diff --git a/http-client-streams.cabal b/http-client-streams.cabal
--- a/http-client-streams.cabal
+++ b/http-client-streams.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 name:                http-client-streams
-version:             0.2.0.1
+version:             0.3.0.0
 synopsis:            http-client for io-streams supporting openssl
-description:         Thin io-streams wrapper for http-client w/ openssl support
 license:             BSD3
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              David Johnson
@@ -10,18 +9,34 @@
 category:            Web, IO-Streams
 build-type:          Simple
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
+description:
+  .
+  Thin io-streams wrapper for http-client w/ openssl support.
+  To use the tls package (instead of openssl) compile with the TLS flag
+  .
+  @ cabal configure -ftls @
+  .
+  
 
+Flag tls
+  Description: Enable usage of the Native Haskell TLS implementation as opposed to OpenSSL
+  Default: False
+
 library
   exposed-modules:     System.IO.Streams.HTTP
   hs-source-dirs:      src
-  build-depends:       HsOpenSSL >= 0.11
-                     , base >=4.7 && <4.8
-                     , bytestring
-                     , http-client
-                     , http-client-openssl
-                     , io-streams
-                     , mtl
-                     , transformers >= 0.4.2.0
+  build-depends:       base                >= 4.7  && < 4.8
+                     , bytestring          >= 0.10 && < 0.11
+                     , http-client         >= 0.4  && < 0.5
+                     , io-streams          >= 1.2  && < 1.3
+                     , mtl                 >= 2.2  && < 2.3
+                     , transformers        >= 0.4  && < 0.5
+  if flag(tls)
+   cpp-options:   -DFLAG
+   build-depends: http-client-tls >= 0.2 && < 0.3
+  else
+   build-depends: http-client-openssl >= 0.2  && < 0.3
+                , HsOpenSSL           >= 0.11 && < 0.12
   default-language:    Haskell2010
 
 source-repository head
diff --git a/src/System/IO/Streams/HTTP.hs b/src/System/IO/Streams/HTTP.hs
--- a/src/System/IO/Streams/HTTP.hs
+++ b/src/System/IO/Streams/HTTP.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 -- | Here is an example GET request that streams the response body to standard
---   output:
+--   output with OpenSSL:
 --
 -- > {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 -- > module Main where
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 -- >                                         )
 -- >  
 -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- > -- | OpenSSL test
+-- > -- | GET test (openssl)
 -- > main :: IO ()
 -- > main = withOpenSSL $ do
 -- >   let settings = opensslManagerSettings context
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@
 -- >     withHTTP req mgr $ \resp ->
 -- >       Streams.supplyTo Streams.stdout (responseBody resp)
 -- >
+-- >
 -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- > -- | POST test
+-- > -- | POST test (tls)
 -- > post :: IO ()
 -- > post = withOpenSSL $ do
 -- >   let settings = opensslManagerSettings context
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@
 -- >     withHTTP req mgr $ \resp ->
 -- >       Streams.supplyTo Streams.stdout (responseBody resp)
 
+
 --
 -- For non-streaming request bodies, study the 'RequestBody' type,
 -- which also
@@ -49,9 +52,13 @@
     -- * http-client
     -- $httpclient
     module Network.HTTP.Client
+#ifdef FLAG
+  , module Network.HTTP.Client.TLS
+#else
   , module Network.HTTP.Client.OpenSSL
   , module OpenSSL
   , module OpenSSL.Session
+#endif
     -- * io-streams Interface
   , withHTTP
   , streamN
@@ -64,11 +71,13 @@
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import           Data.Int                ( Int64 )
 import           Network.HTTP.Client
-import           Network.HTTP.Client.OpenSSL
-
+#ifdef FLAG
+import           Network.HTTP.Client.TLS
+#else
 import           OpenSSL
 import           OpenSSL.Session
-
+import           Network.HTTP.Client.OpenSSL
+#endif
 import           System.IO               ( stdout )
 import           System.IO.Streams       ( InputStream
                                          , OutputStream
@@ -82,7 +91,8 @@
     This module is a thin @io-streams@ wrapper around the @http-client@ and
     @http-client-openssl@ libraries.
 
-    If you'd rather use the `tls` library for encryption please see this package: <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/io-streams-http>
+    If you'd rather use the `tls` library for encryption then compile
+    with the tls flag (i.e. cabal configure -ftls) 
 
     Read the documentation in the "Network.HTTP.Client" module of the
     @http-client@ library to learn about how to: