diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4a978b0d..8ad23ee1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -256,6 +256,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-native-tls"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9343dc5acf07e79ff82d0c37899f079db3534d99f189a1837c8e549c99405bec"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-util",
+ "native-tls",
+ "thiserror",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-process"
 version = "1.8.1"
@@ -369,6 +381,7 @@ version = "0.25.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2cca750b12e02c389c1694d35c16539f88b8bbaa5945934fdc1b41a776688589"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-native-tls",
  "async-std",
  "async-tls",
  "futures-io",
@@ -727,7 +740,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "core-foundation",
  "core-graphics-types",
- "foreign-types",
+ "foreign-types 0.5.0",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -1139,6 +1152,15 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared 0.1.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -1146,7 +1168,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d737d9aa519fb7b749cbc3b962edcf310a8dd1f4b67c91c4f83975dbdd17d965"
 dependencies = [
  "foreign-types-macros",
- "foreign-types-shared",
+ "foreign-types-shared 0.3.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1160,6 +1182,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.60",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types-shared"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1750,6 +1778,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.28.0"
@@ -1867,6 +1913,50 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.64"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95a0481286a310808298130d22dd1fef0fa571e05a8f44ec801801e84b216b1f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types 0.3.2",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.60",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-probe"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.102"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c597637d56fbc83893a35eb0dd04b2b8e7a50c91e64e9493e398b5df4fb45fa2"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "os_pipe"
 version = "1.1.5"
@@ -2396,6 +2486,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "cipher",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "schannel"
+version = "0.1.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbc91545643bcf3a0bbb6569265615222618bdf33ce4ffbbd13c4bbd4c093534"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scoped-tls"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -2418,6 +2517,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "2.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "770452e37cad93e0a50d5abc3990d2bc351c36d0328f86cefec2f2fb206eaef6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework-sys"
+version = "2.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41f3cc463c0ef97e11c3461a9d3787412d30e8e7eb907c79180c4a57bf7c04ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.22"
@@ -2881,6 +3003,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "httparse",
  "log",
+ "native-tls",
  "rand",
  "sha1",
  "thiserror",
@@ -2973,6 +3096,12 @@ version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "74797339c3b98616c009c7c3eb53a0ce41e85c8ec66bd3db96ed132d20cfdee8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 727506e1..2bdc1b25 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ tar = { version = "0.4.33", optional = true }
 [target.'cfg(not(target_family = "wasm"))'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.101"
 async-std = { version = "1.12.0", features = ["attributes", "unstable"] }
-async-tungstenite = { version = "0.25", features = [
-    "async-std-runtime",
-    "async-tls",
-] }
+async-tungstenite = { version = "0.25", features = ["async-std-runtime"] }
 async-io = "2.2.0"
 
 # Transit
@@ -103,6 +100,11 @@ forwarding = ["transit", "rmp-serde"]
 default = ["transit", "transfer"]
 all = ["default", "forwarding"]
 
+# TLS implementations for websocket connections via async-tungstenite
+# required for optional wss connection to the mailbox server
+tls = ["async-tungstenite/async-tls"]
+native-tls = ["async-tungstenite/async-native-tls"]
+
 [profile.release]
 overflow-checks = true
 strip = "debuginfo"
diff --git a/src/core/test.rs b/src/core/test.rs
index 1647a27a..4a994690 100644
--- a/src/core/test.rs
+++ b/src/core/test.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ pub async fn test_file_rust2rust_deprecated() -> eyre::Result<()> {
             .name("sender".to_owned())
             .spawn(async {
                 let (welcome, wormhole_future) =
-                    Wormhole::connect_without_code(transfer::APP_CONFIG.id(TEST_APPID).clone(), 2).await?;
+                    Wormhole::connect_without_code(transfer::APP_CONFIG.id(TEST_APPID).clone(), 2)
+                        .await?;
                 if let Some(welcome) = &welcome.welcome {
                     log::info!("Got welcome: {}", welcome);
                 }
@@ -258,7 +259,8 @@ pub async fn test_file_rust2rust() -> eyre::Result<()> {
             .name("sender".to_owned())
             .spawn(async {
                 let mailbox_connection =
-                    MailboxConnection::create(transfer::APP_CONFIG.id(TEST_APPID).clone(), 2).await?;
+                    MailboxConnection::create(transfer::APP_CONFIG.id(TEST_APPID).clone(), 2)
+                        .await?;
                 if let Some(welcome) = &mailbox_connection.welcome {
                     log::info!("Got welcome: {}", welcome);
                 }