diff --git a/packages/postgres-13/packaging b/packages/postgres-13/packaging
index f3710189c8c..a26a87d69d8 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-13/packaging
+++ b/packages/postgres-13/packaging
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e -x
 tar xzf postgres/postgresql-13.*.tar.gz
 
 pushd postgresql-*
-  ./configure --prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}
+  ./configure --with-openssl --prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}
 
   pushd src/bin/pg_config
     make
diff --git a/packages/postgres-15/packaging b/packages/postgres-15/packaging
index 44b878bbe11..0bb78003226 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-15/packaging
+++ b/packages/postgres-15/packaging
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e -x
 tar xzf postgres/postgresql-15.*.tar.gz
 
 pushd postgresql-*
-  ./configure --prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}
+  ./configure --with-openssl --prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}
 
   pushd src/bin/pg_config
     make