diff --git a/vlib/net/openssl/c.v b/vlib/net/openssl/c.v
index 1e12643463..be2f7eeecc 100644
--- a/vlib/net/openssl/c.v
+++ b/vlib/net/openssl/c.v
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ module openssl
 // On Linux, prefer a localy built openssl, because it is
 // much more likely for it to be newer, than the system
 // openssl from libssl-dev. If there is no local openssl,
-// the next flag is harmless, since it will still use the
-// (older) system openssl.
-#pkgconfig openssl
+// the next #pkgconfig flag is harmless, since it will still
+// use the (older) system openssl.
+#flag linux -I/usr/local/include/openssl
 #flag linux -L/usr/local/lib
+$if $pkgconfig('openssl') {
+	#pkgconfig openssl
+}
+
 #flag windows -l libssl -l libcrypto
 #flag -lssl -lcrypto
 #flag linux -ldl -lpthread
diff --git a/vlib/v/pkgconfig/pkgconfig.v b/vlib/v/pkgconfig/pkgconfig.v
index 4b5b2470c3..8c60b84b09 100644
--- a/vlib/v/pkgconfig/pkgconfig.v
+++ b/vlib/v/pkgconfig/pkgconfig.v
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ const (
 		'/usr/lib64/pkgconfig',
 		'/usr/lib/pkgconfig',
 		'/usr/share/pkgconfig',
-		'/opt/homebrew/lib/pkgconfig',
+		'/opt/homebrew/lib/pkgconfig', // Brew on macOS
+		'/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig', // FreeBSD
 	]
-	version       = '0.3.1'
+	version       = '0.3.2'
 )
 
 pub struct Options {