diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 0bffd4cd..0baa09f8 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -838,6 +838,13 @@ $(WINDOWS_DEPS):
 $(filter $(BUILD_DIR)/win%,$(APP_OBJS)): | $(WINDOWS_DEPS)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+IOS_DEPS := deps/openssl/ios/usr/local/lib/libssl.a
+$(IOS_DEPS):
+	+@tools/ssl-ios
+$(filter $(BUILD_DIR)/ios%,$(APP_OBJS)): | $(IOS_DEPS)
+endif
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
 .PHONY: clean
diff --git a/tools/ssl-ios b/tools/ssl-ios
index 0855ff1b..4fb50769 100755
--- a/tools/ssl-ios
+++ b/tools/ssl-ios
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 OPENSSL_VERSION=3.2.1
 
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ BUILD_DIR=out/openssl_ios_build
 
 BUILD_TARGETS="ios64-xcrun iossimulator-xcrun"
 
-rm -rfv openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}
+rm -rfv out/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}
 
-if [ ! -d openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} ]
+if [ ! -d out/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} ]
 then
-    if [ ! -f openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz ]
+    if [ ! -f out/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz ]
     then
-        curl https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz -o openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz || exit 128
+        curl https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz -o out/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz || exit 128
     fi
-    tar xzf openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz || exit 128
+    tar -C out/ -xzf out/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz || exit 128
 fi
-WORK_DIR=openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}
+WORK_DIR=out/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}
 
 ##### export ndk directory. Required by openssl-build-scripts #####
 
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ build_the_thing() {
 for build_target in $BUILD_TARGETS
 do
     echo "Building $build_target"
-    cd $WORK_DIR || exit 128
+    pwd
+    pushd $WORK_DIR || exit 128
 
     case $build_target in
     ios64-xcrun)
@@ -58,11 +59,11 @@ do
 
     rm -rf $DESTDIR
     build_the_thing
-    cd ..
+    popd
 #### copy libraries and includes to output-directory #####
     echo WORK_DIR=$WORK_DIR
     rm -rf deps/openssl/ios/$build_target/
-    mkdir -p deps/openssl/ios/$build_target/usr/local/include
+    mkdir -p deps/openssl/ios/$build_target/usr/local/include/
     mkdir -p deps/openssl/ios/$build_target/usr/local/lib/
     cp -R $WORK_DIR/include/* deps/openssl/ios/$build_target/usr/local/include/
     cp $WORK_DIR/*.a deps/openssl/ios/$build_target/usr/local/lib/