diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cb108eda0..8215b7588 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1654,6 +1654,15 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77af24da69f9d9341038eba93a073b1fdaaa1b788221b00a69bce9e762cb32de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-src"
+version = "111.10.2+1.1.1g"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a287fdb22e32b5b60624d4a5a7a02dbe82777f730ec0dbc42a0554326fef5a70"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
 version = "0.9.58"
@@ -1663,6 +1672,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg 1.0.0",
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "openssl-src",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
@@ -2506,6 +2516,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dotenv",
  "futures 0.3.5",
  "glob",
+ "openssl",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
diff --git a/sqlx-cli/Cargo.toml b/sqlx-cli/Cargo.toml
index 1540d7f67..76ea2e8e8 100644
--- a/sqlx-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sqlx-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.53", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 serde = "1.0.110"
 glob = "0.3.0"
 cargo_metadata = "0.10.0"
+openssl = { version = "0.10.30", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 default = [ "postgres", "sqlite", "mysql" ]
@@ -48,3 +49,6 @@ default = [ "postgres", "sqlite", "mysql" ]
 mysql = [ "sqlx/mysql" ]
 postgres = [ "sqlx/postgres" ]
 sqlite = [ "sqlx/sqlite" ]
+
+# workaround for musl + openssl issues
+openssl-vendored = [ "openssl/vendored" ]