diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 10e24131bd..2da47afa54 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3119,6 +3119,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-native-certs"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fcaf18a4f2be7326cd874a5fa579fae794320a0f388d365dca7e480e55f83f8a"
+dependencies = [
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "rustls-pemfile",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pemfile"
 version = "2.1.2"
@@ -3540,6 +3553,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "rust_decimal",
  "rustls",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
  "rustls-pemfile",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bf0a867e1e..49aefd7a93 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ runtime-tokio = ["_rt-tokio", "sqlx-core/_rt-tokio", "sqlx-macros?/_rt-tokio"]
 tls-native-tls = ["sqlx-core/_tls-native-tls", "sqlx-macros?/_tls-native-tls"]
 tls-rustls = ["tls-rustls-ring"] # For backwards compatibility
 tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs", "sqlx-macros?/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs"]
-tls-rustls-ring = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-ring", "sqlx-macros?/_tls-rustls-ring"]
+tls-rustls-ring = ["tls-rustls-ring-webpki"] # For backwards compatibility
+tls-rustls-ring-webpki = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-ring-webpki", "sqlx-macros?/_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"]
+tls-rustls-ring-native-roots = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots", "sqlx-macros?/_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots"]
 
 # No-op feature used by the workflows to compile without TLS enabled. Not meant for general use.
 tls-none = []
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad8dff4a73..4d4a2338ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,8 +136,10 @@ SQLx is compatible with the [`async-std`], [`tokio`], and [`actix`] runtimes; an
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio" ] }
 # tokio + native-tls
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "tls-native-tls" ] }
-# tokio + rustls with ring
-sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls-ring" ] }
+# tokio + rustls with ring and WebPKI CA certificates
+sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls-ring-webpki" ] }
+# tokio + rustls with ring and platform's native CA certificates
+sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls-ring-native-roots" ] }
 # tokio + rustls with aws-lc-rs
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs" ] }
 
@@ -145,8 +147,10 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs" ]
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-async-std" ] }
 # async-std + native-tls
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-async-std", "tls-native-tls" ] }
-# async-std + rustls with ring
-sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-async-std", "tls-rustls-ring" ] }
+# async-std + rustls with ring and WebPKI CA certificates
+sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-async-std", "tls-rustls-ring-webpki" ] }
+# async-std + rustls with ring and platform's native CA certificates
+sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-async-std", "tls-rustls-ring-native-roots" ] }
 # async-std + rustls with aws-lc-rs
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-async-std", "tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs" ] }
 ```
diff --git a/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml b/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml
index 7ea6f33dc2..e1f4108054 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ json = ["serde", "serde_json"]
 _rt-async-std = ["async-std", "async-io"]
 _rt-tokio = ["tokio", "tokio-stream"]
 _tls-native-tls = ["native-tls"]
-_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs = ["_tls-rustls", "rustls/aws-lc-rs"]
-_tls-rustls-ring = ["_tls-rustls", "rustls/ring"]
-_tls-rustls = ["rustls", "rustls-pemfile", "webpki-roots"]
+_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs = ["_tls-rustls", "rustls/aws-lc-rs", "webpki-roots"]
+_tls-rustls-ring-webpki = ["_tls-rustls", "rustls/ring", "webpki-roots"]
+_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots = ["_tls-rustls", "rustls/ring", "rustls-native-certs"]
+_tls-rustls = ["rustls", "rustls-pemfile"]
 _tls-none = []
 
 # support offline/decoupled building (enables serialization of `Describe`)
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ native-tls = { version = "0.2.10", optional = true }
 rustls = { version = "0.23.11", default-features = false, features = ["std", "tls12"], optional = true }
 rustls-pemfile = { version = "2", optional = true }
 webpki-roots = { version = "0.26", optional = true }
+rustls-native-certs = { version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
 
 # Type Integrations
 bit-vec = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/net/tls/tls_rustls.rs b/sqlx-core/src/net/tls/tls_rustls.rs
index 2ea16c854a..d56859808c 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/net/tls/tls_rustls.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/net/tls/tls_rustls.rs
@@ -88,9 +88,16 @@ pub async fn handshake<S>(socket: S, tls_config: TlsConfig<'_>) -> Result<Rustls
 where
     S: Socket,
 {
-    #[cfg(all(feature = "_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs", not(feature = "_tls-rustls-ring")))]
+    #[cfg(all(
+        feature = "_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs",
+        not(feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"),
+        not(feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots")
+    ))]
     let provider = Arc::new(rustls::crypto::aws_lc_rs::default_provider());
-    #[cfg(feature = "_tls-rustls-ring")]
+    #[cfg(any(
+        feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-webpki",
+        feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots"
+    ))]
     let provider = Arc::new(rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider());
 
     // Unwrapping is safe here because we use a default provider.
@@ -127,8 +134,10 @@ where
                 .with_no_client_auth()
         }
     } else {
-        let mut cert_store = RootCertStore::empty();
-        cert_store.extend(webpki_roots::TLS_SERVER_ROOTS.iter().cloned());
+        #[cfg(any(feature = "_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs", feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"))]
+        let mut cert_store = certs_from_webpki();
+        #[cfg(feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots")]
+        let mut cert_store = certs_from_native_store();
 
         if let Some(ca) = tls_config.root_cert_path {
             let data = ca.data().await?;
@@ -204,6 +213,28 @@ fn private_key_from_pem(pem: Vec<u8>) -> Result<PrivateKeyDer<'static>, Error> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(any(feature = "_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs", feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"))]
+fn certs_from_webpki() -> RootCertStore {
+    RootCertStore::from_iter(webpki_roots::TLS_SERVER_ROOTS.iter().cloned())
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots")]
+fn certs_from_native_store() -> RootCertStore {
+    let mut root_cert_store = RootCertStore::empty();
+
+    let load_results = rustls_native_certs::load_native_certs();
+    for e in load_results.errors {
+        log::warn!("Error loading native certificates: {e:?}");
+    }
+    for cert in load_results.certs {
+        if let Err(e) = root_cert_store.add(cert.into()) {
+            log::warn!("rustls failed to parse native certificate: {e:?}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    root_cert_store
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct DummyTlsVerifier {
     provider: Arc<CryptoProvider>,
diff --git a/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml b/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml
index 00b7617c3b..46786b7d8d 100644
--- a/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ _rt-tokio = ["tokio", "sqlx-core/_rt-tokio"]
 
 _tls-native-tls = ["sqlx-core/_tls-native-tls"]
 _tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs"]
-_tls-rustls-ring = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-ring"]
+_tls-rustls-ring-webpki = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"]
+_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots = ["sqlx-core/_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots"]
 
 _sqlite = []
 
diff --git a/sqlx-macros/Cargo.toml b/sqlx-macros/Cargo.toml
index 768db71d8d..5617d3f251 100644
--- a/sqlx-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sqlx-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ _rt-tokio = ["sqlx-macros-core/_rt-tokio"]
 
 _tls-native-tls = ["sqlx-macros-core/_tls-native-tls"]
 _tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs = ["sqlx-macros-core/_tls-rustls-aws-lc-rs"]
-_tls-rustls-ring = ["sqlx-macros-core/_tls-rustls-ring"]
+_tls-rustls-ring-webpki = ["sqlx-macros-core/_tls-rustls-ring-webpki"]
+_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots = ["sqlx-macros-core/_tls-rustls-ring-native-roots"]
 
 # SQLx features
 derive = ["sqlx-macros-core/derive"]