diff --git a/recipes/hostpython/__init__.py b/recipes/hostpython/__init__.py
index ad15843..0fc7274 100644
--- a/recipes/hostpython/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/hostpython/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class HostpythonRecipe(Recipe):
         print("Global: hostpgen located at {}".format(self.ctx.hostpgen))
 
     def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
-        if  self.has_marker("patched"):
+        if self.has_marker("patched"):
             return
         self.copy_file("_scproxy.py", "Lib/_scproxy.py")
         self.apply_patch("ssize-t-max.patch")
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ class HostpythonRecipe(Recipe):
                 "--sysroot={}".format(sdk_path),
                 "-I{}".format(join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "hostlibffi", "usr", "local", "include"))
                 ])
+
+        if "openssl.build_all" in self.ctx.state:
+            build_env["CFLAGS"] += " -I{}".format(join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "include",
+                                                       "x86_64", "openssl"))
+
         configure = sh.Command(join(self.build_dir, "configure"))
         shprint(configure,
                 "--prefix={}".format(join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "hostpython")),