diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e59416064937b30c99b03df493542aeb793bb8b5..df8e8ecaa84fb11f04b1dc9bb8c671cc460fc2b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ output, since "raw" links wouldn't work for the markdown files.
 
 The next issue is that Edoc uses httpd_client to fetch the
 `edoc-info` files, which requires `inets` to be started. To
-further complicate matters, `ssl` (and thus `crypto` and
+further complicate matters, `ssl` (and thus `crypto`, 'asn1' and
 `public_key`) must also be started, since Github will
 redirect to https.
 
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index 482aba080eadbb9c3f541f31c275c07401a2d211..37dba3ffa1bd3420fd858ac5a389818faa2def89 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ output, since "raw" links wouldn't work for the markdown files.
 
 The next issue is that Edoc uses httpd_client to fetch the
 `edoc-info` files, which requires `inets` to be started. To
-further complicate matters, `ssl` (and thus `crypto` and
+further complicate matters, `ssl` (and thus `crypto`, 'asn1' and
 `public_key`) must also be started, since Github will
 redirect to https.
 
diff --git a/doc/overview.edoc b/doc/overview.edoc
index ddc88f737f885aefd1dc02f6051485e505a103b9..5542cc505a68eff4e6966d4bdda333d86f00801c 100644
--- a/doc/overview.edoc
+++ b/doc/overview.edoc
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ output, since "raw" links wouldn't work for the markdown files.
 
 The next issue is that Edoc uses httpd_client to fetch the
 `edoc-info' files, which requires `inets' to be started. To
-further complicate matters, `ssl' (and thus `crypto' and
+further complicate matters, `ssl' (and thus `crypto', 'asn1' and
 `public_key') must also be started, since Github will
 redirect to https.
 
diff --git a/priv/scripts/check_edown.script b/priv/scripts/check_edown.script
index 17726f656e4b38e7fd4a0c0ee3a7561fc371cad6..636f8bb20595a1617936f43819c1cd6b2dedc72c 100644
--- a/priv/scripts/check_edown.script
+++ b/priv/scripts/check_edown.script
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ case lists:member("doc", Args) of
     true ->
 	%% We actually only need to start inets if we have a doc path with http URIS
 	application:start(crypto),
+	application:start(asn1),
 	application:start(public_key),
 	application:start(ssl),
 	application:start(inets),