diff --git a/cmake/modules/CompilerOptions.cmake b/cmake/modules/CompilerOptions.cmake
index 236f3d29..151166d3 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/CompilerOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/CompilerOptions.cmake
@@ -296,6 +296,21 @@ elseif(WITH_CRYPTO_BACKEND STREQUAL "openssl")
     message(STATUS "OpenSSL: Includes: ${CRYPTO_INCLUDES}")
     message(STATUS "OpenSSL: Libs: ${CRYPTO_LIBS}")
 
+    if(WIN32)
+        set(_ossl_inc "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+        if(_ossl_inc)
+            if(_ossl_inc MATCHES ";")
+                list(GET OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR 0 _ossl_inc)
+            endif()
+            get_filename_component(_triplet_root "${_ossl_inc}" DIRECTORY)
+            set(_vcpkg_bin "${_triplet_root}/bin")
+            if(EXISTS "${_vcpkg_bin}")
+                message(STATUS "Extending PATH with ${_vcpkg_bin} for OpenSSL ECC tests")
+                set(ENV{PATH} "${_vcpkg_bin};$ENV{PATH}")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+    endif()
+
     check_include_files(openssl/ssl.h HAVE_OPENSSL_SSL_H)
     get_filename_component(CRYPTO_LIB_DIR "${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY}" DIRECTORY)
     check_library_exists(crypto "BN_new" "${CRYPTO_LIB_DIR}" HAVE_LIBCRYPTO)