diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8f6b226be17b..28bc99c487f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ENV_DOCKER             ?= docker
 ENV_DOCKER_COMPOSE     ?= docker-compose --project-directory $(CURDIR) -p $(project_name) -f $(project_compose_ci)
 ENV_NGINX              ?= $(ENV_NGINX_EXEC) -p $(CURDIR) -c $(CURDIR)/conf/nginx.conf
 ENV_NGINX_EXEC         := $(shell command -v openresty 2>/dev/null || command -v nginx 2>/dev/null)
-ENV_OPENSSL_PREFIX     := /usr/local/openssl
+ENV_OPENSSL_PREFIX     ?= /usr/local/openssl
 ifeq ($(wildcard $(ENV_OPENSSL_PREFIX)/lib),)
 	OPENSSL_LIB_DIR := $(ENV_OPENSSL_PREFIX)/lib64 #When /lib doesn't exist
 else
diff --git a/utils/install-openssl-fips.sh b/utils/install-openssl-fips.sh
index 4d88c2e71d75..4bb11b695cd1 100755
--- a/utils/install-openssl-fips.sh
+++ b/utils/install-openssl-fips.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if [ ! -d "$(pwd)/openssl-3.1.3" ]; then
     sudo make install
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OPENSSL3_PREFIX${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
     sudo ldconfig
-    export openssl_prefix="$OPENSSL3_PREFIX"
+    export openssl_prefix="/usr/local/openssl"
     cd ..
 fi
 
diff --git a/utils/install-openssl.sh b/utils/install-openssl.sh
index 0c795334b446..202559480df0 100755
--- a/utils/install-openssl.sh
+++ b/utils/install-openssl.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if [ ! -d "$(pwd)/openssl-3.1.3" ]; then
     sudo make install
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OPENSSL3_PREFIX${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
     sudo ldconfig
-    export openssl_prefix="$OPENSSL3_PREFIX"
+    export openssl_prefix="/usr/local/openssl"
     ls /usr/local/openssl
     cd ..
 fi