diff --git a/closed/get_openssl_source.sh b/closed/get_openssl_source.sh
index 73783208ea8..79b7256e24c 100755
--- a/closed/get_openssl_source.sh
+++ b/closed/get_openssl_source.sh
@@ -23,16 +23,17 @@
 # ===========================================================================
 
 usage() {
-	echo "Usage: $0 [-h|--help] [--openssl-version=<openssl version 1.0.2 and above to download>]"
+	echo "Usage: $0 [-h|--help] [--openssl-repo=<repo URL>] [--openssl-version=<openssl version 1.0.2 and above to download>]"
 	echo "where:"
 	echo "  -h|--help             print this help, then exit"
+	echo "  --openssl-repo        OpenSSL repository. By default, https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git"
 	echo "  --openssl-version     OpenSSL version to download. For example, 1.1.1"
 	echo ""
 	exit 1
 }
 
 OPENSSL_VERSION=""
-GIT_URL="https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git"
+OPENSSL_URL="https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git"
 
 for i in "$@"
 do
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ do
 		usage
 		;;
 
+		--openssl-repo=* )
+		OPENSSL_URL="${i#*=}"
+		;;
+
 		--openssl-version=* )
 		OPENSSL_VERSION="${i#*=}"
 		;;
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ if [ -f "openssl/openssl_version.txt" ]; then
 fi
 
 echo ""
-echo "Cloning OpenSSL version $OPENSSL_VERSION"
-git clone --depth=1 -b $OPENSSL_SOURCE_TAG $GIT_URL
+echo "Cloning OpenSSL version $OPENSSL_VERSION from $OPENSSL_URL"
+git clone --depth=1 -b $OPENSSL_SOURCE_TAG $OPENSSL_URL
 
 echo $OPENSSL_SOURCE_TAG > openssl/openssl_version.txt
diff --git a/get_source.sh b/get_source.sh
index c47377887db..4101b3c00ae 100755
--- a/get_source.sh
+++ b/get_source.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #
 
 # ===========================================================================
-# (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2017, 2021 All Rights Reserved
+# (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2017, 2022 All Rights Reserved
 # ===========================================================================
 
 # exit immediately if any unexpected error occurs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ usage() {
 	echo "  -omr-sha          a commit SHA for the omr repository"
 	echo "  -omr-reference    a local repo to use as a clone reference"
 	echo "  -parallel         (boolean) if 'true' then the clone j9 repository commands run in parallel, default is false"
+	echo "  --openssl-repo    Specify the OpenSSL repository to download from"
 	echo "  --openssl-version Specify the version of OpenSSL source to download"
 	echo ""
 	exit 1
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ for i in "$@" ; do
 			j9options="${j9options} ${i}"
 			;;
 
+		--openssl-repo=* )
+			openssloptions="${openssloptions} ${i}"
+			;;
+
 		--openssl-version=* )
 			DOWNLOAD_OPENSSL=true
 			openssloptions="${openssloptions} ${i}"