diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/centos/recipes/bootstrap.rb b/chef/cookbooks/centos/recipes/bootstrap.rb
index b3bc9a522..23f5eb2f2 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/centos/recipes/bootstrap.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/centos/recipes/bootstrap.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ end
 execute "eventmachine deps" do
   command "yum install -y gcc-c++"
 end
+execute "ssl lib" do
+  command "yum install -y openssl-devel"
+end
 
 def harden_ruby(ruby_string)
   Dir.glob("/usr/local/rvm/wrappers/#{ruby_string}/*").each do |file|
@@ -22,4 +25,4 @@ def harden_ruby(ruby_string)
 
 end
 
-harden_ruby("ruby-1.8.7-p302")
\ No newline at end of file
+harden_ruby("ruby-1.8.7-p302")