diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt	(revision e052859759b34d0e05ce0f17244873e5cd7b457b)
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	(date 1617452756163)
@@ -383,14 +383,21 @@
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_USE_OPENSSL)
-  find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+  if(ANDROID)
+    message(WARNING "Setting paths manually (instead of using pkg-config) since this is an android build" )
+
+    set(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_LIBRARY} ${CRYPT_LIBRARY})
+    include_directories("${OPENSSL_INCLUDE}")
+  else()
+    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+  endif()
   set(SSL_ENABLED ON)
   set(USE_OPENSSL ON)
 
   # Depend on OpenSSL via imported targets if supported by the running
   # version of CMake.  This allows our dependents to get our dependencies
   # transitively.
-  if(NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.4)
+  if(NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.4 AND NOT ANDROID)
     list(APPEND CURL_LIBS OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
   else()
     list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})