diff --git a/src/config/discover.ml b/src/config/discover.ml
index f1b032f..89f87c4 100644
--- a/src/config/discover.ml
+++ b/src/config/discover.ml
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ let mysql_config_path =
 
 let c_flags =
   match execute_with_output (mysql_config_path ^ " --cflags") with
-  | Some str -> (String.split_on_char ' ' str) @ ["-fPIC"]
+  | Some str ->
+    String.split_on_char ' ' str @ [ "-fPIC"; "-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/" ]
   | None -> []
 
 let libs =
diff --git a/src/dune b/src/dune
index 68ec0f6..d4cc2e1 100644
--- a/src/dune
+++ b/src/dune
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  (public_name mysql8)
  (foreign_stubs
   (language c)
-  (flags 
+  (flags
    (:include c_flags.sexp)))
  (c_library_flags
   (:include libs.sexp)))