diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e5cd88ea0c..7443a24a77 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5589,7 +5589,8 @@ enabled opengl            && { check_lib GL/glx.h glXGetProcAddress "-lGL" ||
                                check_lib2 ES2/gl.h glGetError "-isysroot=${sysroot} -Wl,-framework,OpenGLES" ||
                                die "ERROR: opengl not found."
                              }
-enabled openssl           && { check_lib openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init -lssl -lcrypto ||
+enabled openssl           && { check_pkg_config openssl openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init ||
+                               check_lib openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init -lssl -lcrypto ||
                                check_lib openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init -lssl32 -leay32 ||
                                check_lib openssl/ssl.h SSL_library_init -lssl -lcrypto -lws2_32 -lgdi32 ||
                                die "ERROR: openssl not found"; }