diff --git a/common_mk/openssl_flags.mk b/common_mk/openssl_flags.mk
index eecfb472c..4b709e7aa 100644
--- a/common_mk/openssl_flags.mk
+++ b/common_mk/openssl_flags.mk
@@ -13,10 +13,17 @@ $(info OPENSSL_PACKAGE: $(OPENSSL_PACKAGE))
 # Use pkg-config to get the compiler and linker flags for OpenSSL if CUSTOM_OPENSSL_PATH is not set
 ifeq ($(CUSTOM_OPENSSL_PATH),)
     $(info No custom path specified.)
-    SSL_IDIR := $(shell export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_CFLAGS=1; export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_LIBS=1; pkg-config --cflags $(OPENSSL_PACKAGE) | grep -oP "(?<=-I)[^ ]+")
-    SSL_LDIR := $(shell pkg-config --variable=libdir  $(OPENSSL_PACKAGE) )
-    LIB_SSL_PATH := $(shell find $(SSL_LDIR) -name "libssl.so" 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
-    LIB_CRYPTO_PATH := $(shell find $(SSL_LDIR) -name "libcrypto.so" 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+    ifeq ($(OPENSSL_PACKAGE),openssl3)
+        SSL_IDIR := $(shell pkg-config --cflags $(OPENSSL_PACKAGE) | grep -oP "(?<=-I)[^ ]+")
+        SSL_LDIR := $(shell pkg-config --variable=libdir $(OPENSSL_PACKAGE))
+        LIB_SSL_PATH := $(shell find $(SSL_LDIR) -name "libssl.so.3" 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+        LIB_CRYPTO_PATH := $(shell find $(SSL_LDIR) -name "libcrypto.so.3" 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+    else
+        SSL_IDIR := $(shell export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_CFLAGS=1; export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_LIBS=1; pkg-config --cflags $(OPENSSL_PACKAGE) | grep -oP "(?<=-I)[^ ]+")
+        SSL_LDIR := $(shell pkg-config --variable=libdir $(OPENSSL_PACKAGE))
+        LIB_SSL_PATH := $(shell find $(SSL_LDIR) -name "libssl.so" 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+        LIB_CRYPTO_PATH := $(shell find $(SSL_LDIR) -name "libcrypto.so" 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+    endif
 else
     SSL_IDIR := $(CUSTOM_OPENSSL_PATH)/include
     SSL_LDIR := $(CUSTOM_OPENSSL_PATH)/lib64