--- ntp-4.2.0/configure.in.lib64	2004-09-30 08:49:08.535401000 -0400
+++ ntp-4.2.0/configure.in	2004-09-30 09:07:57.730184839 -0400
@@ -2583,7 +2583,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(openssl-libdir,
 case "$ans" in
  no) ;;
  yes) # Look in:
-    ans="/usr/lib /usr/lib/openssl /usr/local/lib /usr/local/ssl/lib"
+    ans="/usr/lib64 /usr/lib /usr/lib/openssl /usr/local/lib64 /usr/local/lib /usr/local/ssl/lib"
     ;;
  *) # Look where they said
     ;;
@@ -2597,6 +2597,11 @@ case "$ans" in
 	 *-*-darwin*)
 	    test -f $i/libcrypto.dylib -a -f $i/libssl.dylib && break
 	    ;;
+	 *-*-linux*)
+	    saved_LIBS="$LIBS"
+	    LIBS="$LIBS $i/libcrypto.a $i/libssl.a"
+	    AC_TRY_LINK([], [], [LIBS="$saved_LIBS"; break], [LIBS="$saved_LIBS"])
+	    ;;
 	 *)
 	    test -f $i/libcrypto.a -a -f $i/libssl.a && break
 	    ;;