--- w3c-libwww-5.4.0.orig/configure.ac	
+++ w3c-libwww-5.4.0.orig/configure.ac	
@@ -617,11 +617,7 @@ 
 dnl Checks for libwww and OpenSSL:
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether we can find OpenSSL)
 dnl find the ssl library dir (empirical)
-if test -d '/usr/local/ssl/lib'; then
-  ssllib="-L/usr/local/ssl/lib -lssl -lcrypto"
-else
-  ssllib="-L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto"
-fi
+ssllib="-L$(pkg-config --variable=libdir openssl) -lssl -lcrypto"
 dnl find the ssl include dir (empirical)
 ssldir=`pkg-config --cflags openssl`
 WWWSSL=""