diff --git a/files/apts/general b/files/apts/general
index d65cab34d3..739fc4776f 100644
--- a/files/apts/general
+++ b/files/apts/general
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ python2.7
 bc
 libyaml-dev
 libffi-dev
+libssl-dev # for pyOpenSSL