diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 59f837e6..fb425cca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "blend-db",
  "blend-web",
  "clap",
+ "openssl",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -1527,6 +1528,15 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-src"
+version = "300.2.3+3.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5cff92b6f71555b61bb9315f7c64da3ca43d87531622120fea0195fc761b4843"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
 version = "0.9.102"
@@ -1535,6 +1545,7 @@ checksum = "c597637d56fbc83893a35eb0dd04b2b8e7a50c91e64e9493e398b5df4fb45fa2"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "openssl-src",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 41615a64..af15d642 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ blend-context = { path = "./crates/blend-context" }
 blend-db = { path = "./crates/blend-db" }
 blend-web = { path = "./crates/blend-web" }
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
+openssl = { version = "0", features = ["vendored"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
@@ -40,17 +41,11 @@ opt-level = 1
 opt-level = 3
 
 [package.metadata.cross.target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
-env.passthrough = ["DATABASE_URL", "RUSTFLAGS"]
-pre-build = [
-  "dpkg --add-architecture $CROSS_DEB_ARCH",
-  "apt-get update",
-  "apt-get install --assume-yes libssl-dev:$CROSS_DEB_ARCH",
-]
+env.passthrough = ["DATABASE_URL"]
 
 [package.metadata.cross.target.aarch64-unknown-linux-musl]
-env.passthrough = ["DATABASE_URL", "RUSTFLAGS", "TARGET_CC=gcc"]
+env.passthrough = ["DATABASE_URL"]
 image = "messense/rust-musl-cross:aarch64-musl"
-pre-build = ["apt-get update", "apt-get install --assume-yes libssl-dev"]
 
 [profile.release]
 strip = true