diff --git a/src/rgw/CMakeLists.txt b/src/rgw/CMakeLists.txt
index dc824d35504..fa7b626c015 100644
--- a/src/rgw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/rgw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -536,13 +536,13 @@ target_link_libraries(rgw
   ${LIB_RESOLV}
   ${CURL_LIBRARIES}
   ${EXPAT_LIBRARIES}
+  OpenSSL::SSL
   PUBLIC
   RapidJSON::RapidJSON
   dmclock::dmclock)
 
 if(WITH_RADOSGW_AMQP_ENDPOINT)
   target_link_libraries(rgw PRIVATE RabbitMQ::RabbitMQ)
-  target_link_libraries(rgw PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_RADOSGW_KAFKA_ENDPOINT)