diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
index 4e224ce13..a3b93ed07 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ script: |
   export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1
   export FAKETIME=$REFERENCE_DATETIME
   export TZ=UTC
-  $HOME/qt/src/bin/qmake -spec unsupported/win32-g++-cross MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/miniupnpc MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/ BDB_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BDB_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BOOST_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0/stage/lib BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0 BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX=-mt-s BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX=_win32-mt-s OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.0e OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.0e/include INCLUDEPATH=$HOME/build DEFINES=BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB BITCOIN_NEED_QT_PLUGINS=1 QMAKE_LRELEASE=lrelease QMAKE_CXXFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin QMAKE_LFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin
+  $HOME/qt/src/bin/qmake -spec unsupported/win32-g++-cross USE_SSL=1 MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/miniupnpc MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/ BDB_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BDB_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BOOST_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0/stage/lib BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0 BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX=-mt-s BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX=_win32-mt-s OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.0e OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.0e/include INCLUDEPATH=$HOME/build DEFINES=BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB BITCOIN_NEED_QT_PLUGINS=1 QMAKE_LRELEASE=lrelease QMAKE_CXXFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin QMAKE_LFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin
   make $MAKEOPTS
   cp release/bitcoin-qt.exe $OUTDIR/
   #
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ script: |
   export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1
   export FAKETIME=$REFERENCE_DATETIME
   export TZ=UTC
-  make -f makefile.linux-mingw $MAKEOPTS DEPSDIR=$HOME/build bitcoind.exe USE_UPNP=0
+  make -f makefile.linux-mingw $MAKEOPTS DEPSDIR=$HOME/build bitcoind.exe USE_SSL=1 USE_UPNP=0
   i586-mingw32msvc-strip bitcoind.exe
   makensis ../share/setup.nsi
   cp ../share/bitcoin-*-win32-setup.exe $OUTDIR/
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
index 72e40cd5a..65005c61f 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ script: |
   cp $OUTDIR/src/COPYING $OUTDIR
   cd src
   sed 's/$(DEBUGFLAGS)//' -i makefile.unix
-  make -f makefile.unix STATIC=1 DEFS="-I$INSTDIR/include -L$INSTDIR/lib" $MAKEOPTS bitcoind USE_UPNP=0
+  make -f makefile.unix STATIC=1 DEFS="-I$INSTDIR/include -L$INSTDIR/lib" $MAKEOPTS bitcoind USE_UPNP=0 USE_SSL=1
   mkdir -p $OUTDIR/bin/$GBUILD_BITS
   install -s bitcoind $OUTDIR/bin/$GBUILD_BITS
   cd ..
-  qmake INCLUDEPATH="$INSTDIR/include" LIBS="-L$INSTDIR/lib" RELEASE=1
+  qmake INCLUDEPATH="$INSTDIR/include" LIBS="-L$INSTDIR/lib" RELEASE=1 USE_SSL=1
   make $MAKEOPTS
   install bitcoin-qt $OUTDIR/bin/$GBUILD_BITS