diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_linux.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_linux.yaml
index f6672104..bac9749f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_linux.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_linux.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ jobs:
           if [ {{ matrix.openssl }} == "true" ]; then
             sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev
           fi
+      - name: Insall apt packages
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y wget perl build-essential cmake libibverbs libssl-dev
+      - name: Install openssl # TODO: upgrade to latest
+        run: |
+          sudo wget -q https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1b.tar.gz
+          sudo tar -xzf openssl-1.1.1b.tar.gz
+          cd openssl-1.1.1b
+          sudo ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/opt/openssl/ssl
+          sudo make -j 2
+          sudo make install
       - name: Install libuv
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install -y wget pkg-config