diff --git a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
index 36d6bb54b1..ff1940aadd 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@ add_executable(nr_dlsim
   )   
 target_link_libraries(nr_dlsim
   -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU_COMMON SIMU PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_NR_UE SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_NR MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON RRC_LIB NR_RRC_LIB CONFIG_LIB L2_LTE_NR L2_NR HASHTABLE X2AP_ENB X2AP_LIB SECU_CN NGAP_GNB -Wl,--end-group
-  m pthread ${ATLAS_LIBRARIES} ${T_LIB} ${ITTI_LIB} dl
+  m pthread ${ATLAS_LIBRARIES} ${T_LIB} ${ITTI_LIB} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} dl
   )
 target_compile_definitions(nr_dlsim PUBLIC -DPHYSICAL_SIMULATOR)
 
@@ -3343,7 +3343,7 @@ add_executable(nr_prachsim
   ${SHLIB_LOADER_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(nr_prachsim  
   -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU_COMMON SIMU PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_RU PHY_NR_UE MAC_NR_COMMON SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_NR MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON RRC_LIB NR_RRC_LIB CONFIG_LIB L2_LTE_NR L2_NR HASHTABLE X2AP_ENB X2AP_LIB SECU_CN NGAP_GNB -Wl,--end-group
-  m pthread ${ATLAS_LIBRARIES} ${T_LIB} ${ITTI_LIB} dl)
+  m pthread ${ATLAS_LIBRARIES} ${T_LIB} ${ITTI_LIB} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} dl)
 
 add_executable(nr_ulschsim
   ${OPENAIR1_DIR}/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/ulschsim.c
@@ -3376,7 +3376,7 @@ add_executable(nr_ulsim
   )
 target_link_libraries(nr_ulsim
   -Wl,--start-group UTIL SIMU_COMMON SIMU PHY_COMMON PHY_NR_COMMON PHY_NR PHY_NR_UE SCHED_NR_LIB SCHED_NR_UE_LIB MAC_NR MAC_UE_NR MAC_NR_COMMON RRC_LIB NR_RRC_LIB CONFIG_LIB L2_LTE_NR L2_NR HASHTABLE X2AP_ENB X2AP_LIB SECU_CN NGAP_GNB -Wl,--end-group
-  m pthread ${ATLAS_LIBRARIES} ${T_LIB} ${ITTI_LIB} dl
+  m pthread ${ATLAS_LIBRARIES} ${T_LIB} ${ITTI_LIB} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} dl
   )
 target_compile_definitions(nr_ulsim PUBLIC -DPHYSICAL_SIMULATOR)