diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix
index 60777614881d5..2a3e740b2e7ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     echo "#include <windows.h>" >> config.h
   '' else null;
 
+  preFixup = ''
+    sed 's|-lcrypto|-L${openssl}/lib -lcrypto|' -i $out/lib/libarchive.la
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Multi-format archive and compression library";
     longDescription = ''