diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eed9d6bbbe..2eff36249f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ if(NOT CURL_DISABLE_INSTALL)
       if(NOT _libs AND NOT _libdirs)
         message(WARNING "Bad lib in library list: ${_lib}")
       endif()
-      if(_lib STREQUAL OpenSSL::SSL)
+      if(_lib STREQUAL OpenSSL::SSL AND NOT HAVE_BORINGSSL)  # BoringSSL does not provide openssl.pc
         set(_modules "openssl")
       elseif(_lib STREQUAL ZLIB::ZLIB)
         set(_modules "zlib")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 488ebbb416..71369a5396 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3315,7 +3315,7 @@ if test "$USE_NGTCP2" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "1" && test "$HAVE_LIBR
 fi
 
 if test "$USE_NGTCP2" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "1" && test "$HAVE_LIBRESSL" != "1" &&
-   test "$OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL" != "1" && test "$OPENSSL_QUIC_API2" != "1"; then
+   test "$OPENSSL_IS_AWSLC" != "1" && test "$OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL" != "1" && test "$OPENSSL_QUIC_API2" != "1"; then
 
   dnl backup the pre-ngtcp2_crypto_quictls variables
   CLEANLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
@@ -3373,8 +3373,8 @@ if test "$USE_NGTCP2" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "1" && test "$HAVE_LIBR
   fi
 fi
 
-if test "$USE_NGTCP2" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL" != "1" &&
-   test "$OPENSSL_QUIC_API2" = "1"; then
+if test "$USE_NGTCP2" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "1" &&
+   test "$OPENSSL_IS_AWSLC" != "1" && test "$OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL" != "1" && test "$OPENSSL_QUIC_API2" = "1"; then
 
   dnl backup the pre-ngtcp2_crypto_ossl variables
   CLEANLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
@@ -3433,7 +3433,8 @@ if test "$USE_NGTCP2" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_I
   fi
 fi
 
-if test "$USE_NGTCP2" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL" = "1"; then
+if test "$USE_NGTCP2" = "1" && test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = "1" &&
+   (test "$OPENSSL_IS_AWSLC" = "1" || test "$OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL" = "1"); then
 
   dnl backup the pre-ngtcp2_crypto_boringssl variables
   CLEANLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
diff --git a/m4/curl-openssl.m4 b/m4/curl-openssl.m4
index ee63f46c0a..1d4521f6bf 100644
--- a/m4/curl-openssl.m4
+++ b/m4/curl-openssl.m4
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ if test "x$OPT_OPENSSL" != "xno"; then
     ],[
       AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
       ssl_msg="AWS-LC"
-      OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL=1
+      OPENSSL_IS_AWSLC=1
     ],[
       AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
     ])
@@ -325,7 +325,9 @@ if test "x$OPT_OPENSSL" != "xno"; then
       fi
     fi
     check_for_ca_bundle=1
-    LIBCURL_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE="$LIBCURL_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE openssl"
+    if test "$OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL" != "1"; then  dnl BoringSSL does not provide openssl.pc
+      LIBCURL_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE="$LIBCURL_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE openssl"
+    fi
   fi
 
   test -z "$ssl_msg" || ssl_backends="${ssl_backends:+$ssl_backends, }$ssl_msg"