diff --git a/SuperBuild/CMake/External_openssl.cmake b/SuperBuild/CMake/External_openssl.cmake
index 6f27644f0a396a31769097eb201c23a9709ebe58..e33bb5d1e22ed8d355337ac511ba9ada20e3d0fd 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/CMake/External_openssl.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/CMake/External_openssl.cmake
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ else(UNIX)
     ${SB_ENV_CONFIGURE_CMD}
     ${OPENSSL_SB_SRC}/config ${OPENSSL_BUILD_ARCH}
     "--prefix=${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+    "--libdir=lib"
     shared
     zlib
     zlib-dynamic