diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3cb62eb..3fef0b7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ AM_MISSING_PROG(HELP2ADOC, help2adoc, $missing_dir)
 AM_MISSING_PROG(GENGETOPT, gengetopt, $missing_dir)
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENSSL, openssl)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENSSL, libcrypto)
 
 gl_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT
 gl_VALGRIND_TESTS