diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d16e5f5f0..133934580 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -266,9 +266,10 @@ if (TARGET crypto)
     message(STATUS "S2N found target: crypto")
     set(LINK_LIB "crypto")
 else()
-    find_package(crypto REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "Using libcrypto from the cmake path")
-    set(LINK_LIB "AWS::crypto")
+   find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+   find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+   set(LINK_LIB OpenSSL::Crypto Threads::Threads)
+   message(STATUS "Using libcrypto from system: ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY}")    
 endif()
 
 if (S2N_INTERN_LIBCRYPTO)