diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6855417e8..dc8895735 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -116,7 +116,16 @@ if compiler_id == 'gcc' and compiler.version().version_compare('<9.1') or compil
 endif
 
 if get_option('PISTACHE_USE_SSL')
-	deps_libpistache += dependency('openssl')
+	ssl_lib_dir = get_option('PISTACHE_SSL_LIB_DIR')
+	ssl_hdr_dir = get_option('PISTACHE_SSL_INC_DIR')
+	if ssl_lib_dir != '' and ssl_hdr_dir != ''
+		deps_libpistache += declare_dependency(
+			link_args : ['-L' + ssl_lib_dir, '-lcrypto', '-lssl', '-ldl'],
+			include_directories : include_directories(ssl_hdr_dir)
+		)
+	else
+		deps_libpistache += dependency('openssl')
+	endif
 endif
 
 version_array = []
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 00787acc8..0eb45126d 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ option('PISTACHE_INSTALL', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'add pista
 option('PISTACHE_USE_SSL', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'add support for SSL server')
 option('PISTACHE_USE_RAPIDJSON', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'add support for rapidjson')
 option('PISTACHE_USE_CONTENT_ENCODING_DEFLATE', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'add support for deflate compressed content encoding')
+option('PISTACHE_SSL_LIB_DIR', type: 'string', description: 'SSL library path')
+option('PISTACHE_SSL_INC_DIR', type: 'string', description: 'SSL headers path')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 69446d306..1825ea935 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.2.20230803
+0.2.2.20230828