diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 925ef5d309..757754ed0d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
 
+	#3205: Failing chmod when running "make" in buildroot (openssl)...
 	#3283: See why nfs-utils needs fakeroot, and convert to autotools
 
 2011.02-rc1, Released February 14th, 2011:
diff --git a/package/openssl/openssl.mk b/package/openssl/openssl.mk
index bf924cbf6b..7bf347ad87 100644
--- a/package/openssl/openssl.mk
+++ b/package/openssl/openssl.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ define OPENSSL_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 			linux-$(OPENSSL_TARGET_ARCH) \
 			--prefix=/usr \
 			--openssldir=/etc/ssl \
+			--libdir=/lib \
 			threads \
 			shared \
 			no-idea \