diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d4a0dce8..92648096 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ set(BUILD_SAMPLE OFF)
 set(BUILD_SCRATCHPAD OFF)
 set(BUILD_TESTS OFF)
 
+message(STATUS CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH : ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
+
 ###################
 # monero-project
 ###################
diff --git a/bin/build_libmonero_cpp.sh b/bin/build_libmonero_cpp.sh
index 8547da3f..c57beced 100755
--- a/bin/build_libmonero_cpp.sh
+++ b/bin/build_libmonero_cpp.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ else
     # OS is not windows
     test -d build/release || mkdir -p build/release
     (cd build/release && \
-     cmake -D STATIC=ON -D BUILD_64=ON -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -D OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=$OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR ../.. && \
+     cmake -D STATIC=ON -D BUILD_64=ON -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release\
+           -D OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=$OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ../.. && \
      make -j$HOST_NCORES wallet) || exit 1
 fi
 cd ../../
@@ -28,6 +29,6 @@ cd ../../
 # build libmonero-cpp shared library
 mkdir -p build && 
 cd build && 
-cmake $@ .. &&
+cmake -D OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=$OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $@ .. &&
 cmake --build . && 
 make .