diff --git a/targets/PROJECTS/CENTOS-LTE-EPC-INTEGRATION/utils.bash b/targets/PROJECTS/CENTOS-LTE-EPC-INTEGRATION/utils.bash
index 6cb40ec8b424159914f55e1889019534c09ab934..4ae7f979f4505fd5905f981308e2469fe370f67d 100755
--- a/targets/PROJECTS/CENTOS-LTE-EPC-INTEGRATION/utils.bash
+++ b/targets/PROJECTS/CENTOS-LTE-EPC-INTEGRATION/utils.bash
@@ -1230,6 +1230,8 @@ check_install_epc_software() {
     test_install_package unzip
     test_install_package valgrind
     test_install_package vlan
+    test_install_package libssl-dev
+
 
     if [ ! -d /usr/local/etc/freeDiameter ]
         then
diff --git a/targets/README.txt b/targets/README.txt
index c35a422fef1bec4f4de2ff74994d19dcc0539638..5810016a4e1d3ffdcdb4be4784bc69c9a5ad7754 100644
--- a/targets/README.txt
+++ b/targets/README.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ First, you must have all four openair SW directories, openair1, openair2, openai
 	- libgtk-3-dev
         - libxml2 and libxml2-dev and gccxml
         - libforms-bin libforms-dev
-	- nettle-dev nettle-bin openssl
+	- nettle-dev nettle-bin openssl libssl-dev
 	- libatlas-base-dev and libatlas-headers (for Ubuntu 11.04, libatlas-dev instead of libatlas-headers)
         - asn1c and the LTE ASN1 files (for more information on how to install this and generate the required files see the README file in openair2/RRC/LITE/MESSAGES)