diff --git a/nimble.nimble b/nimble.nimble
index 21473ab..7617ee7 100644
--- a/nimble.nimble
+++ b/nimble.nimble
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ospaths
+import ospaths, distros
 template thisModuleFile: string = instantiationInfo(fullPaths = true).filename
 
 when fileExists(thisModuleFile.parentDir / "src/nimblepkg/common.nim"):
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ srcDir = "src"
 
 requires "nim >= 0.13.0", "compiler#head"
 
+if detectOs(Ubuntu):
+  foreignDep "libssl-dev"
+elif detectOs(MacOSX):
+  foreignDep "openssl"
+
 task test, "Run the Nimble tester!":
   withDir "tests":
     exec "nim c -r tester"