diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2693ac56a..888f65e83 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1803,7 +1803,10 @@ if (LWS_WITH_SSL)
 		if (NOT OPENSSL_FOUND AND NOT LWS_WITH_BORINGSSL)
 			# TODO: Add support for STATIC also.
 		if (NOT LWS_PLAT_FREERTOS)
+			find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
+			pkg_check_modules(PC_OPENSSL openssl QUIET)
 			find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+			list(APPEND OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${PC_OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 		endif()
 			set(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 		endif()