diff --git a/extras/win32-portable/create_portable.txt b/extras/win32-portable/create_portable.txt
index f30d0cbe9..747483684 100644
--- a/extras/win32-portable/create_portable.txt
+++ b/extras/win32-portable/create_portable.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ How to create a new portable Windows distribution of OpenSlides:
 
 2. Install all required python packages (see requirements_production.txt):
 
-       easy_install -Z django django-mptt beautifulsoup4 bleach natsort reportlab sockjs_tornado tornado django-haystack whoosh
+       easy_install -Z django django-mptt beautifulsoup4 bleach natsort reportlab sockjs_tornado tornado backports.ssl_match_hostname django-haystack whoosh
 
 
 3. Install pywin32 from binary installer:
diff --git a/extras/win32-portable/prepare_portable.py b/extras/win32-portable/prepare_portable.py
index 303eee5b8..906b9efbc 100755
--- a/extras/win32-portable/prepare_portable.py
+++ b/extras/win32-portable/prepare_portable.py
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ SITE_PACKAGES = {
     "tornado": {
         "copy": ["tornado"],
     },
+    "backports.ssl_match_hostname": {
+        "copy": ["backports"],
+    },
     "beautifulsoup4": {
         "copy": ["bs4"],
     },