diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c8c79d873..cefc49705 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -81,8 +81,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "http",
  "log",
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio-rustls",
  "trust-dns-proto",
  "trust-dns-resolver",
+ "webpki",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-rt",
  "actix-service",
  "actix-threadpool",
+ "actix-tls",
  "actix-utils",
  "base64 0.12.3",
  "bitflags 1.2.1",
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sha-1 0.9.1",
  "slab",
- "time 0.2.19",
+ "time 0.2.20",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -260,6 +264,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-service",
  "actix-utils",
  "futures-util",
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "webpki",
+ "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -312,11 +320,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "pin-project",
  "regex",
+ "rustls",
  "serde 1.0.116",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "socket2",
- "time 0.2.19",
+ "time 0.2.20",
  "tinyvec",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -483,6 +492,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rustls",
  "serde 1.0.116",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
@@ -769,9 +779,9 @@ checksum = "7b02b629252fe8ef6460461409564e2c21d0c8e77e0944f3d189ff06c4e932ad"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.59"
+version = "1.0.60"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "66120af515773fb005778dc07c261bd201ec8ce50bd6e7144c927753fe013381"
+checksum = "ef611cc68ff783f18535d77ddd080185275713d852c4f5cbb6122c462a7a825c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -874,7 +884,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1373a16a4937bc34efec7b391f9c1500c30b8478a701a4f44c9165cc0475a6e0"
 dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
- "time 0.2.19",
+ "time 0.2.20",
  "version_check 0.9.2",
 ]
 
@@ -1117,9 +1127,9 @@ checksum = "134951f4028bdadb9b84baf4232681efbf277da25144b9b0ad65df75946c422b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd56b59865bce947ac5958779cfa508f6c3b9497cc762b7e24a12d11ccde2c4f"
+checksum = "e78d4f1cc4ae33bbfc157ed5d5a5ef3bc29227303d595861deb238fcec4e9457"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "email"
@@ -1594,6 +1604,12 @@ version = "1.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cd179ae861f0c2e53da70d892f5f3029f9594be0c41dc5269cd371691b1dc2f9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "httpdate"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "494b4d60369511e7dea41cf646832512a94e542f68bb9c49e54518e0f468eb47"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "humantime"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -1605,9 +1621,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
-version = "0.13.7"
+version = "0.13.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e68a8dd9716185d9e64ea473ea6ef63529252e3e27623295a0378a19665d5eb"
+checksum = "2f3afcfae8af5ad0576a31e768415edb627824129e8e5a29b8bfccb2f234e835"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
@@ -1617,10 +1633,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project",
  "socket2",
- "time 0.1.44",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -2723,9 +2739,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon-core"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91739a34c4355b5434ce54c9086c5895604a9c278586d1f1aa95e04f66b525a0"
+checksum = "e8c4fec834fb6e6d2dd5eece3c7b432a52f0ba887cf40e595190c4107edc08bf"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "crossbeam-deque",
@@ -2871,6 +2887,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.18.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d1126dcf58e93cee7d098dbda643b5f92ed724f1f6a63007c1116eed6700c81"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.12.3",
+ "log",
+ "ring",
+ "sct",
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -2914,6 +2943,16 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sct"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3042af939fca8c3453b7af0f1c66e533a15a86169e39de2657310ade8f98d3c"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -3313,9 +3352,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
-version = "0.2.19"
+version = "0.2.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "80c1a1fd93112fc50b11c43a1def21f926be3c18884fad676ea879572da070a1"
+checksum = "0d4953c513c9bf1b97e9cdd83f11d60c4b0a83462880a360d80d96953a953fee"
 dependencies = [
  "const_fn",
  "libc",
@@ -3376,6 +3415,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.14.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e12831b255bcfa39dc0436b01e19fea231a37db570686c06ee72c423479f889a"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio",
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-tls"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -3751,6 +3802,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki"
+version = "0.21.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab146130f5f790d45f82aeeb09e55a256573373ec64409fc19a6fb82fb1032ae"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f20dea7535251981a9670857150d571846545088359b28e4951d350bdaf179f"
+dependencies = [
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "widestring"
 version = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f04866847..2545e268e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = ["preserve_order"]}
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 actix = "0.10"
-actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false, features = ["rustls"] }
 actix-files = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 actix-web-actors = { version = "3.0", default-features = false }
 actix-rt = { version = "1.1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/lemmy_rate_limit/Cargo.toml b/lemmy_rate_limit/Cargo.toml
index c3b1067a6..a58ffe187 100644
--- a/lemmy_rate_limit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lemmy_rate_limit/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ tokio = "0.2"
 strum = "0.19"
 strum_macros = "0.19"
 futures = "0.3.5"
-actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false, features = ["rustls"] }
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml b/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml
index 7cb227dc4..9ff9d7d34 100644
--- a/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ comrak = "0.8"
 lazy_static = "1.3"
 openssl = "0.10"
 url = { version = "2.1", features = ["serde"] }
-actix-web = {version = "3.0", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false, features = ["rustls"] }
 anyhow = "1.0"