diff --git a/ports/openssl/portfile.cmake b/ports/openssl/portfile.cmake
index 065116c276..3d55c367f5 100644
--- a/ports/openssl/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/openssl/portfile.cmake
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)
+file(INSTALL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/openssl/)
diff --git a/ports/openssl/usage b/ports/openssl/usage
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f535cb6a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/openssl/usage
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+The package openssl is compatible with built-in CMake targets:
+
+    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)