diff --git a/vpn-daemons/openvpn/ChangeLog b/vpn-daemons/openvpn/ChangeLog
index 149c4fa565..e607515bc1 100644
--- a/vpn-daemons/openvpn/ChangeLog
+++ b/vpn-daemons/openvpn/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-10-17  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* properties/auth-helpers.c
+		- (tls_default_filter, tls_file_chooser_filter_new): accept ".cer"
+			extension too
+
 2008-10-11  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper.c
diff --git a/vpn-daemons/openvpn/properties/auth-helpers.c b/vpn-daemons/openvpn/properties/auth-helpers.c
index 47bf88073f..c3f5d31351 100644
--- a/vpn-daemons/openvpn/properties/auth-helpers.c
+++ b/vpn-daemons/openvpn/properties/auth-helpers.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ tls_default_filter (const GtkFileFilterInfo *filter_info, gpointer data)
 	ext = g_ascii_strdown (p, -1);
 	if (!ext)
 		return FALSE;
-	if (strcmp (ext, ".pem") && strcmp (ext, ".crt") && strcmp (ext, ".key")) {
+	if (strcmp (ext, ".pem") && strcmp (ext, ".crt") && strcmp (ext, ".key") && strcmp (ext, ".cer")) {
 		g_free (ext);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ tls_file_chooser_filter_new (void)
 
 	filter = gtk_file_filter_new ();
 	gtk_file_filter_add_custom (filter, GTK_FILE_FILTER_FILENAME, tls_default_filter, NULL, NULL);
-	gtk_file_filter_set_name (filter, _("PEM certificates (*.pem, *.crt, *.key)"));
+	gtk_file_filter_set_name (filter, _("PEM certificates (*.pem, *.crt, *.key, *.cer)"));
 	return filter;
 }