diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a031569..48bcae7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ OPTION(MSVC_MSDOS_STUB "Specify a custom MS-DOS stub for a 32-bit MSVC compilati
 SET(UMSKT_LINK_LIBS ${UMSKT_LINK_LIBS})
 SET(UMSKT_LINK_DIRS ${UMSKT_LINK_DIRS})
 
+# macOS does not support static build
+if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
+    SET(UMSKT_USE_SHARED_OPENSSL ON)
+endif()
+
 IF(UMSKT_USE_SHARED_OPENSSL)
     SET(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS FALSE)
     SET(OPENSSL_MSVC_STATIC_RT FALSE)
@@ -40,11 +45,7 @@ ELSE()
     SET(OPENSSL_MSVC_STATIC_RT TRUE)
 ENDIF()
 
-# macOS does not support static build
-if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
-    set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS FALSE)
-    set(OPENSSL_MSVC_STATIC_RT FALSE)
-endif()
+
 
 IF(DJGPP_WATT32)
     SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MSDOS)