diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dbf865e1f63e15ba2cb8665d514bee635daf8007..14fa02e123cd3ca666917277259f3c114e3f62c5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ endif()
 find_package(OpenSSL)
 if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
     message(STATUS "OpenSSL ${OPENSSL_VERSION} found")
+    include_directories(${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find OpenSSL development files (libssl-dev/openssl-devel package)")
 endif()