diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a236839..8d98365 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,18 +188,23 @@ set(HTTPLIB_IS_USING_NON_BLOCKING_GETADDRINFO ${HTTPLIB_USE_NON_BLOCKING_GETADDR
 # Threads needed for <thread> on some systems, and for <pthread.h> on Linux
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG TRUE)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-# Since Cmake v3.11, Crypto & SSL became optional when not specified as COMPONENTS.
-if(HTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL)
-	find_package(OpenSSL ${_HTTPLIB_OPENSSL_MIN_VER} COMPONENTS Crypto SSL REQUIRED)
-	set(HTTPLIB_IS_USING_OPENSSL TRUE)
-elseif(HTTPLIB_USE_OPENSSL_IF_AVAILABLE)
-	find_package(OpenSSL ${_HTTPLIB_OPENSSL_MIN_VER} COMPONENTS Crypto SSL QUIET)
-	# Avoid a rare circumstance of not finding all components but the end-user did their
-	# own call for OpenSSL, which might trick us into thinking we'd otherwise have what we wanted
-	if (TARGET OpenSSL::SSL AND TARGET OpenSSL::Crypto)
-		set(HTTPLIB_IS_USING_OPENSSL ${OPENSSL_FOUND})
-	else()
-		set(HTTPLIB_IS_USING_OPENSSL FALSE)
+
+# Eden top level defines it's own custom target alias for OpenSSL...
+if (NOT TARGET OpenSSL::SSL OR NOT TARGET OpenSSL::Crypto)
+	add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/openssl)
+	# Since Cmake v3.11, Crypto & SSL became optional when not specified as COMPONENTS.
+	if(HTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL)
+		#find_package(OpenSSL ${_HTTPLIB_OPENSSL_MIN_VER} COMPONENTS Crypto SSL REQUIRED)
+		set(HTTPLIB_IS_USING_OPENSSL TRUE)
+	elseif(HTTPLIB_USE_OPENSSL_IF_AVAILABLE)
+		#find_package(OpenSSL ${_HTTPLIB_OPENSSL_MIN_VER} COMPONENTS Crypto SSL QUIET)
+		# Avoid a rare circumstance of not finding all components but the end-user did their
+		# own call for OpenSSL, which might trick us into thinking we'd otherwise have what we wanted
+		if (TARGET OpenSSL::SSL AND TARGET OpenSSL::Crypto)
+			set(HTTPLIB_IS_USING_OPENSSL ${OPENSSL_FOUND})
+		else()
+			set(HTTPLIB_IS_USING_OPENSSL FALSE)
+		endif()
 	endif()
 endif()