diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 300a668..ea08165 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@
 XMLLIBSUBDIRS=  xml xml/dom xml/etree xml/parsers xml/sax
 LIBSUBDIRS=	tkinter tkinter/test tkinter/test/test_tkinter \
 		tkinter/test/test_ttk site-packages test \
+		test/capath \
 		test/cjkencodings test/decimaltestdata test/xmltestdata \
 		test/subprocessdata \
 		test/tracedmodules test/encoded_modules \
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 517c611..ddda39f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -981,6 +981,9 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #12496:  Install test/capath directory to prevent test_connect_capath
+  testcase failure in test_ssl.
+
 - Issue #12469: Run wakeup and pending signal tests in a subprocess to run the
   test in a fresh process with only one thread and to not change signal
   handling of the parent process.