diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3d5fd59..d319cde 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -106,6 +111,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libgit2-sys 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "openssl-sys 0.9.47 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "url 1.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -243,6 +249,27 @@ name = "number_prefix"
 version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-src"
+version = "111.3.0+1.1.1c"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.47"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "openssl-src 111.3.0+1.1.1c (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "pkg-config 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "vcpkg 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pad"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -466,6 +493,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum aho-corasick 0.7.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e6f484ae0c99fec2e858eb6134949117399f222608d84cadb3f58c1f97c2364c"
 "checksum ansi_term 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "eaa72766c3585a1f812a3387a7e2c6cab780f899c2f43ff6ea06c8d071fcbb36"
 "checksum atty 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9a7d5b8723950951411ee34d271d99dddcc2035a16ab25310ea2c8cfd4369652"
+"checksum autocfg 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0e49efa51329a5fd37e7c79db4621af617cd4e3e5bc224939808d076077077bf"
 "checksum bitflags 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "228047a76f468627ca71776ecdebd732a3423081fcf5125585bcd7c49886ce12"
 "checksum byteorder 1.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a7c3dd8985a7111efc5c80b44e23ecdd8c007de8ade3b96595387e812b957cf5"
 "checksum cc 1.0.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5e5f3fee5eeb60324c2781f1e41286bdee933850fff9b3c672587fed5ec58c83"
@@ -492,6 +520,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum num-traits 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0b3a5d7cc97d6d30d8b9bc8fa19bf45349ffe46241e8816f50f62f6d6aaabee1"
 "checksum num_cpus 1.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1a23f0ed30a54abaa0c7e83b1d2d87ada7c3c23078d1d87815af3e3b6385fbba"
 "checksum number_prefix 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "17b02fc0ff9a9e4b35b3342880f48e896ebf69f2967921fe8646bf5b7125956a"
+"checksum openssl-src 111.3.0+1.1.1c (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "53ed5f31d294bdf5f7a4ba0a206c2754b0f60e9a63b7e3076babc5317873c797"
+"checksum openssl-sys 0.9.47 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "75bdd6dbbb4958d38e47a1d2348847ad1eb4dc205dc5d37473ae504391865acc"
 "checksum pad 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9c9b8de33465981073e32e1d75bb89ade49062bb853e7c97ec2c13439095563a"
 "checksum percent-encoding 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "31010dd2e1ac33d5b46a5b413495239882813e0369f8ed8a5e266f173602f831"
 "checksum pkg-config 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "676e8eb2b1b4c9043511a9b7bea0915320d7e502b0a079fb03f9635a5252b18c"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4d746e7..6b37ff5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ datetime = "0.4.7"
 [features]
 default = [ "git" ]
 git = [ "git2" ]
+vendored-openssl = ["git2/vendored-openssl"]
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d63365..47aed38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ Once you have it set up, a simple `make install` will compile exa and install it
 exa depends on [libgit2](https://github.com/alexcrichton/git2-rs) for certain features.
 If you’re unable to compile libgit2, you can opt out of Git support by running `cargo build --release --no-default-features`.
 
+If you intend to compile for musl you will need to use the flag vendored-openssl if you want to get the Git feature working: `cargo build --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl --features vendored-openssl,git`
+
 ### Cargo Install
 
 If you’re using a recent version of Cargo (0.5.0 or higher), you can use the `cargo install` command: