diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dc694b17..db8c3b87 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,16 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 find_package(PythonInterp)
 
 # Auto-detection of features that can be toggled
-find_package(OpenSSL 1.0.1)
+if(OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL)
+  find_package(BoringSSL)
+  set(OPENSSL_FOUND ${BORINGSSL_FOUND})
+  set(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR ${BORINGSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  set(OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY ${BORINGSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY})
+  set(OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY ${BORINGSSL_SSL_LIBRARY})
+  set(OPENSSL_OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${BORINGSSL_OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+else()
+  find_package(OpenSSL 1.0.1)
+endif()
 find_package(Libev 4.11)
 find_package(Libcares 1.7.5)
 find_package(ZLIB 1.2.3)
diff --git a/cmake/FindBoringSSL.cmake b/cmake/FindBoringSSL.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21175445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindBoringSSL.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# - Try to find BoringSSL include dirs and libraries
+#
+# Usage of this module as follows:
+#
+#     find_package(BoringSSL)
+#
+# Variables used by this module, they can change the default behaviour and need
+# to be set before calling find_package:
+#
+#  BORINGSSL_ROOT_DIR          Set this variable to the root installation of
+#                            boringssl if the module has problems finding the
+#                            proper installation path.
+#
+# Variables defined by this module:
+#
+#  BORINGSSL_FOUND             System has boringssl, include and library dirs found
+#  BORINGSSL_INCLUDE_DIR       The boringssl include directories.
+#  BORINGSSL_LIBRARIES         The boringssl libraries.
+#  BORINGSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY    The boringssl crypto library.
+#  BORINGSSL_SSL_LIBRARY       The boringssl ssl library.
+
+find_path(BORINGSSL_ROOT_DIR
+          NAMES include/openssl/ssl.h include/openssl/base.h include/openssl/hkdf.h
+          HINTS ${BORINGSSL_ROOT_DIR})
+
+find_path(BORINGSSL_INCLUDE_DIR
+          NAMES openssl/ssl.h openssl/base.h openssl/hkdf.h
+          HINTS ${BORINGSSL_ROOT_DIR}/include)
+
+find_library(BORINGSSL_SSL_LIBRARY
+            NAMES libssl.a
+            HINTS ${BORINGSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib)
+
+find_library(BORINGSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY
+             NAMES libcrypto.a
+             HINTS ${BORINGSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib)
+
+set(BORINGSSL_LIBRARIES ${BORINGSSL_SSL_LIBRARY} ${BORINGSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY}
+    CACHE STRING "BoringSSL SSL and crypto libraries." FORCE)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+
+find_package_handle_standard_args(BoringSSL DEFAULT_MSG
+                                  BORINGSSL_LIBRARIES
+                                  BORINGSSL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+mark_as_advanced(
+        BORINGSSL_ROOT_DIR
+        BORINGSSL_INCLUDE_DIR
+        BORINGSSL_LIBRARIES
+        BORINGSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY
+        BORINGSSL_SSL_LIBRARY
+)