diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 376ee91626..bc897fb6bd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -178,8 +178,9 @@ if (ANDROID)
     include(CPMUtil)
 
     # download openssl
+    # TODO(crueter): windows
     if (ENABLE_OPENSSL)
-        set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+        set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
         AddPackage(
             NAME OpenSSL
             REPO crueter/OpenSSL-CI
@@ -192,22 +193,7 @@ if (ANDROID)
             BUNDLED_PACKAGE ON
         )
 
-        # TODO(crueter): configure directly doesn't seem to work here, not sure why
-        # needs file generation too
-        set(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR ${OpenSSL_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
-        set(OPENSSL_LIB_DIR ${OpenSSL_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)
-
-        add_library(OpenSSL::Crypto STATIC IMPORTED)
-        set_target_properties(OpenSSL::Crypto PROPERTIES
-                IMPORTED_LOCATION ${OPENSSL_LIB_DIR}/libcrypto.a
-                INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
-        )
-
-        add_library(OpenSSL::SSL STATIC IMPORTED)
-        set_target_properties(OpenSSL::SSL PROPERTIES
-                IMPORTED_LOCATION ${OPENSSL_LIB_DIR}/libssl.a
-                INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
-        )
+        include(${OpenSSL_SOURCE_DIR}/openssl.cmake)
     endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 04b3574543..c57fb9e829 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1249,10 +1249,11 @@ if(ENABLE_OPENSSL)
     find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
     target_sources(core PRIVATE
         hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_openssl.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL)
-    message(STATUS "xd ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-    target_include_directories(core PUBLIC ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    # link_openssl(core)
+    if (ANDROID)
+        link_openssl(core)
+    else()
+        target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL)
+    endif()
 elseif (APPLE)
     target_sources(core PRIVATE
         hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_securetransport.cpp)