diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e202697bbf..ce9ea36999 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ LIBOBJS
 UUID_LIBS
 LDAP_LIBS_BE
 LDAP_LIBS_FE
+with_ssl
 PTHREAD_CFLAGS
 PTHREAD_LIBS
 PTHREAD_CC
@@ -709,7 +710,6 @@ with_uuid
 with_readline
 with_systemd
 with_selinux
-with_openssl
 with_ldap
 with_krb_srvnam
 krb_srvtab
@@ -854,7 +854,6 @@ with_pam
 with_bsd_auth
 with_ldap
 with_bonjour
-with_openssl
 with_selinux
 with_systemd
 with_readline
@@ -866,6 +865,8 @@ with_libxslt
 with_system_tzdata
 with_zlib
 with_gnu_ld
+with_ssl
+with_openssl
 enable_largefile
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
@@ -1556,7 +1557,6 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-bsd-auth         build with BSD Authentication support
   --with-ldap             build with LDAP support
   --with-bonjour          build with Bonjour support
-  --with-openssl          build with OpenSSL support
   --with-selinux          build with SELinux support
   --with-systemd          build with systemd support
   --without-readline      do not use GNU Readline nor BSD Libedit for editing
@@ -1570,6 +1570,8 @@ Optional Packages:
                           use system time zone data in DIR
   --without-zlib          do not use Zlib
   --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
+  --with-ssl=LIB          use LIB for SSL/TLS support (openssl)
+  --with-openssl          obsolete spelling of --with-ssl=openssl
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CC          C compiler command
@@ -8070,41 +8072,6 @@ fi
 $as_echo "$with_bonjour" >&6; }
 
 
-#
-# OpenSSL
-#
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether to build with OpenSSL support" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether to build with OpenSSL support... " >&6; }
-
-
-
-# Check whether --with-openssl was given.
-if test "${with_openssl+set}" = set; then :
-  withval=$with_openssl;
-  case $withval in
-    yes)
-
-$as_echo "#define USE_OPENSSL 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-      ;;
-    no)
-      :
-      ;;
-    *)
-      as_fn_error $? "no argument expected for --with-openssl option" "$LINENO" 5
-      ;;
-  esac
-
-else
-  with_openssl=no
-
-fi
-
-
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $with_openssl" >&5
-$as_echo "$with_openssl" >&6; }
-
-
 #
 # SELinux
 #
@@ -12174,7 +12141,64 @@ fi
   fi
 fi
 
+#
+# SSL Library
+#
+# There is currently only one supported SSL/TLS library: OpenSSL.
+#
+
+
+
+# Check whether --with-ssl was given.
+if test "${with_ssl+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_ssl;
+  case $withval in
+    yes)
+      as_fn_error $? "argument required for --with-ssl option" "$LINENO" 5
+      ;;
+    no)
+      as_fn_error $? "argument required for --with-ssl option" "$LINENO" 5
+      ;;
+    *)
+
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+fi
+
+
+if test x"$with_ssl" = x"" ; then
+  with_ssl=no
+fi
+
+
+
+# Check whether --with-openssl was given.
+if test "${with_openssl+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_openssl;
+  case $withval in
+    yes)
+      :
+      ;;
+    no)
+      :
+      ;;
+    *)
+      as_fn_error $? "no argument expected for --with-openssl option" "$LINENO" 5
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+else
+  with_openssl=no
+
+fi
+
+
 if test "$with_openssl" = yes ; then
+  with_ssl=openssl
+fi
+
+if test "$with_ssl" = openssl ; then
     # Minimum required OpenSSL version is 1.0.1
 
 $as_echo "#define OPENSSL_API_COMPAT 0x10001000L" >>confdefs.h
@@ -12435,8 +12459,14 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 done
 
+
+$as_echo "#define USE_OPENSSL 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+elif test "$with_ssl" != no ; then
+  as_fn_error $? "--with-ssl must specify openssl" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
+
 if test "$with_pam" = yes ; then
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for pam_start in -lpam" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for pam_start in -lpam... " >&6; }
@@ -13322,7 +13352,7 @@ done
 
 fi
 
-if test "$with_openssl" = yes ; then
+if test "$with_ssl" = openssl ; then
   ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "openssl/ssl.h" "ac_cv_header_openssl_ssl_h" "$ac_includes_default"
 if test "x$ac_cv_header_openssl_ssl_h" = xyes; then :
 
@@ -18098,7 +18128,7 @@ fi
 # will be used.
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking which random number source to use" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking which random number source to use... " >&6; }
-if test x"$with_openssl" = x"yes" ; then
+if test x"$with_ssl" = x"openssl" ; then
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: OpenSSL" >&5
 $as_echo "OpenSSL" >&6; }
 elif test x"$PORTNAME" = x"win32" ; then
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a5ad072ee4..07da84d401 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -852,15 +852,6 @@ PGAC_ARG_BOOL(with, bonjour, no,
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_bonjour])
 
 
-#
-# OpenSSL
-#
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build with OpenSSL support])
-PGAC_ARG_BOOL(with, openssl, no, [build with OpenSSL support],
-              [AC_DEFINE([USE_OPENSSL], 1, [Define to build with OpenSSL support. (--with-openssl)])])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_openssl])
-AC_SUBST(with_openssl)
-
 #
 # SELinux
 #
@@ -1205,7 +1196,21 @@ if test "$with_gssapi" = yes ; then
   fi
 fi
 
+#
+# SSL Library
+#
+# There is currently only one supported SSL/TLS library: OpenSSL.
+#
+PGAC_ARG_REQ(with, ssl, [LIB], [use LIB for SSL/TLS support (openssl)])
+if test x"$with_ssl" = x"" ; then
+  with_ssl=no
+fi
+PGAC_ARG_BOOL(with, openssl, no, [obsolete spelling of --with-ssl=openssl])
 if test "$with_openssl" = yes ; then
+  with_ssl=openssl
+fi
+
+if test "$with_ssl" = openssl ; then
   dnl Order matters!
   # Minimum required OpenSSL version is 1.0.1
   AC_DEFINE(OPENSSL_API_COMPAT, [0x10001000L],
@@ -1229,7 +1234,11 @@ if test "$with_openssl" = yes ; then
   # thread-safety. In 1.1.0, it's no longer required, and CRYPTO_lock()
   # function was removed.
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS([CRYPTO_lock])
+  AC_DEFINE([USE_OPENSSL], 1, [Define to 1 if you have OpenSSL support.])
+elif test "$with_ssl" != no ; then
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-ssl must specify openssl])
 fi
+AC_SUBST(with_ssl)
 
 if test "$with_pam" = yes ; then
   AC_CHECK_LIB(pam,    pam_start, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([library 'pam' is required for PAM])])
@@ -1402,7 +1411,7 @@ if test "$with_gssapi" = yes ; then
 	[AC_CHECK_HEADERS(gssapi.h, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([gssapi.h header file is required for GSSAPI])])])
 fi
 
-if test "$with_openssl" = yes ; then
+if test "$with_ssl" = openssl ; then
   AC_CHECK_HEADER(openssl/ssl.h, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([header file <openssl/ssl.h> is required for OpenSSL])])
   AC_CHECK_HEADER(openssl/err.h, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([header file <openssl/err.h> is required for OpenSSL])])
 fi
@@ -2159,7 +2168,7 @@ fi
 # first choice, else the native platform sources (Windows API or /dev/urandom)
 # will be used.
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([which random number source to use])
-if test x"$with_openssl" = x"yes" ; then
+if test x"$with_ssl" = x"openssl" ; then
   AC_MSG_RESULT([OpenSSL])
 elif test x"$PORTNAME" = x"win32" ; then
   AC_MSG_RESULT([Windows native])
diff --git a/contrib/Makefile b/contrib/Makefile
index cdc041c7db..f27e458482 100644
--- a/contrib/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 		unaccent	\
 		vacuumlo
 
-ifeq ($(with_openssl),yes)
+ifeq ($(with_ssl),openssl)
 SUBDIRS += sslinfo
 else
 ALWAYS_SUBDIRS += sslinfo
diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/Makefile b/contrib/pgcrypto/Makefile
index 316a26e58d..c0b4f1fcf6 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ OSSL_TESTS = sha2 des 3des cast5
 ZLIB_TST = pgp-compression
 ZLIB_OFF_TST = pgp-zlib-DISABLED
 
-CF_SRCS = $(if $(subst no,,$(with_openssl)), $(OSSL_SRCS), $(INT_SRCS))
-CF_TESTS = $(if $(subst no,,$(with_openssl)), $(OSSL_TESTS), $(INT_TESTS))
+CF_SRCS = $(if $(subst openssl,,$(with_ssl)), $(INT_SRCS), $(OSSL_SRCS))
+CF_TESTS = $(if $(subst openssl,,$(with_ssl)), $(INT_TESTS), $(OSSL_TESTS))
 CF_PGP_TESTS = $(if $(subst no,,$(with_zlib)), $(ZLIB_TST), $(ZLIB_OFF_TST))
 
 SRCS = \
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index a53389b728..66ad4ba938 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ build-postgresql:
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
-       <term><option>--with-openssl</option>
+       <term><option>--with-ssl=<replaceable>LIBRARY</replaceable></option>
        <indexterm>
         <primary>OpenSSL</primary>
         <seealso>SSL</seealso>
@@ -976,11 +976,22 @@ build-postgresql:
        <listitem>
         <para>
          Build with support for <acronym>SSL</acronym> (encrypted)
-         connections. This requires the <productname>OpenSSL</productname>
-         package to be installed.  <filename>configure</filename> will check
-         for the required header files and libraries to make sure that
-         your <productname>OpenSSL</productname> installation is sufficient
-         before proceeding.
+         connections. The only <replaceable>LIBRARY</replaceable>
+         supported is <option>openssl</option>. This requires the
+         <productname>OpenSSL</productname> package to be installed.
+         <filename>configure</filename> will check for the required
+         header files and libraries to make sure that your
+         <productname>OpenSSL</productname> installation is sufficient
+         before proceeding. 
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><option>--with-openssl</option></term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+         Obsolete equivalent of <literal>--with-ssl=openssl</literal>.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml
index 3d74e15ec9..b6bb23de0f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgcrypto.sgml
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ gen_random_uuid() returns uuid
     <filename>pgcrypto</filename> configures itself according to the findings of the
     main PostgreSQL <literal>configure</literal> script.  The options that
     affect it are <literal>--with-zlib</literal> and
-    <literal>--with-openssl</literal>.
+    <literal>--with-ssl=openssl</literal>.
    </para>
 
    <para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sslinfo.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sslinfo.sgml
index 3213c039ca..2a9c45a111 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/sslinfo.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/sslinfo.sgml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
  <para>
   This extension won't build at all unless the installation was
-  configured with <literal>--with-openssl</literal>.
+  configured with <literal>--with-ssl=openssl</literal>.
  </para>
 
  <sect2>
diff --git a/src/Makefile.global.in b/src/Makefile.global.in
index 9a1688c97c..74b3a6acd2 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.global.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.global.in
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ with_icu	= @with_icu@
 with_perl	= @with_perl@
 with_python	= @with_python@
 with_tcl	= @with_tcl@
-with_openssl	= @with_openssl@
+with_ssl	= @with_ssl@
 with_readline	= @with_readline@
 with_selinux	= @with_selinux@
 with_systemd	= @with_systemd@
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/Makefile b/src/backend/libpq/Makefile
index efc5ef760a..8d1d16b0fc 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ OBJS = \
 	pqmq.o \
 	pqsignal.o
 
-ifeq ($(with_openssl),yes)
+ifeq ($(with_ssl),openssl)
 OBJS += be-secure-openssl.o
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
index 371dccb852..20bf1461ce 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ parse_hba_line(TokenizedLine *tok_line, int elevel)
 			ereport(elevel,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_CONFIG_FILE_ERROR),
 					 errmsg("hostssl record cannot match because SSL is not supported by this build"),
-					 errhint("Compile with --with-openssl to use SSL connections."),
+					 errhint("Compile with --with-ssl=openssl to use SSL connections."),
 					 errcontext("line %d of configuration file \"%s\"",
 								line_num, HbaFileName)));
 			*err_msg = "hostssl record cannot match because SSL is not supported by this build";
diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile
index 1a1d0d3406..5422579a6a 100644
--- a/src/common/Makefile
+++ b/src/common/Makefile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \
 	wait_error.o \
 	wchar.o
 
-ifeq ($(with_openssl),yes)
+ifeq ($(with_ssl),openssl)
 OBJS_COMMON += \
 	protocol_openssl.o \
 	cryptohash_openssl.o
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.in b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
index f4d9f3b408..55cab4d2bf 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@
 /* Define to select named POSIX semaphores. */
 #undef USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
 
-/* Define to build with OpenSSL support. (--with-openssl) */
+/* Define to build with OpenSSL support. (--with-ssl=openssl) */
 #undef USE_OPENSSL
 
 /* Define to 1 to build with PAM support. (--with-pam) */
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile b/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
index c4fde3f93d..f74677eaf9 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
@@ -45,9 +45,14 @@ OBJS = \
 	pqexpbuffer.o \
 	fe-auth.o
 
-ifeq ($(with_openssl),yes)
+# File shared across all SSL implementations supported.
+ifneq ($(with_ssl),no)
+OBJS += \
+	fe-secure-common.o
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(with_ssl),openssl)
 OBJS += \
-	fe-secure-common.o \
 	fe-secure-openssl.o
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/test/Makefile b/src/test/Makefile
index ab1ef9a475..f7859c2fd5 100644
--- a/src/test/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ifneq (,$(filter ldap,$(PG_TEST_EXTRA)))
 SUBDIRS += ldap
 endif
 endif
-ifeq ($(with_openssl),yes)
+ifeq ($(with_ssl),openssl)
 ifneq (,$(filter ssl,$(PG_TEST_EXTRA)))
 SUBDIRS += ssl
 endif
diff --git a/src/test/modules/Makefile b/src/test/modules/Makefile
index 59921b46cf..5391f461a2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 		  unsafe_tests \
 		  worker_spi
 
-ifeq ($(with_openssl),yes)
+ifeq ($(with_ssl),openssl)
 SUBDIRS += ssl_passphrase_callback
 else
 ALWAYS_SUBDIRS += ssl_passphrase_callback
diff --git a/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/Makefile b/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/Makefile
index f81265c296..a34d7ea46a 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ssl_passphrase_callback Makefile
 
-export with_openssl
+export with_ssl
 
 MODULE_big = ssl_passphrase_func
 OBJS = ssl_passphrase_func.o $(WIN32RES)
diff --git a/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/t/001_testfunc.pl b/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/t/001_testfunc.pl
index dbc084f870..a2bed5336c 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/t/001_testfunc.pl
+++ b/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/t/001_testfunc.pl
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ use TestLib;
 use Test::More;
 use PostgresNode;
 
-unless (($ENV{with_openssl} || 'no') eq 'yes')
+unless ($ENV{with_ssl} eq 'openssl')
 {
-	plan skip_all => 'SSL not supported by this build';
+	plan skip_all => 'OpenSSL not supported by this build';
 }
 
 my $clearpass = "FooBaR1";
diff --git a/src/test/ssl/Makefile b/src/test/ssl/Makefile
index 93335b1ea2..d545382eea 100644
--- a/src/test/ssl/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/ssl/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ subdir = src/test/ssl
 top_builddir = ../../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
-export with_openssl
+export with_ssl
 
 CERTIFICATES := server_ca server-cn-and-alt-names \
 	server-cn-only server-single-alt-name server-multiple-alt-names \
diff --git a/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl b/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl
index fd2727b568..7928de4e7c 100644
--- a/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl
+++ b/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ use lib $FindBin::RealBin;
 
 use SSLServer;
 
-if ($ENV{with_openssl} eq 'yes')
+if ($ENV{with_ssl} ne 'openssl')
 {
-	plan tests => 93;
+	plan skip_all => 'OpenSSL not supported by this build';
 }
 else
 {
-	plan skip_all => 'SSL not supported by this build';
+	plan tests => 93;
 }
 
 #### Some configuration
diff --git a/src/test/ssl/t/002_scram.pl b/src/test/ssl/t/002_scram.pl
index a088f71a1a..410b9e910d 100644
--- a/src/test/ssl/t/002_scram.pl
+++ b/src/test/ssl/t/002_scram.pl
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ use lib $FindBin::RealBin;
 
 use SSLServer;
 
-if ($ENV{with_openssl} ne 'yes')
+if ($ENV{with_ssl} ne 'openssl')
 {
-	plan skip_all => 'SSL not supported by this build';
+	plan skip_all => 'OpenSSL not supported by this build';
 }
 
 # This is the hostname used to connect to the server.
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
index 2f28de0355..1c0c92fcd2 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ sub GetFakeConfigure
 	$cfg .= ' --with-ldap'        if ($self->{options}->{ldap});
 	$cfg .= ' --without-zlib' unless ($self->{options}->{zlib});
 	$cfg .= ' --with-extra-version' if ($self->{options}->{extraver});
-	$cfg .= ' --with-openssl'       if ($self->{options}->{openssl});
+	$cfg .= ' --with-ssl=openssl'   if ($self->{options}->{openssl});
 	$cfg .= ' --with-uuid'          if ($self->{options}->{uuid});
 	$cfg .= ' --with-libxml'        if ($self->{options}->{xml});
 	$cfg .= ' --with-libxslt'       if ($self->{options}->{xslt});
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/config_default.pl b/src/tools/msvc/config_default.pl
index 2ef2cfc4e9..5395e211eb 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/config_default.pl
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/config_default.pl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ our $config = {
 	tcl       => undef,    # --with-tcl=<path>
 	perl      => undef,    # --with-perl=<path>
 	python    => undef,    # --with-python=<path>
-	openssl   => undef,    # --with-openssl=<path>
+	openssl   => undef,    # --with-ssl=openssl with <path>
 	uuid      => undef,    # --with-uuid=<path>
 	xml       => undef,    # --with-libxml=<path>
 	xslt      => undef,    # --with-libxslt=<path>