diff --git a/files/rpms/general b/files/rpms/general
index d6abae99df..5cb3e28c6b 100644
--- a/files/rpms/general
+++ b/files/rpms/general
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ gcc # dist:rhel6 [2]
 git-core
 openssh-server
 openssl
+openssl-devel # to rebuild pyOpenSSL if needed
 libxml2-devel # dist:rhel6 [2]
 libxslt-devel # dist:rhel6 [2]
 psmisc