diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e2197605..52fca5e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ default = ["protobuf"]
 gen = ["protobuf-codegen-pure"]
 nightly = ["libc"]
 process = ["libc", "procfs"]
-push = ["reqwest", "libc", "protobuf"]
+push = ["push-reqwest-ssl", "push-deps"]
+push-no-tls = ["push-deps"]
+push-reqwest-ssl = ["reqwest?/default-tls"]
+push-deps = ["reqwest", "libc", "protobuf"]
 
 [dependencies]
 cfg-if = "^1.0"
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ libc = { version = "^0.2", optional = true }
 parking_lot = "^0.12"
 protobuf = { version = "^2.0", optional = true }
 memchr = "^2.3"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.11", features = ["blocking"], optional = true }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.11", default-features = false, features = ["blocking"], optional = true }
 thiserror = "^1.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47b862ba..777e2bf1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ This crate provides several optional components which can be enabled via [Cargo
 
 - `push`: Enable [push metrics](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/pushing/) support.
 
+- `push-no-tls`: An alternative to `push`, which will not link in TLS libraries, disabling HTTPS support but resulting in a leaner build.
+   By default, the Pushgateway uses HTTP and not HTTPS.
+
 ### Static Metric
 
 When using a `MetricVec` with label values known at compile time
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 55cbea35..3dc6b4b1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ mod gauge;
 mod histogram;
 mod metrics;
 mod pulling_gauge;
-#[cfg(feature = "push")]
+#[cfg(feature = "push-deps")]
 mod push;
 mod registry;
 mod value;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ 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(feature = "push-deps")]
 pub use self::push::{
     hostname_grouping_key, push_add_collector, push_add_metrics, push_collector, push_metrics,
     BasicAuthentication,