diff --git a/lib/nghttp2/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/nghttp2/CMakeLists.txt
index 99a2b77f3be..4681db75346 100644
--- a/lib/nghttp2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/nghttp2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ endif()
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+# This is necessary to ensure that we link openssl statically
+set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+set(OPENSSL_MSVC_STATIC_RT  ON)
+
 # For documentation
 find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter)