diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index c7d00dc62..f953dbd16 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ laalsaas <laalsaas@systemli.org>
 ijqq <ijqq@protonmail.ch>
 AntoineQ1 <https://github.com/AntoineQ1>
 jthulhu <https://github.com/jthulhu>
+Escape0707 <tothesong@gmail.com>
 ********************
 
 The text of the 3 clause BSD license follows:
diff --git a/qt/aqt/__init__.py b/qt/aqt/__init__.py
index b6d24080b..3b8872448 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/__init__.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import logging
 import sys
 
-import pip_system_certs.wrapt_requests
+try:
+    import pip_system_certs.wrapt_requests
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    print(
+        "Python module pip_system_certs is not installed. System certificate store and custom SSL certificates may not work. See: https://github.com/ankitects/anki/issues/3016"
+    )
 
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3 or sys.version_info[1] < 9:
     raise Exception("Anki requires Python 3.9+")