diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/windows.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/windows.rst
index fce099d5dc1..efdb8aebcea 100644
--- a/Documentation/intro/install/windows.rst
+++ b/Documentation/intro/install/windows.rst
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ The following explains the steps in some detail.
   `OpenSSL for Windows <https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Binaries>`__
 
   Note down the directory where OpenSSL is installed (e.g.:
-  ``C:/OpenSSL-Win32``) for later use.
+  ``C:/OpenSSL-Win64``) for later use.
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ To configure with SSL support, add the requisite additional options:
        --localstatedir="C:/openvswitch/var"
        --sysconfdir="C:/openvswitch/etc" \
        --with-pthread="C:/pthread" \
-       --enable-ssl --with-openssl="C:/OpenSSL-Win32"
+       --enable-ssl --with-openssl="C:/OpenSSL-Win64"
 
 Finally, to the kernel module also:
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Finally, to the kernel module also:
        --localstatedir="C:/openvswitch/var" \
        --sysconfdir="C:/openvswitch/etc" \
        --with-pthread="C:/pthread" \
-       --enable-ssl --with-openssl="C:/OpenSSL-Win32" \
+       --enable-ssl --with-openssl="C:/OpenSSL-Win64" \
        --with-vstudiotarget="<target type>" \
        --with-vstudiotargetver="<target versions>"
 
diff --git a/m4/ax_check_openssl.m4 b/m4/ax_check_openssl.m4
index 281d4dc65eb..faa5babde26 100644
--- a/m4/ax_check_openssl.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_check_openssl.m4
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_OPENSSL], [
                 SSL_INCLUDES="-I$ssldir/include"
                 SSL_LDFLAGS="-L$ssldir/lib"
                 if test "$WIN32" = "yes"; then
-                    SSL_LIBS="-lssleay32 -llibeay32"
+                    SSL_LDFLAGS="$SSL_LDFLAGS -L$ssldir/lib/VC/x64/MT"
+                    SSL_LIBS="-llibssl -llibcrypto"
                     SSL_DIR=/$(echo ${ssldir} | ${SED} -e 's/://')
                 else
                     SSL_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto"