diff --git a/bootstrap-salt.sh b/bootstrap-salt.sh
index e18f72a74..c7b11497f 100755
--- a/bootstrap-salt.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-salt.sh
@@ -5444,7 +5444,7 @@ install_alpine_linux_git_deps() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2119
     __git_clone_and_checkout || return 1
 
-    apk -U add python3 python3-dev py3-pip py3-setuptools g++ linux-headers zeromq-dev openrc || return 1
+    apk -U add python3 python3-dev py3-pip py3-setuptools g++ linux-headers zeromq-dev openrc openssl-dev || return 1
     _PY_EXE=python3
     return 0
 }