diff --git a/internal/rosa/python.go b/internal/rosa/python.go
index 81cf9b4..1dac9d2 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/python.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/python.go
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ func (t Toolchain) newPython() pkg.Artifact {
 				"ld-musl-" + linuxArch() + ".so.1",
 		},
 
+		Configure: [][2]string{
+			{"with-openssl", "/system"},
+		},
+
 		ScriptEarly: `
 export HOME="$(mktemp -d)"
 `,
@@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ export HOME="$(mktemp -d)"
 	},
 		t.Load(Zlib),
 		t.Load(Libffi),
+		t.Load(OpenSSL),
 	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Python] = Toolchain.newPython }