diff -ur gnutls-3.3.6.orig/lib/gnutls_priority.c gnutls-3.3.6/lib/gnutls_priority.c
--- gnutls-3.3.6.orig/lib/gnutls_priority.c	2014-07-22 23:43:41.000000000 +0200
+++ gnutls-3.3.6/lib/gnutls_priority.c	2014-07-23 10:13:30.456310043 +0200
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@
 	int algo;
 	rmadd_func *fn;
 	bulk_rmadd_func *bulk_fn;
+	unsigned dset = 0;
 
 	if (err_pos)
 		*err_pos = priorities;
@@ -1129,10 +1130,16 @@
 
 	(*priority_cache)->max_empty_records = DEFAULT_MAX_EMPTY_RECORDS;
 
-	if (priorities == NULL)
-		priorities = "NORMAL";
+	if (priorities == NULL) {
+		priorities = "@SYSTEM";
+		dset = 1;
+	}
 
 	darg = resolve_priorities(priorities);
+	if (darg == NULL && dset == 1) {
+		priorities = "NORMAL";
+		darg = resolve_priorities(priorities);
+	}
 	if (darg == NULL) {
 		gnutls_assert();
 		goto error;
Only in gnutls-3.3.6/lib: gnutls_priority.c.orig