diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6849ce40..e7c9fbee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -854,14 +854,14 @@ IF(NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
   ENDIF(LIBMD_FOUND)
 ENDIF(NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
 
-#
 # How to prove that CRYPTO functions, which have several names on various
 # platforms, just see if archive_digest.c can compile and link against
 # required libraries.
-#
 MACRO(CHECK_CRYPTO ALGORITHMS IMPLEMENTATION)
+    include(CMakePushCheckState)
     FOREACH(ALGORITHM ${ALGORITHMS})
       IF(NOT ARCHIVE_CRYPTO_${ALGORITHM})
+      cmake_push_check_state()
       STRING(TOLOWER "${ALGORITHM}" lower_algorithm)
       STRING(TOUPPER "${ALGORITHM}" algorithm)
       IF ("${IMPLEMENTATION}" MATCHES "^OPENSSL$" AND NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
@@ -881,8 +881,8 @@ MACRO(CHECK_CRYPTO ALGORITHMS IMPLEMENTATION)
 	IF ("${IMPLEMENTATION}" MATCHES "^OPENSSL$" AND OPENSSL_FOUND)
 	    SET(TRY_CRYPTO_REQUIRED_INCLUDES
 	      "${TRY_CRYPTO_REQUIRED_INCLUDES};${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-	    SET(TRY_CRYPTO_REQUIRED_LIBS
-	        "-DLINK_LIBRARIES:STRING=${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}")
+        SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+
 	ELSEIF("${IMPLEMENTATION}" MATCHES "^MBEDTLS$" AND MBEDTLS_FOUND)
 	    SET(TRY_CRYPTO_REQUIRED_INCLUDES
 	      "${TRY_CRYPTO_REQUIRED_INCLUDES};${MBEDTLS_INCLUDE_DIRS}")