diff --git a/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/PebbleHttpConnector.java b/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/PebbleHttpConnector.java
index 640bc486..2b9c3af9 100644
--- a/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/PebbleHttpConnector.java
+++ b/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/PebbleHttpConnector.java
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 import java.security.KeyStoreException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
@@ -28,12 +30,15 @@
 
 import org.shredzone.acme4j.connector.HttpConnector;
 import org.shredzone.acme4j.connector.NetworkSettings;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * {@link HttpConnector} to be used for Pebble. Pebble uses a static, self-signed SSL
  * certificate.
  */
 public class PebbleHttpConnector extends HttpConnector {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PebbleHttpConnector.class);
     private static final AtomicReference<SSLContext> SSL_CONTEXT_REF = new AtomicReference<>();
 
     public PebbleHttpConnector(NetworkSettings settings) {
@@ -53,9 +58,11 @@ public HttpClient.Builder createClientBuilder() {
      */
     protected SSLContext createSSLContext() {
         if (SSL_CONTEXT_REF.get() == null) {
-            try (var in = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/pebble.truststore")) {
-                var keystore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
-                keystore.load(in, "acme4j".toCharArray());
+            try {
+                var keystore = readPemFile("/pebble.minica.pem")
+                        .or(() -> readPemFile("/META-INF/pebble.minica.pem"))
+                        .or(() -> readPemFile("/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/pebble.minica.pem"))
+                        .orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException("Could not find a Pebble root certificate"));
 
                 var tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
                 tmf.init(keystore);
@@ -63,12 +70,38 @@ protected SSLContext createSSLContext() {
                 var sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
                 sslContext.init(null, tmf.getTrustManagers(), null);
                 SSL_CONTEXT_REF.set(sslContext);
-            } catch (IOException | KeyStoreException | CertificateException
-                     | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException ex) {
+            } catch (KeyStoreException | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException ex) {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Could not create truststore", ex);
             }
         }
         return Objects.requireNonNull(SSL_CONTEXT_REF.get());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reads a PEM file from a resource, and returns a {@link KeyStore} that uses this
+     * certificate as root CA.
+     *
+     * @param resource
+     *         Resource name
+     * @return A {@link KeyStore} if the resource could be read successfully, otherwise
+     * empty.
+     */
+    private Optional<KeyStore> readPemFile(String resource) {
+        try (var in = getClass().getResourceAsStream(resource)) {
+            if (in == null) {
+                return Optional.empty();
+            }
+            var cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
+            var cert = cf.generateCertificate(in);
+            var keystore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
+            keystore.load(null, "acme4j".toCharArray());
+            keystore.setCertificateEntry("pebble", cert);
+            return Optional.of(keystore);
+        } catch (IOException | KeyStoreException | CertificateException
+                 | NoSuchAlgorithmException ex) {
+            LOG.error("Failed to read PEM from resource '{}'", resource, ex);
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/acme4j-client/src/main/resources/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/pebble.minica.pem b/acme4j-client/src/main/resources/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/pebble.minica.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a69a4c41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acme4j-client/src/main/resources/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/pebble.minica.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/acme4j-client/src/main/resources/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/pebble.truststore b/acme4j-client/src/main/resources/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/pebble.truststore
deleted file mode 100644
index 103478a2..00000000
Binary files a/acme4j-client/src/main/resources/org/shredzone/acme4j/provider/pebble/pebble.truststore and /dev/null differ