diff --git a/modules/beatific.nix b/modules/beatific.nix
index 9f7b6eb..0bf5df3 100644
--- a/modules/beatific.nix
+++ b/modules/beatific.nix
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ in {
         jq            # jq for json
         moreutils     # provides sponge, to pipe output back to input files safely
         nebula        # vpn
+        openssl       # cryptography swiss army knife; mostly for cert tools
         poppler_utils # provides pdfto* utils, allows lesspipe to read pdfs
         psmisc        # provides killall
         python3       # second-best language for everything