diff --git a/scripts/build-ssl.sh b/scripts/build-ssl.sh
index d143cec55..42eef1902 100755
--- a/scripts/build-ssl.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-ssl.sh
@@ -134,11 +134,10 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -z ${QUICTLS+x} ]; then
         (
-
         download_quictls
         cd download-cache/quictls
 
-        ./config shared --prefix="${HOME}/opt" --openssldir="${HOME}/opt" --libdir=lib -DPURIFY
+        ./config shared  ${QUICTLS_EXTRA_ARGS:-} --prefix="${HOME}/opt" --openssldir="${HOME}/opt" --libdir=lib -DPURIFY
         make -j$(nproc) build_sw
         make install_sw