs, err := os.ReadFile(customCACertsPath)
+	customCACertsPath := os.Getenv(caCertificatesEnvVar)
+	if customCACertsPath == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	certPool := getCertPool()
+
+	for _, customPath := range strings.Split(customCACertsPath, string(os.PathListSeparator)) {
+		customCAs, err := os.ReadFile(customPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(fmt.Sprintf("error reading %s=%q: %v",
-				caCertificatesEnvVar, customCACertsPath, err))
+				caCertificatesEnvVar, customPath, err))
 		}
-		certPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+
 		if ok := certPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(customCAs); !ok {
 			panic(fmt.Sprintf("error creating x509 cert pool from %s=%q: %v",
-				caCertificatesEnvVar, customCACertsPath, err))
+				caCertificatesEnvVar, customPath, err))
 		}
-		return certPool
 	}
-	return nil
+
+	return certPool
+}
+
+func getCertPool() *x509.CertPool {
+	useSystemCertPool, _ := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv(caSystemCertPool))
+	if !useSystemCertPool {
+		return x509.NewCertPool()
+	}
+
+	pool, err := x509.SystemCertPool()
+	if err == nil {
+		return pool
+	}
+	return x509.NewCertPool()
 }