diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e599b7e1..7d1f0d42 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ endif()
 option(LWS_WITH_STATIC "Build the static version of the library" ON)
 option(LWS_WITH_SHARED "Build the shared version of the library" ON)
 option(LWS_WITH_SSL "Include SSL support (default OpenSSL, wolfSSL if LWS_USE_WOLFSSL is set)" ON)
+option(LWS_USE_BORINGSSL "Use BoringSSL replacement for OpenSSL" OFF)
 option(LWS_USE_CYASSL "Use CyaSSL replacement for OpenSSL. When setting this, you also need to specify LWS_CYASSL_LIBRARIES and LWS_CYASSL_INCLUDE_DIRS" OFF)
 option(LWS_USE_WOLFSSL "Use wolfSSL replacement for OpenSSL. When setting this, you also need to specify LWS_WOLFSSL_LIBRARIES and LWS_WOLFSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS" OFF)
 option(LWS_WITH_ZLIB "Include zlib support (required for extensions)" ON)
@@ -861,7 +862,7 @@ if (LWS_WITH_SSL)
 	endif()
 
 	if (NOT chose_ssl)
-		if (NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
+		if (NOT OPENSSL_FOUND AND NOT LWS_USE_BORINGSSL)
 			# TODO: Add support for STATIC also.
 			find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 			set(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")