diff -Naur libreswan-3.25-orig/programs/pluto/nss_cert_verify.c libreswan-3.25/programs/pluto/nss_cert_verify.c
--- libreswan-3.25-orig/programs/pluto/nss_cert_verify.c	2019-02-23 21:15:03.910589319 -0500
+++ libreswan-3.25/programs/pluto/nss_cert_verify.c	2019-02-23 21:42:05.955565629 -0500
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
-static int nss_err_to_revfail(CERTVerifyLogNode *node)
+static int nss_err_to_revfail(char *prefix, CERTVerifyLogNode *node)
 {
 	int ret = VERIFY_RET_FAIL;
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 
 	loglog(RC_LOG_SERIOUS, "Certificate %s failed verification",
 		    node->cert->subjectName);
-	loglog(RC_LOG_SERIOUS, "ERROR: %s",
+	loglog(RC_LOG_SERIOUS, "%s: %s", prefix,
 		    nss_err_str(node->error));
 
 	if (node->error == SEC_ERROR_REVOKED_CERTIFICATE) {
@@ -298,18 +298,18 @@
 	cvout[1].value.pointer.chain = NULL;
 	cvout[2].type = cert_po_end;
 
-	int fin;
+	int fin = VERIFY_RET_FAIL;
 
 #ifdef NSS_IPSEC_PROFILE
 	SECStatus rv = CERT_PKIXVerifyCert(end_cert, certificateUsageIPsec,
 						cvin, cvout, NULL);
 	if (rv != SECSuccess || cur_log->count > 0) {
 		if (cur_log->count > 0 && cur_log->head != NULL) {
-			fin = nss_err_to_revfail(cur_log->head);
+			fin = nss_err_to_revfail("warning", cur_log->head);
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * An rv != SECSuccess without CERTVerifyLog
-			 * results should not * happen, but catch it anyway
+			 * results should not happen, but catch it anyway
 			 */
 			loglog(RC_LOG_SERIOUS, "X509: unspecified NSS verification failure");
 			fin = VERIFY_RET_FAIL;
@@ -319,7 +319,11 @@
 		*end_out = end_cert;
 		fin = VERIFY_RET_OK;
 	}
-#else
+#endif
+
+	if (fin != VERIFY_RET_OK)
+	{
+
 	/* kludge alert!!
 	 * verification may be performed twice: once with the
 	 * 'client' usage and once with 'server', which is an NSS
@@ -348,7 +352,8 @@
 					cvout[1].value.pointer.chain = NULL;
 					continue;
 				} else {
-					fin = nss_err_to_revfail(cur_log->head);
+					fin = nss_err_to_revfail("ERROR", cur_log->head);
+					loglog(RC_LOG_SERIOUS, "X509: verification failure using NSS TLS profile validation");
 				}
 			} else {
 				/*
@@ -365,7 +370,9 @@
 		}
 		break;
 	}
-#endif
+
+	}
+
 	pexpect(fin != 0);
 
 	CERT_DestroyCertList(trustcl);