diff --git a/src/util/SslPatch.py b/src/util/SslPatch.py
index a83f7fac..a1e5f33f 100644
--- a/src/util/SslPatch.py
+++ b/src/util/SslPatch.py
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ def getLibraryPath():
         except Exception, err:
             logging.debug("OpenSSL lib not found in: %s (%s)" % (lib_dir, err))
 
+    if "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" in os.environ:
+        lib_dir_paths = os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"].split(":")
+        for path in lib_dir_paths:
+            try:
+                return [lib for lib in os.listdir(path) if "libcrypto.so.1.0" in lib][0]
+            except Exception, err:
+                logging.debug("OpenSSL lib not found in: %s (%s)" % (path, err))
+
     return (
         ctypes.util.find_library('ssl.so.1.0') or ctypes.util.find_library('ssl') or
         ctypes.util.find_library('crypto') or ctypes.util.find_library('libcrypto') or 'libeay32'