diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 18097f8881..837cded43c 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ install:
      #
      # Use pacman --debug to show package downloads and install locations
      #>
-    Execute-Command "C:\msys64\usr\bin\pacman" -Sy --verbose --needed --noconfirm ${env:mingw_prefix}-libevent ${env:mingw_prefix}-openssl ${env:mingw_prefix}-pkg-config ${env:mingw_prefix}-xz ${env:mingw_prefix}-zstd ;
+    Execute-Command "C:\msys64\usr\bin\pacman" -Sy --verbose --needed --noconfirm ${env:mingw_prefix}-libevent ${env:mingw_prefix}-pkg-config ${env:mingw_prefix}-xz ${env:mingw_prefix}-zstd ;
 
 build_script:
 - ps: >-
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ build_script:
              # mingw zstd doesn't come with a pkg-config file, so we manually
              # configure its flags. liblzma just works.
              #>
-            Execute-Bash "ZSTD_CFLAGS='-L/${env:compiler_path}/include' ZSTD_LIBS='-L/${env:compiler_path}/lib -lzstd' ../configure --prefix=/${env:compiler_path} --build=${env:target} --host=${env:target} --disable-asciidoc --enable-fatal-warnings ${env:hardening}"
+            Execute-Bash "ZSTD_CFLAGS='-L/${env:compiler_path}/include' ZSTD_LIBS='-L/${env:compiler_path}/lib -lzstd' ../configure --prefix=/${env:compiler_path} --build=${env:target} --host=${env:target} --with-openssl-dir=/${env:compiler_path} --disable-asciidoc --enable-fatal-warnings ${env:hardening}"
             Execute-Bash "V=1 make -j2"
             Execute-Bash "V=1 make -j2 install"
      }
diff --git a/changes/ticket28574 b/changes/ticket28574
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..562810f511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ticket28574
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (continuous integration, Windows):
+    - Explicitly specify the path to the OpenSSL library and do not download
+      OpenSSL from Pacman, but instead use the library that is already provided
+      by AppVeyor. Fixes bug 28574; bugfix on master.