diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7519337f..8cd1261c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ default = ["protobuf"]
 gen = ["protobuf-codegen"]
 nightly = ["libc"]
 process = ["libc", "procfs"]
-push = ["reqwest", "libc", "protobuf"]
+push = ["dep:reqwest", "libc", "protobuf", "reqwest/default-tls"]
+push-rustls = ["dep:reqwest", "libc", "protobuf", "reqwest/rustls-tls"]
 
 [dependencies]
 cfg-if = "^1.0"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ libc = { version = "^0.2", optional = true }
 parking_lot = "^0.12"
 protobuf = { version = "^3.7.2", optional = true }
 memchr = "^2.3"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["blocking"], optional = true }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["blocking", "charset", "http2", "system-proxy"], default-features = false, optional = true }
 thiserror = "^2.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 11289e26..4531f8da 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ mod histogram;
 mod metrics;
 mod nohash;
 mod pulling_gauge;
-#[cfg(feature = "push")]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "push", feature = "push-rustls"))]
 mod push;
 mod registry;
 mod value;
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ pub use self::histogram::{exponential_buckets, linear_buckets};
 pub use self::histogram::{Histogram, HistogramOpts, HistogramTimer, HistogramVec};
 pub use self::metrics::Opts;
 pub use self::pulling_gauge::PullingGauge;
-#[cfg(feature = "push")]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "push", feature = "push-rustls"))]
 pub use self::push::{
     hostname_grouping_key, push_add_collector, push_add_metrics, push_collector, push_metrics,
     BasicAuthentication,