diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@
          dnl It's safe to add these paths even if the functionality is disabled by
          dnl the user (--without-wallet or --without-gui for example).
 
-         openssl_prefix=`$BREW --prefix openssl 2>/dev/null`
-         bdb_prefix=`$BREW --prefix berkeley-db4 2>/dev/null`
+         openssl_prefix=`$BREW --prefix openssl@1.1 2>/dev/null`
+         bdb_prefix=`$BREW --prefix berkeley-db 2>/dev/null`
          qt5_prefix=`$BREW --prefix qt5 2>/dev/null`
          if test x$openssl_prefix != x; then
            PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$openssl_prefix/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md
--- a/doc/build-osx.md
+++ b/doc/build-osx.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 Install dependencies:
 
-    brew install automake berkeley-db libtool boost --c++11 miniupnpc openssl pkg-config protobuf --c++11 qt5 libevent
+    brew install automake berkeley-db libtool boost --c++11 miniupnpc openssl@1.1 pkg-config protobuf --c++11 qt5 libevent
 
 In case you want to build the disk image with `make deploy` (.dmg / optional), you need RSVG