diff --git a/src/Native/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/configure.cmake b/src/Native/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/configure.cmake
index c8576403e272..a80f454687a9 100644
--- a/src/Native/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/Native/System.Security.Cryptography.Native/configure.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 include(CheckLibraryExists)
 include(CheckStructHasMember)
 
+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
 # Check which versions of TLS the OpenSSL/ssl library supports
 check_library_exists(${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY} "TLSv1_1_method" "" HAVE_TLS_V1_1)
 check_library_exists(${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY} "TLSv1_2_method" "" HAVE_TLS_V1_2)