diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 93fc2f2..15ddffc 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
 resolution. If this option is specified, you can still attempt to 
 connect to IPv6 addresses using the command line option '-6'.
 
+--with-ssl-dir=DIR allows you to specify where your OpenSSL libraries
+are installed.
+
 If you need to pass special options to the compiler or linker, you
 can specify these as enviornment variables before running ./configure.
 For example: