```
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SecurityHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SecurityHelper.java
index 0bc3f8e..236cbba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SecurityHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SecurityHelper.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import java.security.KeyStoreException;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.MessageDigestSpi;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.NoSuchProviderException;
 import java.security.Provider;
 import java.security.PublicKey;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
@@ -266,10 +267,14 @@ public abstract class SecurityHelper {
         throws CertificateException {
         final CertificateFactorySpi spi = (CertificateFactorySpi) getImplEngine("CertificateFactory", type);
         if ( spi == null ) throw new CertificateException(type + " not found");
-        return newInstance(CertificateFactory.class,
-                new Class[]{ CertificateFactorySpi.class, Provider.class, String.class },
-                new Object[]{ spi, provider, type }
-        );
+        try {
+            return CertificateFactory.getInstance(type, provider.getName());
+        } catch (NoSuchProviderException nspe) {
+            return newInstance(CertificateFactory.class,
+                    new Class[]{CertificateFactorySpi.class, Provider.class, String.class},
+                    new Object[]{spi, provider, type}
+            );
+        }
     }
 
     /**
```