From add83c23241adb0db19e2c5c1b5d154dd6ccbe06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Fisher-Fleig <brycefisher@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 14:07:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify Requirements for using this crate

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 README.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e8af9e..c49fe72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ Built on top of [hyper](http://hyper.rs), with a batteries-included mindset.
 
 - [Documentation](https://docs.rs/reqwest)
 
+## Requirements
+
+On Linux:
+
+- OpenSSL 1.1 (see https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl)
+
+On Windows and macOS:
+
+- Nothing.
+
+Reqwest uses [rust-native-tls](https://github.com/sfackler/rust-native-tls), which will use the operating system TLS framework if available, meaning Windows and macOS. On Linux, it will use OpenSSL 1.1.
+
 ## License
 
 Licensed under either of