diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index 8b49035e..1637bae5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ jobs:
           args: --release --out dist --find-interpreter --manifest-path ./python-sdk/Cargo.toml
           sccache: 'true'
           manylinux: auto
+          before-script-linux: |
+            dnf install perl-core perl-IPC-Cmd
       - name: Upload wheels
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/python-sdk/Cargo.toml b/python-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 53f89df3..4eb02540 100644
--- a/python-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/python-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ pyo3 = { version = "0.22.0" }
 pyo3-log = "0.11.0"
 serde-pyobject = "0.4.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.125"
+
+# We don't use reqwest directly, so the following overrides it to
+# enable feature flag. native-tls-vendored is required to vendor
+# OpenSSL on linux builds, so we don't depend on shared libraries.
+#
+# See: https://github.com/PyO3/maturin-action/discussions/78
+reqwest = { version = "*", features = ["native-tls-vendored"] }