Index: chronochat_0.5.0~rc0/wscript
===================================================================
--- chronochat_0.5.0~rc0.orig/wscript	2014-09-04 15:48:47.727801874 -0700
+++ chronochat_0.5.0~rc0/wscript	2014-09-04 15:48:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     opt.load(['compiler_c', 'compiler_cxx', 'qt4', 'gnu_dirs'])
 
-    opt.load(['default-compiler-flags', 'boost', 'protoc',
+    opt.load(['default-compiler-flags', 'boost', 'protoc', 'openssl',
               'doxygen', 'sphinx_build'],
               tooldir=['waf-tools'])
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 def configure(conf):
     conf.load(['compiler_c', 'compiler_cxx', 'qt4',
-               'default-compiler-flags', 'boost', 'protoc', 'gnu_dirs',
+               'default-compiler-flags', 'boost', 'protoc', 'gnu_dirs', 'openssl',
                'doxygen', 'sphinx_build'])
 
     conf.check_cfg(package='libndn-cxx', args=['--cflags', '--libs'],
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
     conf.check_cfg (package='ChronoSync', args=['ChronoSync >= 0.1', '--cflags', '--libs'],
                     uselib_store='SYNC', mandatory=True)
 
+    conf.check_openssl()
+
     boost_libs = 'system random thread filesystem'
     if conf.options.with_tests:
         conf.env['WITH_TESTS'] = 1
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@
         defines = "WAF=1",
         source = bld.path.ant_glob(['src/*.cpp', 'src/*.ui', '*.qrc', 'logging.cc', 'src/*.proto']),
         includes = "src .",
-        use = "QTCORE QTGUI QTWIDGETS QTSQL NDN_CXX BOOST LOG4CXX SYNC",
+        use = "QTCORE QTGUI QTWIDGETS QTSQL NDN_CXX BOOST LOG4CXX SYNC OPENSSL",
         )
 
     # Unit tests
Index: chronochat_0.5.0~rc0/waf-tools/openssl.py
===================================================================
--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ chronochat_0.5.0~rc0/waf-tools/openssl.py	2014-09-04 15:50:42.876551986 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+'''
+
+When using this tool, the wscript will look like:
+
+    def options(opt):
+        opt.tool_options('openssl')
+
+    def configure(conf):
+        conf.load('compiler_cxx openssl')
+        conf.check_openssl()
+
+    def build(bld):
+        bld(source='main.cpp', target='app', use='OPENSSL')
+
+'''
+
+from waflib import Options
+from waflib.Configure import conf
+
+@conf
+def check_openssl(self,*k,**kw):
+    root = k and k[0] or kw.get('path', None) or Options.options.with_openssl
+    mandatory = kw.get('mandatory', True)
+    var = kw.get('uselib_store', 'OPENSSL')
+
+    if root:
+        libcrypto = self.check_cxx(lib=['ssl', 'crypto'],
+                       msg='Checking for OpenSSL library',
+                       define_name='HAVE_%s' % var,
+                       uselib_store=var,
+                       mandatory=mandatory,
+                       includes="%s/include" % root,
+                       libpath="%s/lib" % root)
+    else:
+        libcrypto = self.check_cxx(lib=['ssl', 'crypto'],
+                       msg='Checking for OpenSSL library',
+                       define_name='HAVE_%s' % var,
+                       uselib_store=var,
+                       mandatory=mandatory)
+
+def options(opt):
+    opt.add_option('--with-openssl', type='string', default=None,
+                   dest='with_openssl', help='''Path to OpenSSL''')