diff --git a/docs/man/borg.1 b/docs/man/borg.1
index 4d235eae71..482f69d00c 100644
--- a/docs/man/borg.1
+++ b/docs/man/borg.1
@@ -662,6 +662,12 @@ operations), see \fI\%tempfile\fP for details.
 .B Building:
 .INDENT 7.0
 .TP
+.B BORG_OPENSSL_INC
+Adds given OpenSSL header file directory (setup.py, only applicable for OpenBSD).
+.TP
+.B BORG_OPENSSL_LIB
+Adds given OpenSSL library directory (setup, only applicable for OpenBSD).
+.TP
 .B BORG_OPENSSL_PREFIX
 Adds given OpenSSL header file directory to the default locations (setup.py).
 .TP
diff --git a/docs/usage/general/environment.rst.inc b/docs/usage/general/environment.rst.inc
index d88133fa0f..d55e33278f 100644
--- a/docs/usage/general/environment.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/usage/general/environment.rst.inc
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ Directories and files:
         operations), see tempfile_ for details.
 
 Building:
+    BORG_OPENSSL_INC
+        Adds given OpenSSL header file directory (setup.py, only applicable for OpenBSD).
+    BORG_OPENSSL_LIB
+        Adds given OpenSSL library directory (setup.py, only applicable for OpenBSD).
     BORG_OPENSSL_PREFIX
         Adds given OpenSSL header file directory to the default locations (setup.py).
     BORG_LIBACL_PREFIX
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2d43469275..477e8b2feb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -132,15 +132,15 @@ def lib_ext_kwargs(pc, prefix_env_var, lib_name, lib_pkg_name, pc_version, lib_s
             f"or ensure {lib_pkg_name}.pc is in PKG_CONFIG_PATH."
         )
 
-    crypto_extra_objects = []
     if is_win32:
         crypto_ext_lib = lib_ext_kwargs(pc, "BORG_OPENSSL_PREFIX", "libcrypto", "libcrypto", ">=1.1.1", lib_subdir="")
     elif is_openbsd:
         # Use openssl (not libressl) because we need AES-OCB via EVP api. Link
         # it statically to avoid conflicting with shared libcrypto from the base
-        # OS pulled in via dependencies.
-        crypto_ext_lib = {"include_dirs": ["/usr/local/include/eopenssl30"]}
-        crypto_extra_objects += ["/usr/local/lib/eopenssl30/libcrypto.a"]
+        # OS pulled in via dependencies. Make crypto paths configurable.
+        include_dirs = [os.environ.get("BORG_OPENSSL_INC", "/usr/local/include/eopenssl30")]
+        extra_objects = [os.path.join(os.environ.get("BORG_OPENSSL_LIB", "/usr/local/lib/eopenssl30"), "libcrypto.a")]
+        crypto_ext_lib = {"include_dirs": include_dirs, "extra_objects": extra_objects}
     else:
         crypto_ext_lib = lib_ext_kwargs(pc, "BORG_OPENSSL_PREFIX", "crypto", "libcrypto", ">=1.1.1")
 
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ def lib_ext_kwargs(pc, prefix_env_var, lib_name, lib_pkg_name, pc_version, lib_s
         dict(sources=[crypto_ll_source]),
         crypto_ext_lib,
         dict(extra_compile_args=cflags),
-        dict(extra_objects=crypto_extra_objects),
     )
 
     compress_ext_kwargs = members_appended(