diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 694faadbfc2..87aa4cf5942 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ MACHDEPS=	$(PLATDIR) $(EXTRAPLATDIR)
 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 \
 		concurrent concurrent/futures encodings \
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 67485b3f6d9..117101cdb01 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ C-API
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #12496:  Install test/capath directory to prevent test_connect_capath
+  testcase failure in test_ssl.
+
 - Issue #12469: Run "wakeup" signal tests in subprocess to run the test in a
   fresh process with only one thread and to not change signal handling of the
   parent process.