diff --git a/builtins/openssl/CMakeLists.txt b/builtins/openssl/CMakeLists.txt
index e3ff238beee22..963e400aada40 100644
--- a/builtins/openssl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/builtins/openssl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ endif()
 
 ExternalProject_Add(OPENSSL
   URL ${OPENSSL_URL} URL_HASH ${OPENSSL_URLHASH}
-  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${OPENSSL_CONFIG_CMD} no-shared --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
+  INSTALL_DIR ${OPENSSL_PREFIX}
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${OPENSSL_CONFIG_CMD} no-shared --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR> --openssldir=<INSTALL_DIR>
   BUILD_COMMAND make -j1 CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}\ -fPIC\ ${OSX_SYSROOT}
   INSTALL_COMMAND make install_sw
   BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1