diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d3da0c900..c095e51b07 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -287,9 +287,6 @@ target_include_directories(
     zeek_dynamic_plugin_base
     INTERFACE $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>
               $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src>)
-if (OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    target_include_directories(zeek_dynamic_plugin_base INTERFACE "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-endif ()
 target_link_libraries(zeek_dynamic_plugin_base INTERFACE Threads::Threads)
 add_library(Zeek::DynamicPluginBase ALIAS zeek_dynamic_plugin_base)
 set_target_properties(zeek_dynamic_plugin_base PROPERTIES EXPORT_NAME DynamicPluginBase)
@@ -1033,6 +1030,9 @@ endif ()
 # --with-openssl (which may be common).
 include_directories(BEFORE ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
+# Propagate non-standard OpenSSL includes to dynamic plugins.
+target_include_directories(zeek_dynamic_plugin_base INTERFACE "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+
 # Determine if libfts is external to libc, i.e. musl
 find_package(FTS)
 if (FTS_FOUND)