diff --git a/src/spectator/includes.cr b/src/spectator/includes.cr
index bc97463..9861c89 100644
--- a/src/spectator/includes.cr
+++ b/src/spectator/includes.cr
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 # Including all files with a wildcard would accidentally enable should-syntax.
 # Unfortunately, that leads to the existence of this file to include everything but that file.
 
+# FIXME: Temporary (hopefully) require statement to workaround Crystal issue #7060.
+# https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/issues/7060
+# The primary issue seems to be around OpenSSL.
+# By explicitly including it before Spectator functionality, we workaround the issue.
+require "openssl"
+
 # First the sub-modules.
 require "./internals"
 require "./dsl"