diff --git a/picotlsvs/picotlsvs/picotlsvs.vcxproj b/picotlsvs/picotlsvs/picotlsvs.vcxproj
index 35810aa..98abdd7 100644
--- a/picotlsvs/picotlsvs/picotlsvs.vcxproj
+++ b/picotlsvs/picotlsvs/picotlsvs.vcxproj
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OPENSSLDIR);$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OPENSSLDIR);$(OPENSSLDIR)\lib;$(OutDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>picotls-core.lib;picotls-openssl.lib;picotls-minicrypto.lib;picotls-minicrypto-deps.lib;libcrypto.lib;bcrypt.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OPENSSLDIR);$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OPENSSLDIR);$(OPENSSLDIR)\lib;$(OutDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>picotls-core.lib;picotls-openssl.lib;picotls-minicrypto.lib;picotls-minicrypto-deps.lib;libcrypto.lib;bcrypt.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
diff --git a/picotlsvs/ptlsbench/ptlsbench.vcxproj b/picotlsvs/ptlsbench/ptlsbench.vcxproj
index 22e5c16..45d3efe 100644
--- a/picotlsvs/ptlsbench/ptlsbench.vcxproj
+++ b/picotlsvs/ptlsbench/ptlsbench.vcxproj
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OPENSSLDIR);$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OPENSSLDIR);$(OPENSSLDIR)\lib;$(OutDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>bcrypt.lib;picotls-core.lib;picotls-openssl.lib;picotls-bcrypt.lib;picotls-minicrypto.lib;picotls-minicrypto-deps.lib;libcrypto.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OPENSSLDIR);$(OutDir)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(OPENSSLDIR);$(OPENSSLDIR)\lib;$(OutDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>picotls-core.lib;picotls-openssl.lib;picotls-minicrypto.lib;picotls-minicrypto-deps.lib;libcrypto.lib;bcrypt.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>