diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 36747a1..63f24a6 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 defmodule ExIrc.Mixfile do
   use Mix.Project
 
   def project do
     [app: :exirc,
       version: "1.0.1",
       elixir: "~> 1.0",
       description: "An IRC client library for Elixir.",
       package: package(),
       test_coverage: [tool: ExCoveralls],
       preferred_cli_env: ["coveralls": :test, "coveralls.detail": :test, "coveralls.html": :test, "coveralls.post": :test],
       deps: deps()]
   end
 
   # Configuration for the OTP application
   def application do
-    [mod: {ExIrc.App, []}]
+    [mod: {ExIrc.App, []},
+     applications: [:ssl, :crypto, :inets]]
   end
 
   defp package do
     [ files: ["lib", "mix.exs", "README.md", "LICENSE"],
       maintainers: ["Paul Schoenfelder"],
       licenses: ["MIT"],
       links: %{ "GitHub" => "https://github.com/bitwalker/exirc",
                 "Home Page" => "http://bitwalker.org/exirc"} ]
   end
 
   defp deps do
     [
       {:ex_doc, "~> 0.14", only: :dev},
       {:excoveralls, "~> 0.5", only: :test},
     ]
   end
 
 end