diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index c0c860f3..83d6620b 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
 # see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
 
+libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
+openssl-devel [platform:rpm]
 python-dev [platform:dpkg]
 python3-all [platform:dpkg !platform:ubuntu-precise]
 python3-all-dev [platform:dpkg !platform:ubuntu-precise]