diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openssl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openssl/package.py
index 87cc7f9969a..871782486f2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openssl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openssl/package.py
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ def link_system_certs(self):
             # CentOS, Fedora, RHEL
             '/etc/pki/tls',
             # Ubuntu
-            '/usr/lib/ssl'
+            '/usr/lib/ssl',
+            # OpenSUSE
+            '/etc/ssl'
         ]
 
         pkg_dir = join_path(self.prefix, 'etc', 'openssl')