diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
index 0811b18ce66d..1247ce354597 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ let
         (with pkgs; [
           # ld-linux-x86-64-linux.so.2 and others
           glibc
+          # required by at least https://github.com/zed-industries/package-version-server
+          openssl
         ])
         ++ additionalPkgs pkgs;