diff --git a/hqtoxbot.nimble b/hqtoxbot.nimble
index 3c2a538..04ad90f 100644
--- a/hqtoxbot.nimble
+++ b/hqtoxbot.nimble
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ bin           = @["hqtoxbot"]
 # Dependencies
 
 requires "nim >= 1.0.0", "toxcore >= 0.2.0"
+
+import distros
+if detectOs(NixOS):
+  foreignDep "openssl"
diff --git a/src/hqtoxbot.nim b/src/hqtoxbot.nim
index bfc500e..856059e 100644
--- a/src/hqtoxbot.nim
+++ b/src/hqtoxbot.nim
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import toxcore
 
 import std/asyncdispatch, std/base64, std/json, std/httpclient, std/os, std/strutils
 
+{.passL: "-lcrypto".}
+
 const
   readmeText = readFile "README.md"
   spaceApiUrl = "http://spaceapi.hq.c3d2.de:3000/spaceapi.json"
diff --git a/src/nim.cfg b/src/nim.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..521e21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nim.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-d:ssl