diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/babashka.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/babashka.nix
index 1b6edcd1dd4b..145391229ed9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/babashka.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/babashka.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
           "--no-server"
           "--report-unsupported-elements-at-runtime"
           "--initialize-at-run-time=org.postgresql.sspi.SSPIClient"
+          "--initialize-at-run-time=org.httpkit.client.ClientSslEngineFactory\$SSLHolder"
           "--native-image-info"
           "--verbose"
           "-H:ServiceLoaderFeatureExcludeServices=javax.sound.sampled.spi.AudioFileReader"