Index: trunk/psLib/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/configure.ac	(revision 10308)
+++ trunk/psLib/configure.ac	(revision 10309)
@@ -421,7 +421,41 @@
 dnl ------- openssl ---------
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SSL], [openssl >= 0.9.6])
+dnl save LIBS/CFLAGS/LDFLAGS
+TMP_LIBS=${LIBS}
+TMP_CFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
+TMP_LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}
+TMP_CPPFLAGS=${CPPFLAGS}
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(ssl,
+[AS_HELP_STRING(--with-ssl=DIR,Specify location of SSL.)],
+[SSL_CFLAGS="-I$withval/include"
+ SSL_LDFLAGS="-L$withval/lib"])
+AC_ARG_WITH(ssl-include,
+[AS_HELP_STRING(--with-ssl-include=DIR,Specify SSL include directory.)],
+[SSL_CFLAGS="-I$withval"])
+AC_ARG_WITH(ssl-lib,
+[AS_HELP_STRING(--with-ssl-lib=DIR,Specify SSL library directory.)],
+[SSL_LDFLAGS="-L$withval"])
 PSLIB_CFLAGS="${PSLIB_CFLAGS=} ${SSL_CFLAGS}"
-PSLIB_LIBS="${PSLIB_LIBS=} ${SSL_LIBS}"
+PSLIB_LIBS="${PSLIB_LIBS=} $SSL_LDFLAGS -lssl"
+
+CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${SSL_CFLAGS}"
+CPPFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
+LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} ${SSL_LIBS}"
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([openssl/md5.h],[],
+  [AC_MSG_ERROR([SSL headers not found.  Obtain it at http://www.openssl.org/ or use --with-ssl to specify location.])]
+)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(ssl,MD5,[],
+  [AC_MSG_ERROR([SSL library not found.  Obtain it at http://www.openssl.org/ or use --with-ssl to specify location.])]
+)
+
+AC_SUBST([SSL_CFLAGS])
+
+dnl restore the CFLAGS/LDFLAGS
+LIBS=${TMP_LIBS}
+CFLAGS=${TMP_CFLAGS}
+LDFLAGS=${TMP_LDFLAGS}
+CPPFLAGS=${TMP_CPPFLAGS}
 
 dnl ------- enable -Werror after all of the probes have run ---------