diff --git a/Makefile-libostree.am b/Makefile-libostree.am
index 192db36e..28126487 100644
--- a/Makefile-libostree.am
+++ b/Makefile-libostree.am
@@ -147,10 +147,11 @@ libostree_1_la_SOURCES += \
 endif
 
 libostree_1_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir)/bsdiff -I$(srcdir)/libglnx -I$(srcdir)/src/libotutil -I$(srcdir)/src/libostree -I$(builddir)/src/libostree \
-	$(OT_INTERNAL_GIO_UNIX_CFLAGS) $(OT_INTERNAL_GPGME_CFLAGS) $(OT_DEP_LZMA_CFLAGS) $(OT_DEP_ZLIB_CFLAGS) \
+	$(OT_INTERNAL_GIO_UNIX_CFLAGS) $(OT_INTERNAL_GPGME_CFLAGS) $(OT_DEP_LZMA_CFLAGS) $(OT_DEP_ZLIB_CFLAGS) $(OT_DEP_OPENSSL_CFLAGS) \
 	-fvisibility=hidden '-D_OSTREE_PUBLIC=__attribute__((visibility("default"))) extern'
 libostree_1_la_LDFLAGS = -version-number 1:0:0 -Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,--version-script=$(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree.sym
-libostree_1_la_LIBADD = libotutil.la libglnx.la libbsdiff.la libostree-kernel-args.la $(OT_INTERNAL_GIO_UNIX_LIBS) $(OT_INTERNAL_GPGME_LIBS) $(OT_DEP_LZMA_LIBS) $(OT_DEP_ZLIB_LIBS)
+libostree_1_la_LIBADD = libotutil.la libglnx.la libbsdiff.la libostree-kernel-args.la $(OT_INTERNAL_GIO_UNIX_LIBS) $(OT_INTERNAL_GPGME_LIBS) \
+                        $(OT_DEP_LZMA_LIBS) $(OT_DEP_ZLIB_LIBS) $(OT_DEP_OPENSSL_LIBS)
 libostree_1_la_LIBADD += $(bupsplitpath)
 EXTRA_libostree_1_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree.sym
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0afd87e1..d43536e3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ AS_IF([ test x$with_smack = xyes], [
 ])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_SMACK, test $with_smack != no)
 
-dnl begin openssl
-OPENSSL_DEPENDENCY="libselinux >= 1.0.1"
+dnl begin openssl (really just libcrypto right now)
+OPENSSL_DEPENDENCY="libcrypto >= 1.0.1"
 AC_ARG_WITH(openssl,
-AS_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl], [Enable use of OpenSSL (checksums)]),
+AS_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl], [Enable use of OpenSSL libcrypto (checksums)]),
 :, with_openssl=no)
 
 AS_IF([ test x$with_openssl != xno ], [
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ echo "
     HTTP backend:                                 $fetcher_backend
     \"ostree trivial-httpd\":                       $enable_trivial_httpd_cmdline
     SELinux:                                      $with_selinux
-    OpenSSL (checksums):                          $with_openssl
+    OpenSSL libcrypto (checksums):                $with_openssl
     systemd:                                      $have_libsystemd
     libmount:                                     $with_libmount
     libarchive (parse tar files directly):        $with_libarchive