diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
index 72c5b98..0d153c0 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ sub copyFile
 sub GetOpenSSLVersion
 {
 	my $self = shift;
+	if (($ENV{'VCPKG_OPENSSL_VERSION'} // '') =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/m) {
+		return ($1, $2, $3);
+	}
 
 	# Attempt to get OpenSSL version and location.  This assumes that
 	# openssl.exe is in the specified directory.