diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/release_linux.yml
index c4926a6c4..91f8e385d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_linux.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ jobs:
             libboost-program-options-dev \
             libboost-regex-dev \
             libboost-url-dev \
-            libboost-context-dev
+            libboost-context-dev \
+            libssl-dev
 
       - name: Configure CMake
         run: cmake -LA --preset ${{ env.PRESET }}
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 582e5327f..06448e235 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ mapnik_option(USE_PLUGIN_INPUT_RASTER "adds plugin input raster" ON)
 mapnik_option(USE_PLUGIN_INPUT_SHAPE "adds plugin input shape" ON)
 mapnik_option(USE_PLUGIN_INPUT_SQLITE "adds plugin input sqlite" ON)
 mapnik_option(USE_PLUGIN_INPUT_TILES "adds plugin input tiles" ON)
+mapnik_option(USE_PLUGIN_INPUT_TILES_SSL "adds SSL support in plugin input tiles" ON)
 mapnik_option(USE_PLUGIN_INPUT_TOPOJSON "adds plugin input topojson" ON)
 
 mapnik_option(BUILD_DEMO_VIEWER "builds the demo viewer" ON)
diff --git a/plugins/input/tiles/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/input/tiles/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c2625043..375cb751a 100644
--- a/plugins/input/tiles/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/input/tiles/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ endif()
 add_plugin_target(input-tiles "tiles")
 add_compile_definitions(MAPNIK_VECTOR_TILE_LIBRARY=1)
 
+if(USE_PLUGIN_INPUT_TILES_SSL)
+    mapnik_pkg_check_modules(OpenSSL REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET openssl)
+    add_compile_definitions(MAPNIK_HAS_OPENSSL)
+endif()
+
 target_sources(input-tiles ${_plugin_visibility}
     tiles_datasource.cpp
     vector_tiles_featureset.cpp
@@ -29,6 +34,10 @@ target_link_libraries(input-tiles ${_plugin_visibility}
     Boost::context
 )
 
+if(USE_PLUGIN_INPUT_TILES_SSL)
+    target_link_libraries(input-tiles ${_plugin_visibility} PkgConfig::OpenSSL)
+endif()
+
 if(WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(input-tiles ${_plugin_visibility} Boost::json)
 endif()
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 4c8dd9b8d..ae9b0fd00 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     "mapbox-geometry",
     "mapbox-polylabel",
     "mapbox-variant",
+    "openssl",
     "proj",
     "protozero",
     {