diff --git a/ports/libgit2/portfile.cmake b/ports/libgit2/portfile.cmake
index 626f6385ca..66e488c4e4 100644
--- a/ports/libgit2/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libgit2/portfile.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ function(set_tls_backend VALUE)
     set(USE_HTTPS ${VALUE} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
+if("openssl" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    list(APPEND GIT_OPTIONS "-DGIT_OPENSSL=1")  
+endif()
+
 foreach(GIT2_FEATURE ${FEATURES})
     if(GIT2_FEATURE STREQUAL "pcre")
         set_regex_backend("pcre")
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
         -DREGEX_BACKEND=${REGEX_BACKEND}
         -DSTATIC_CRT=${STATIC_CRT}
         ${GIT2_FEATURES}
+        ${GIT_OPTIONS}
 )
 
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
diff --git a/ports/libgit2/vcpkg.json b/ports/libgit2/vcpkg.json
index 4bd677a567..ddb3487815 100644
--- a/ports/libgit2/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/libgit2/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "libgit2",
   "version-semver": "1.4.2",
-  "port-version": 2,
+  "port-version": 3,
   "description": "Git linkable library",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2",
   "supports": "!uwp",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 76307dadb9..020b12662f 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -4034,7 +4034,7 @@
     },
     "libgit2": {
       "baseline": "1.4.2",
-      "port-version": 2
+      "port-version": 3
     },
     "libgme": {
       "baseline": "0.6.3",
diff --git a/versions/l-/libgit2.json b/versions/l-/libgit2.json
index 89d46278aa..fa214bea8c 100644
--- a/versions/l-/libgit2.json
+++ b/versions/l-/libgit2.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "7c2173f86743e6e3c6759d5c781f236c08adbec4",
+      "version-semver": "1.4.2",
+      "port-version": 3
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "d5c636f8eb77d7d68c2a4b41fcd7d68759fb9ad0",
       "version-semver": "1.4.2",