diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7dc2322f1d..f11c0e3dd8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2270,6 +2270,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu-table",
  "nu-term-grid",
  "nu-test-support",
+ "openssl",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "rayon",
@@ -2789,6 +2790,15 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-src"
+version = "111.18.0+1.1.1n"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7897a926e1e8d00219127dc020130eca4292e5ca666dd592480d72c3eca2ff6c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
 version = "0.9.72"
@@ -2798,6 +2808,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "openssl-src",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9a1f27093e..aaf5b076ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ nu-protocol = { path = "./crates/nu-protocol", version = "0.61.1"  }
 nu-system = { path = "./crates/nu-system", version = "0.61.1" }
 nu-table = { path = "./crates/nu-table", version = "0.61.1"  }
 nu-term-grid = { path = "./crates/nu-term-grid", version = "0.61.1"  }
+openssl = { version = "0.10.38", features = ["vendored"] } # Force subdependencies to statically link OpenSSL
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 rayon = "1.5.1"
 reedline = { git = "https://github.com/nushell/reedline", branch = "main", features = ["bashisms"]}