diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2be953f7e7..e075949ffc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6497,6 +6497,7 @@ enabled omx_rpi           && { test_code cc OMX_Core.h OMX_IndexConfigBrcmVideoR
                                die "ERROR: OpenMAX IL headers not found"; } && enable omx
 enabled openssl           && { check_pkg_config openssl openssl openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl ||
                                check_pkg_config openssl openssl openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init ||
+                               check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl -lssl -lcrypto $pthreads_extralibs -ldl ||
                                check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init -lssl -lcrypto ||
                                check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init -lssl32 -leay32 ||
                                check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init -lssl -lcrypto -lws2_32 -lgdi32 ||