diff --git a/.cargo/config b/.cargo/config
index 704b897bef..15c10c0d04 100644
--- a/.cargo/config
+++ b/.cargo/config
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ linker = "arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc"
 
 [target.armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf]
 linker = "arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc"
+
+[registries.crates-io]
+protocol = "sparse"
+