diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ac713b3..866b463a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
     )
 elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
     set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS TRUE)
-    set (OPENSSL_LIBS ssl crypto)
+    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+    set(OPENSSL_LIBS ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} pthread dl)
 else()
     message (FATAL_ERROR "Couldn't find OpenSSL")
 endif()
diff --git a/src/cmd/synergyc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cmd/synergyc/CMakeLists.txt
index f6a9cc32..974f9480 100644
--- a/src/cmd/synergyc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/synergyc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endif()
 
 add_executable(synergyc ${sources})
 target_link_libraries(synergyc
-    arch base client common io mt net ipc platform server synlib ${libs} ${OPENSSL_LIBS})
+    arch base client common io mt net ipc platform server synlib )
 
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
     install (TARGETS synergyc DESTINATION ${SYNERGY_BUNDLE_BINARY_DIR})