diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f5c5b293..3e2800f9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ if(LINUX)
   file(STRINGS "/etc/os-release" DISTRO_ID_LIKE REGEX "ID_LIKE")
   if(${DISTRO_ID_LIKE} MATCHES "rhel|centos")
     set(RHEL_BUILD ON)
+    set(OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR "/usr/lib64/openssl3")
+    set(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR "/usr/include/openssl3")
   endif(${DISTRO_ID_LIKE} MATCHES "rhel|centos")
 endif(LINUX)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(pybind11)