diff --git a/ci/vcpkg.json b/ci/vcpkg.json
index 0919a80f..1e0196c6 100644
--- a/ci/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ci/vcpkg.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         {
             "name": "gdal",
             "default-features": false,
-            "features": ["recommended-features", "curl", "geos", "iconv"]
+            "features": ["recommended-features", "curl", "geos", "iconv", "openssl"]
         }
     ],
     "builtin-baseline": "0857a4b08c14030bbe41e80accb2b1fddb047a74"