diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cd9d1c3..e707884 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ endif()
 
 if(WITH_OPENSSL)
     add_definitions(-DWITH_OPENSSL)
-    set(LIBS ${LIBS} ssl crypto)
+    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+    if(OpenSSL_FOUND)    
+        set(LIBS ${LIBS} OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_GNUTLS)
@@ -197,6 +200,7 @@ if(BUILD_STATIC)
     add_library(hv_static STATIC ${LIBHV_SRCS})
     target_compile_definitions(hv_static PRIVATE HV_STATICLIB)
     target_include_directories(hv_static PRIVATE ${LIBHV_SRCDIRS})
+    target_link_libraries(hv_static ${LIBS})
     install(TARGETS hv_static DESTINATION lib)
     add_custom_target(libhv_static DEPENDS hv_static)
 endif()