diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9083390aa6..b570b02168 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4321,7 +4321,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log 0.4.14",
  "multiaddr",
  "nom 5.1.2",
- "openssl",
+ "openssl-sys",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-jaeger",
  "pin-project 1.0.8",
diff --git a/base_layer/wallet_ffi/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/wallet_ffi/Cargo.toml
index 2f03571cc9..9aacea1702 100644
--- a/base_layer/wallet_ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/wallet_ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ version = "0.18.6"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-tari_comms = { version = "^0.10", path = "../../comms", default-features = false}
+tari_comms = { version = "^0.10", path = "../../comms", features = ["c_integration"]}
 tari_comms_dht = { version = "^0.10", path = "../../comms/dht", default-features = false }
 tari_common_types = {path="../common_types"}
 tari_crypto = "0.11.1"
diff --git a/comms/Cargo.toml b/comms/Cargo.toml
index 23bede337d..6773d65775 100644
--- a/comms/Cargo.toml
+++ b/comms/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ lmdb-zero = "0.4.4"
 log = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["std"] }
 multiaddr = { version = "0.13.0" }
 nom = { version = "5.1.0", features = ["std"], default-features = false }
-openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
+openssl-sys = { version = "0.9.66", features = ["vendored"], optional = true }
 pin-project = "1.0.8"
 prost = "=0.8.0"
 rand = "0.8"
@@ -65,5 +65,6 @@ tempfile = "3.1.0"
 tari_common = { version = "^0.10", path = "../common", features = ["build"] }
 
 [features]
+c_integration = []
 avx2 = ["tari_crypto/avx2"]
 rpc = ["tower-make"]