diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 106f81c..84413d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
             os: ubuntu-latest
-          # - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-          #   os: ubuntu-latest
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+            os: ubuntu-latest
           - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
             os: macos-latest
           - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
@@ -56,20 +56,20 @@ jobs:
           pnpm install
           pnpm run build
 
-      # - name: Install musl-tools (Linux musl only)
-      #   if: matrix.target == 'x86_64-unknown-linux-musl'
-      #   run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y musl-tools
-        
+      - name: Install musl-tools (Linux musl only)
+        if: matrix.target == 'x86_64-unknown-linux-musl'
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y musl-tools
+
       - name: Build aarch64 Rust backend
         if: matrix.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'
         run: |
           cargo install cross --force
-          cross build --release --target=${{ matrix.target }}
+          cross build --release --features vendored-openssl --target=${{ matrix.target }}
 
       - name: Build Rust backend
         if: matrix.target != 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'
         run: |
-          cargo build --release --target=${{ matrix.target }}  
+          cargo build --release --features vendored-openssl --target=${{ matrix.target }}  
 
       - name: Strip binary (Linux and macOS)
         if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest' && matrix.target != 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b739c7a..b67028a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "native_model",
  "num_cpus",
  "oauth2",
+ "openssl-sys",
  "poem",
  "poem-derive",
  "poem-openapi",
@@ -2684,6 +2685,15 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d05e27ee213611ffe7d6348b942e8f942b37114c00cc03cec254295a4a17852e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-src"
+version = "300.5.4+3.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a507b3792995dae9b0df8a1c1e3771e8418b7c2d9f0baeba32e6fe8b06c7cb72"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
 version = "0.9.111"
@@ -2692,6 +2702,7 @@ checksum = "82cab2d520aa75e3c58898289429321eb788c3106963d0dc886ec7a5f4adc321"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "openssl-src",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c225abf..82f3a9a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = []
-#vendored-openssl = ["openssl-sys"]
+vendored-openssl = ["openssl-sys"]
 
 [profile.release]
 strip = true
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ autoconfig = "0.4.0"
 urlencoding = "2.1.3"
 dashmap = "6.1.0"
 # Statically links OpenSSL by compiling from source, avoiding system library dependencies
-#openssl-sys = { version = "0.9.111", optional = true, features = ["vendored"] }
+openssl-sys = { version = "0.9.111", optional = true, features = ["vendored"] }
 gethostname = "1.1.0"
 tantivy = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["quickwit", "zstd-compression"] }
 itoa = "1.0.15"