diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 26ca5d1..d786058 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -678,6 +678,10 @@
 DX_DOCDIR
 DX_CONFIG
 DX_PROJECT
+OPENSSL_LDFLAGS
+OPENSSL_LIBS
+OPENSSL_INCLUDES
+PKG_CONFIG
 HAVE_CXX11
 CXXCPP
 am__fastdepCXX_FALSE
@@ -814,6 +818,7 @@
 with_gnu_ld
 with_sysroot
 enable_libtool_lock
+with_openssl
 enable_doxygen_doc
 enable_doxygen_dot
 enable_doxygen_man
@@ -1491,6 +1496,7 @@
   --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
   --with-sysroot=DIR Search for dependent libraries within DIR
                         (or the compiler's sysroot if not specified).
+  --with-openssl=DIR      root of the OpenSSL directory
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CC          C compiler command
@@ -15511,6 +15517,157 @@
   fi
 
 
+    found=false
+
+# Check whether --with-openssl was given.
+if test "${with_openssl+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_openssl;
+            case "$withval" in
+            "" | y | ye | yes | n | no)
+            as_fn_error $? "Invalid --with-openssl value" "$LINENO" 5
+              ;;
+            *) ssldirs="$withval"
+              ;;
+            esac
+
+else
+
+            # if pkg-config is installed and openssl has installed a .pc file,
+            # then use that information and don't search ssldirs
+            # Extract the first word of "pkg-config", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy pkg-config; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  case $PKG_CONFIG in
+  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
+  ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG="$PKG_CONFIG" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+  ;;
+  *)
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+  ;;
+esac
+fi
+PKG_CONFIG=$ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG
+if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $PKG_CONFIG" >&5
+$as_echo "$PKG_CONFIG" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+            if test x"$PKG_CONFIG" != x""; then
+                OPENSSL_LDFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG openssl --libs-only-L 2>/dev/null`
+                if test $? = 0; then
+                    OPENSSL_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG openssl --libs-only-l 2>/dev/null`
+                    OPENSSL_INCLUDES=`$PKG_CONFIG openssl --cflags-only-I 2>/dev/null`
+                    found=true
+                fi
+            fi
+
+            # no such luck; use some default ssldirs
+            if ! $found; then
+                ssldirs="/usr/local/ssl /usr/lib/ssl /usr/ssl /usr/pkg /usr/local /usr"
+            fi
+
+
+fi
+
+
+
+    # note that we #include <openssl/foo.h>, so the OpenSSL headers have to be in
+    # an 'openssl' subdirectory
+
+    if ! $found; then
+        OPENSSL_INCLUDES=
+        for ssldir in $ssldirs; do
+            { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for openssl/ssl.h in $ssldir" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for openssl/ssl.h in $ssldir... " >&6; }
+            if test -f "$ssldir/include/openssl/ssl.h"; then
+                OPENSSL_INCLUDES="-I$ssldir/include"
+                OPENSSL_LDFLAGS="-L$ssldir/lib"
+                OPENSSL_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto"
+                found=true
+                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+                break
+            else
+                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+            fi
+        done
+
+        # if the file wasn't found, well, go ahead and try the link anyway -- maybe
+        # it will just work!
+    fi
+
+    # try the preprocessor and linker with our new flags,
+    # being careful not to pollute the global LIBS, LDFLAGS, and CPPFLAGS
+
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether compiling and linking against OpenSSL works" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether compiling and linking against OpenSSL works... " >&6; }
+    echo "Trying link with OPENSSL_LDFLAGS=$OPENSSL_LDFLAGS;" \
+        "OPENSSL_LIBS=$OPENSSL_LIBS; OPENSSL_INCLUDES=$OPENSSL_INCLUDES" >&5
+
+    save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+    save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+    save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $OPENSSL_LDFLAGS"
+    LIBS="$OPENSSL_LIBS $LIBS"
+    CPPFLAGS="$OPENSSL_INCLUDES $CPPFLAGS"
+    cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <openssl/ssl.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+SSL_new(NULL)
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_cxx_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+
+            { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+
+
+else
+
+            { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+
+
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+    CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
+    LDFLAGS="$save_LDFLAGS"
+    LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+
+
+
+
+
+
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for std::shared_ptr" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for std::shared_ptr... " >&6; }
 cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext